Media Rights

Coverage of the major deals surrounding sport media rights

Eleven renews UFC media rights agreement in Belgium

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will remain on Eleven after the broadcaster tied down a renewed multi-year deal with the mixed martial arts (MMA)...

Pakistan Cricket Board inks international rights agreements

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has signed a handful of international media rights agreements with pay-television broadcasters from 2021 to 2023. Sky UK, Sky New...

Arena Sport secures Ekstraklasa media rights in the Balkans

Poland’s top flight football league the Ekstraklasa has signed a Balkans media rights agreement with Arena Sport. Arena Sport will provide coverage of the league...

French rugby follows LFP in issuing media rights tender

France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) has issued the tender for the media rights to the country’s elite Top 14 rugby union division. The decision...

TVP and Sportfive agree ‘compromise’ deal for World Handball Championship

A deal has been struck for the rights to the International Handball Federation (IHF) World Men’s Handball Championship in Poland, after failing to come...

Sports streaming key to Amazon’s subscriber success

Coverage of international rugby as well as highly popular Premier League fixtures have helped Amazon secure nearly half of the UK’s new streaming subscribers. As...

Sky Deutschland extends ATP Cup rights agreement

The men’s ATP Cup will remain on Sky Deutschland after the pay-television broadcaster announced it has retained the rights to the tennis tournament in...

DAZN and Movistar team up for enhanced motorsport offering in Spain

Digital media firm DAZN has agreed to sublicense the rights to the MotoGP racing series to Telefónica-owned Movistar+ for the 2021 season. DAZN's over-the-top (OTT)...

RMC Sport ties down UFC rights after lifting of MMA ban

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has penned a deal with French subscription service RMC Sport. In November last year, the French Mixed Martial Arts Federation...

Premier League confirms broadcasting continuation

The Premier League has confirmed that televised broadcasts of all matches will continue during the current UK lockdown. Coverage will be provided by the league’s...