Live Super League rugby will be broadcast on free-to-air television in the UK for the first time in its 26-year history after Channel 4 secured a two-year deal with the league’s organisers. The partnership will see ten live Super League matches air on Channel 4 each season. The commercial public service broadcaster’s Super League coverage […] More
LaLiga has opened the bidding process for the exclusive sale of LaLiga Santander audiovisual rights in Spain, including Andorra, on non-exclusive terms. These rights cover a period of up to five seasons, from 2022-23 until 2026-27. The audiovisual content is divided into seven options, each one made up of several lots, intended for both terrestrial […] More
Public broadcaster France TV is set to provide live streamed coverage of the Union Cycliste Internationale’s (UCI’s) new track cycling series. Each round of the UCI Track Champions League will be streamed online in full via the network’s France TV Sports digital platform. In broadcasting the league, France TV augments its existing 200 hours of […] More
Eleven Portugal has secured the rights to show the English Premier League for three seasons from 2022-23. The deal will see the OTT and linear broadcaster deliver live and exclusive coverage of all 380 Premier League matches. The live coverage will be supplemented by expert analysis, local commentary, and interviews. The rights are currently held by […] More
Discovery Sports has expanded its cycling offer for fans by adding the exclusive global Cyclo-cross Superprestige rights to its portfolio of live events. A new long-term deal will bring live and on-demand global coverage of the Cyclo-cross Superprestige series to viewers via Discovery Sports’ leading sport brands Eurosport, GCN+ and discovery+. The eight-race Superprestige season […] More
A new three-year rights deal has been agreed between the National Futsal Series (NFS) and BT Sport that will see seven weekends of the 2021-22 National Futsal Series Men’s Tier One and Women’s Super Series season shown live on BT Sport. The National Futsal Series was established in 2019 and incorporates 43 teams in five […] More
Discovery Sports has reached an agreement with Tennis Australia to broadcast the Australian Open live and exclusively on a pan-European basis through to 2031. The long-term agreement, commencing in 2022, includes all linear and digital rights and will extend Eurosport’s association with the first Grand Slam on the tennis calendar to more than 25 years […] More
The AELTC and the BBC have agreed a three-year extension to their broadcast partnership, giving the BBC the domestic rights to broadcast The Championships, Wimbledon up to and including 2027. The new agreement guarantees that Wimbledon will remain free-to-air for UK fans for a further three years from the conclusion of the current contract in […] More
Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has extended its British racecourse licence extensions for audio-visual and data rights for a new five-year term. The renewals cover 35 racecourses for their LBO rights and 33 racecourses for all other aspects of their media rights including streaming (Watch & Bet), direct to home (DTH), terrestrial TV and international betting […] More
DAZN has signed a five-year UK and Ireland rights deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing that will see 16 fights shown per year on the sports streaming platform from July 2021. The DAZN deal includes production of the TV coverage with Matchroom’s newly formed content business, Matchroom Media, becoming responsible for live production of the […] More
