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DAZN ordered to honour Belgian football deal

Sport streaming platform DAZN has been ordered to continue broadcasting Jupiler Pro League matches and to honour all contractual payments to the Pro League until the end of the 2025/26 season. This decision came from Belgian arbitration body Cepani following a dispute which arose in late November, which saw DAZN declare it was terminating its […]

January 5, 2026By Colin Mann

Singapore: Anti-piracy court order

The Asia Video Industry Association’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) has confirmed that a new site-blocking order has been granted by the Singapore High Court, targeting 22 major piracy website brands (covering 53 domains in total) facilitating illegal streaming and downloads of video content in Singapore. This latest order – obtained by BBC Studios, the Premier […]

January 5, 2026By Colin Mann

DAZN acquires Kings League rights

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has acquired broadcast rights for Kings League competitions in 2026, adding to the platform’s portfolio of football formats. Kings League is a creator-led league founded by retired, Spanish football legend Gerard Piqué that blends football, streamer culture and digital-first fan experiences. DAZN will broadcast the Kings World Cup Nations 2026 […]

December 30, 2025

FACT warns illegal streamers

UK IP protection organisation FACT has contacted over a thousand individuals across the UK via email and text, warning them to immediately cease using illegal TV streaming services or face the risk of prosecution. The campaign builds on investigations carried out in collaboration with police forces nationwide and forms part of FACT’s ongoing work to […]

December 24, 2025By Colin Mann

La Liga’s TV revenues dip

Spanish football clubs will share €1.43 billion in TV rights during the 2024–25 season, with TV remaining the prominent income source for Spanish football, despite an overall decline in La Liga’s audiovisual revenues. The figure, distributed by LaLiga across the first and second leagues, represents a slight drop from the €1.49 billion allocated in the […]

December 23, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Sky extends PGA Tour rights

Sky and the PGA Tour have agreed a four-year extension to their partnership in the UK and Ireland, through to the end of 2029. This follows recent extensions to rights agreements with The Masters, the Ladies European Tour, DP World Tour, USGA and Augusta National, resulting in Sky Sports remaining the exclusive home of all […]

December 22, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Radial Entertainment signs international FAST, AVoD deals

Radial Entertainment, the entertainment company operating FilmRise and Shout! Studios, has announced a global expansion with a new slate of partnerships. The company will distribute its FAST channels and AVoD content through strategic collaborations with VIDAA, Titan OS, and pocket.watch, while also licensing select Radial content to Creator Television for its FAST channels. Melissa Wohl, […]

December 22, 2025

Sony pays $630m for WildBrain’s Peanuts stake

WildBrain, a specialist in family entertainment, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its 41 per cent stake in Peanuts Holdings, the holding entity for the Peanuts IP, to Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) and Sony Pictures Entertainment for $630 million (€537.8m) cash. The family of Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts, retain their 20 per cent […]

December 19, 2025

TNT Sports to broadcast Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Sport has confirmed that Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has secured the exclusive UK live broadcast and digital media rights for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. TNT Sports will bring live coverage to viewers via a dedicated linear channel in the UK and Ireland. More than 600 hours of live coverage will be offered to […]

December 19, 2025

MoU boost for LatAm anti-piracy collaboration

The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA), together with anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to bolster collaboration in the fight against illegal streaming and digital piracy across Latin America. The agreement strengthens the coordinated public–private enforcement framework. Under […]

December 19, 2025By Colin Mann