DAZN, the sports streaming platform, will broadcast the decisive showdowns of the FIFA Women’s Champions Cup 2026 worldwide, with the exception of Brazil, China, Morocco, the UK and the Republic of Ireland, while in the US only the semi-finals will be broadcast. The tournament will be available free-to-view on DAZN’s platform. The inaugural FIFA Women’s […]
A French Court has again ruled in favour of the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) and its commercial arm LFP Media, rejecting compensation claims brought by Canal+ and beIN Sports tied to the awarding of Ligue 1 domestic rights. Canal+ and beIN Sports were seeking around €660 million, arguing they were disadvantaged by the way […]
Sky and FIFA have agreed a partnership which will see the Final Stage of the inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland on January 28th and February 1st. The tournament unites the six continental champions, who compete for the title in seasons where the FIFA Women’s Club […]
Italy’s telecoms regulator, the Communications Authority (AgCom), has fined the US Internet services company Cloudflare €14 million for violating anti-piracy regulations. The fine, set at 1 per cent of the company’s global turnover, was issued because Cloudflare failed to disable access to pirated content as ordered on February 18th 2025. Cloudflare was required to block […]
FIFA and TikTok have announced an agreement that aims to bring football fans even closer to the action and excitement of the FIFA World Cup 2026 this summer. TikTok, the popular social media platform for mobile video content, will become FIFA’s first-ever Preferred Platform. This will lead to an enhanced level of collaboration and integration, […]
ITV Studios and Television New Zealand (TVNZ) have announced the renewal of their longstanding exclusive content partnership. The multi-year deal, brokered by Augustus Dulgaro, EVP, Asia Pacific at ITV Studios, Harry Seward, Senior Sales Manager and Anthony Sonego, Senior Legal Manager, ensures TVNZ remains the home of ITV Studios’ catalogue of drama, non-scripted and entertainment […]
Netflix and WWE have announced an expansion to their long-term partnership that will see the streaming service become the home of WWE’s extensive library in the US. The move follows the expiration of WWE’s deal with Peacock. Effective immediately, Netflix is the US home for WWE’s complete back-catalogue of Premium Live Events (PLE) – prior […]
France Télévisions, the French PSB and exclusive rights holder for the rugby Six Nations Championship until 2029, will sublicense part of the rights of the 2026 edition of the men’s tournament to TF1, owing to “strong budgetary constraints”. Following an agreement concluded with the commercial group, France Télévisions is sublicensing nine of the 15 matches, […]
Premier Sports has announced it will broadcast five live matches from the 2026 Guinness Men’s Six Nations Championship, one from each round. The newly acquired rights will see Premier Sports deliver live coverage of key Championship fixtures involving Scotland and Wales. Premier Sports becomes part of the UK broadcast partnership for Guinness Men’s Six Nations […]
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has hired Andrew Elliott as Vice President, Content Policy Counsel to bolster its advocacy efforts at the US state and federal levels on issues involving the regulation of its members’ motion pictures, television programmes, and streaming services. Elliott joins the MPA from the law firm Jenner & Block LLP, where […]