Media & Technology

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

DFL begins tender process for Bundesliga broadcast rights

With the Bundesliga’s current domestic broadcasting rights deal set to expire at the end of the 2024-25 season, the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) has...

Sportradar launches FanID for a new way to collate data

Sports data firm Sportradar has launched a new end-to-end first party marketing solution that enables the sports industry to collect data through alternative means...

Report: NFL in “advanced talks” over ESPN equity stake

The NFL is edging nearer to acquiring an equity stake in ESPN which would see the league’s in-house media assets controlled by the US...

Peacock: NFL’s AFC Wild Card game “most streamed US live event”...

History was made during last weekend’s NFL Wild Card Weekend as Peacock announced that the AFC Wild Card game was the most-streamed live event...

Newcastle Utd records £73m loss for 2022/23 but commercial and media...

Newcastle United’s financial report has stressed great progress on-and-off the pitch, in both a sporting and commercial sense, but the group’s losses are hardly...

Arsenal vs Liverpool game breaks FA Cup viewership record

The BBC has reported that the FA Cup game between Arsenal and Liverpool broke a viewership record with 7.6 million viewers. Previously, the record for...

LeBron James among NBA stars to feature in Netflix docuseries

Netflix is reportedly working on a docuseries centred around the NBA and its stars in the same vein as its recent NFL centric show...

BBC lands up to 12 Super League games in new TV...

The BBC has agreed a deal with the Rugby Super League to broadcast up to 12 games per-season as part of a new TV...

Sky Sports to cover full 2024 Africa Cup of Nations tournament

Sky Sports has added another feather to the cap of its football broadcasting portfolio by securing the media rights to this year’s Africa Cup...

UK faces risk of TV blackout for England’s cricket tour of...

Rights to England’s five-Test tour series against India are still yet to be sold, three weeks before the first match. A familiar situation is shaping...