Media Rights

Coverage of the major deals surrounding sport media rights

MTV to air LaLiga in Indian subcontinent via Viacom 18

The Viacom 18 media group has secured the linear and digital media rights to the Spanish LaLiga in the Indian subcontinent for the next...

European Cricket Network becomes latest sports property to join Recast

The European Cricket Network, the media platform jointly established by the European Cricket League and European Cricket Series, has become the latest sports property...

Newly formed WE League nets DAZN as host broadcaster

Digital sports streaming service DAZN has inked an agreement to broadcast the newly formed Japanese Women Empowerment League for the next eight years. Under the...

England’s Ukraine victory becomes most-watched live TV event of 2021

England’s emphatic 4-0 victory over Ukraine in the quarter-finals of the 2020 UEFA European Championships went down as the most-watched live television event of...

Disney picks up French Ligue 1 rights in Brazil

The Disney media group has acquired the rights to the French top-tier Ligue 1 in Brazil from the 2021/22 season to the close of...

Wimbledon attracts 15.5m cumulative audience on BBC

The BBC’s coverage of Wimbledon has attracted a cumulative average audience of 15.5 million across 43.5 hours of coverage, compared to only 8.4 million...

QPR teams with Recast for match streaming

EFL Championship club Queens Park Rangers has joined over-the-top (OTT), UK-based platform Recast. As part of the deal, QPR will broadcast its first pre-season friendly...

DAZN and YouTube to stream UWCL in ‘landmark’ broadcast arrangement

Sports streaming service DAZN has been awarded the global broadcast rights to the UEFA Women’s Champions League and host broadcaster status for the next...

BBC attracts 20.6 million record audience as England progress in Euro...

England’s historic victory over Germany in the last-16 knockout stages of the 2020 UEFA European Championships drew in a record UK audience of the...

Karate Combat lands on Eurosport linear network

Pan-European sports network Eurosport has finalised a broadcast arrangement with Karate Combat, which will bring the third season of the full-contact karate competition to...