According to Altman Solon’s 2023 Global Sports Media Survey, 85 per cent of industry leaders believe that rights owners are not actively addressing the changing needs of their media partners. The survey of more than 2,500 sports fans and 150 top executives from eight major global markets reveals that four out of the five major […]
FIFA has opened two separate tender processes for the media rights to the FIFA World Cup 26 and FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 in Sub-Saharan Africa. With qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 26 having commenced in Africa this month, entities in Sub-Saharan Africa are now invited to put forward their proposals to obtain the […]
The PGA of America and Sky Sports have announced a three- year extension of their broadcast partnership, solidifying continued live coverage of the PGA Championship and KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship throughout the UK and Ireland. Sky Sports viewers will continue to have access to comprehensive coverage of the PGA Championship and KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship. […]
Electric Entertainment, the LA-based production and distribution company, and BluTV, the SVoD platform for Turkish and Arabic-speaking audiences, have entered into an agreement to license five of Electric’s franchised series. The deal includes SVoD rights to the recently launched original SYFY series The Ark, Amazon Freevee’s original series Leverage: Redemption, the episodic crime series, Almost […]
DAZN, the sports entertainment platform, has announced the appointment of Charles Ma as Head of Media Rights Sales (APAC) amongst a number of appointments designed to further strengthen its Broadcast Partnerships Division. DAZN is one of the biggest rights holders in sport, with properties such as the Bundesliga, LaLiga, NBA, NFL, Premier League, Serie A […]
OneGate Media has secured worldwide distribution rights for the drama series, Isolated (8×45’). The series will be featured on OneGate Media’s varied slate for MIPCOM this year. Set on the eerie Utö Island, the series begins on a typical day, where the local residents of the island await the arrival of the weekly ferry from […]
TGL presented by SoFi, the new tech-forward, team golf league developed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s TMRW Sports in partnership with the PGA Tour, and ESPN have announced a multi-year partnership that makes ESPN the exclusive home of TGL matches in the US beginning in January 2024. The announcement was made by Rosalyn Durant, […]
Particle6 Productions, the UK indie founded by Eline van der Velden, has acquired the rights to The Madigan Chronicles, Marieke Lexmond’s award-winning, six-book series comprising titles such as The Dagger, The Magical Tarot Deck and The Wand. The Madigan Chronicles is a mystical family drama about three generations of headstrong witches and their struggle to […]
UK broadcaster Narrative Entertainment has announced that it has acquired exclusive UK rights to Wild West Chronicles seasons 2 and 3 for its GREAT! action channel. Narrative Entertainment has acquired the series from distributor Imagicomm Entertainment via sales agent, Alfred Haber Television. This new commitment follows strong performance of Wild West Chronicles season 1, which […]
FilmRise, the New York-based film and television studio and streaming network, has acquired the exclusive North American distribution rights to Martin Makariev’s tech-thriller feature The Admirer from Starlings Television in association with Mediawan Rights. Makariev, whose feature film In the Heart of the Machine served as Bulgaria’s official submission for the 2023 Academy Awards Best […]