Media & Technology

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

INDYCAR and NBC Sports extend long-running rights agreement

NBC Sports and the NTT INDYCAR Series have extended their multi-year media rights arrangement.NBC Sports will continue to serve as the exclusive home of...

NFL Media recruits three new Vice Presidents to executive structure

NFL Media has appointed Angela Ellis, Sandy Nunez and Tony Cole as new Vice Presidents of the entity which comprises the NFL Network, NFL...

Austrian Bundesliga prompts four-year Sky rights extension

The Austrian Bundesliga will continue to be shown on Sky for the next four years under the terms of a contract extension activated by...

Seven Network cooperates with Twitter for Tokyo 2020 Olympics coverage

The Seven Network has partnered with social media platform Twitter ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to bolster the Australian commercial channels’ coverage...

BeIN Sports launches legal action against Canal Plus in Ligue 1...

BeIN Sports has taken legal action against Canal Plus to force the latter to complete its sub-licensing arrangement for the broadcasting rights to the...

OneFootball nets Liga MX streaming agreement

OneFootball has struck a deal with Liga MX, to stream live games and highlights from the Mexican top-flight football tournament, after inking an agreement...

Stats Perform adds BWF tournament live coverage to video and data...

Stats Perform has been designated as the exclusive distributor of live streams and real-time stats to licensed betting operators for the elite men’s, women’s and mixed tournaments of the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The newly-expanded package will...

FIFA appoints Kay Madati as new Chief Commercial Officer

FIFA has named Kay Madati as the international football governing body’s new Chief Commercial Officer.Madati, who boasts a 20-year background in the international media,...

Amazon announces ‘fair price’ for Ligue 1 viewership

Amazon has unveiled its pricing plan for subscribers wishing to watch French top-flight Ligue 1 football matches, setting the fee at €12.99 a month...

BIG3 enlists US Integrity to safeguard competition from corruption

The BIG3 basketball league has aligned with technology-driven sports wagering monitoring company US Integrity (USI) to protect the three-on-three competition against betting-related fraud and...