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
English Premier League (EPL) football clubs have unanimously agreed to a three-year renewal of the EPL’s UK live and non-live broadcast rights agreements with Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime Video and BBC Sport. The rolled over £4.8 billion TV rights deal, which will run from seasons 2022-23 to 2024-25, will include an extra £100 […] More
Sports streaming platform DAZN has acquired the bulk of the rights to show live Serie A matches in Italy in a deal reputed to be worth €2.5bn. The contract, which runs from 2021 to 2024, includes seven out of 10 exclusive matches per match week and sees DAZN become the new primary broadcaster of the […] More
Extreme E has confirmed it will air on ITV – the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster – and BT Sport. Both will broadcast live coverage of all five X Prixs, as well as highlights shows on demand and the championship’s 20-part magazine programme – Electric Odyssey. The three-year deal with ITV means it will show coverage […] More
Sky Sports and the BBC will show live coverage of the Women’s Super League (WSL) in the UK from next season after the FA secured its first standalone commercial broadcast deal for the top tier of women’s football. The three-year contract will see Sky Sports show at least 35 games exclusively live per season with […] More
