Media Rights

Coverage of the major deals surrounding sport media rights

NBC’s Super Bowl LVI coverage hits ‘record’ 112.3 million viewers

The National Football League (NFL) has revealed that the Super Bowl LVI averaged an audience of 112.3 million viewers, and is the most-watched show...

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...

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...

Jockey Club signs content deal with Playtech ahead of key fixtures

The Jockey Club has entered into a partnership with gambling software development firm Playtech for the production of cross-product content ahead of next month’s...