Media & Technology

Insider Sport news and analysis relating to media rights and developments in technology within the sports sector.

Players vote to keep World Cup every four years in FIFPRO...

FIFPRO has revealed a 1,000-person survey that suggests 75% of men’s professional footballers want to keep the FIFA World Cup every four years.Following a...

PFL secures LatAm media coverage across Torneos’ DirecTV

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has entered into an agreement with sports broadcaster Torneos, securing coverage on the latter’s DirecTV in Latin America.Covering the...

PFL explores UK and Ireland expansion with Channel 4

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has formed a collaboration with Channel 4 that sees the latter become the exclusive broadcaster partner of the competition...

YouTube provides extended Serie A coverage in MENA region

Serie A's Arabic-language YouTube channel is expanding to show all ten Serie A matches from matchday 24, in the MENA region, until the end...

Premier Sports broadens offering with National Rugby League season

The National Rugby League (NRL) has given rights to Premier Sports to broadcast matches in South East Asia and the Indian sub-continent for 2022.Premier...

Team Marketing and Relevent to sell UEFA club competition rights for...

UEFA has signed two-separate deals with Team Marketing and Relevent Sports Group, naming the companies as sales partners for the 2024-27 cycle.Selected by the...

BBC Sport to provide FTA coverage of Bellator MMA European events

Mixed martial arts promotion, Bellator MMA, has partnered with BBC Sport for events from outside of America to air live on the re-launched BBC...

Athletes Unlimited becomes latest Sportradar Integrity Services client

Sports tournament organiser Athletes Unlimited has partnered with Sportradar Integrity Services (SIS), identifying a need to safeguard its competitions due to increasing interest. The multi-year...

Blast Premier signs 35 broadcast deals in continued esports expansion

Esports organisation, Blast Premier, has announced a ‘record number’ of media rights deals that sees the 2022 season broadcast in over 130 territories, in...

BT Sport announces Discovery JV leaving DAZN in the cold

BT Group has this morning revealed that it is in ‘exclusive discussions’ with Discovery Inc to create a new sports broadcasting joint-venture for UK...