Media Rights

Coverage of the major deals surrounding sport media rights

Triller Fight Club files $100m lawsuit against pirate streaming sites

Triller Fight Club (TFC) has filed a lawsuit against 12 sites in the US District Court in the Central District of California in response...

Betfred Super League strikes Sky Sports renewal

The Betfred Super League has extended its media rights agreement with pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports for a further two years, taking effect at the...

Angel City recruits UK-based Women’s Sports Group for global expansion plans

UK-based Women’s Sports Group has been enlisted by National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) franchise Angel City FC to boost the team’s commercial brand ahead...

Disney set to close Fox Sports Asia channels in DTC pivot

The Walt Disney Company is set to shut down its network of Fox Sports Asia channels in October of this year, according to ContentAsia. Among...

Bundesliga and Nent come together in ‘historic’ media rights tie-up

European media company Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) has extended its media rights partnership with the German Bundesliga for a further four seasons, as part...

Premier League in talks over private rights sale with broadcasters

The Premier League is ‘in talks’ to abandon the broadcast rights tender process in favour of ‘rolling over existing deals’ with Sky, BT Sport...

Sky Italia attempts to block DAZN Serie A rights assignment

Sky Italia has lodged an appeal with the Milan Court against the recent assignment of the Serie A rights to sports streaming service DAZN. The...

Premier League turnover drops 9% during 2019/20 campaign

The Premier League experienced a 9% dip in annual turnover as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the 2019/20 accounts have shown. The accounts, which...

Matchroom bolsters in-house media capabilities with Loop acquisition

Matchroom has acquired live streaming and production company Loop, with the firm becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Matchroom Media - the agency’s media...

Premiership Rugby CEO Darren Childs departs for CVC

Premiership Rugby’s Chief Executive, Darren Childs, is set to step down from his role to take up a new position at private equity firm,...