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Wimbledon: Sky Italia renews its broadcasting rights in Italy until 2026

Sky Italia has renewed its exclusive broadcasting rights to Wimbledon in Italy until 2026, announced the pay-TV operator on 27/06/2022. The rights, which have been extended through the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), allow Sky Italia to broadcast the tournament's matches on…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Digital, Media
• Article # 256706
• Published on 28/06/22 at 17:35

Sportall: new fundraising of €2.9m; €4.5m raised since the platform was founded in 2019

The French OTT sports platform Sportall has completed a new fundraising round of €2.9m, "led by the company Trois I Investissements Industriels Internationaux, the platform's main shareholder," announced Sportall on 28/06/2022. "The majority of the existing shareholders have also followed in…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Finance, Investment - Shareholding, …
• Article # 256693
• Published on 28/06/22 at 17:00

Formula 1: Disney (ESPN) extends broadcasting rights in the USA until 2025 for $75m/year (press)

The Walt Disney Company, parent company of the American sports channel ESPN, has extended its full and exclusive rights to broadcast Formula One in the United States until 2025, according to Sports Business Journal on 27/06/2022. Disney has reportedly extended the rights for between $75m and…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 256676
• Published on 28/06/22 at 16:20

LaLiga Santander: broadcasting contract with Super Sports Media in China terminated

LaLiga Santander has terminated its broadcasting contract with Chinese company Super Sports Media (owned by Chinese multinational sports and entertainment company Wuhan DDMC), which held the exclusive broadcasting rights to the Spanish league until 2028-29, in June 2022. "In view of the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Finance, Media
• Article # 256648
• Published on 28/06/22 at 12:30

Australia: Optus acquires LaLiga Santander broadcast rights as part of a "multi-year" agreement

Telecommunications operator Optus has acquired the full and exclusive broadcasting rights to LaLiga Santander for Australia, as part of "a multiyear deal," announced the operator on 27/06/2022. "The multi-year deal to stream LaLiga Santander gives Optus Sport an additional 380 matches per…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 256520
• Published on 27/06/22 at 16:20

Mediapro-LFP affair: "To speak of shared responsibility is cowardly and misleading" (Pierre Maes)

"At the beginning of 2021, tired of being constantly asked to talk about Mediapro, I couldn't take it anymore. But in the summer of 2021, I listened by chance to the parliamentary hearings of the players involved, in particular that of Didier Quillot, and told myself that there was a great deal of…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Finance, …
• Article # 256470
• Published on 27/06/22 at 15:30

Weekly News Extra (20-24/06/2022)

• World Rugby says it is "concerned by media reports in relation to alleged working conditions within the France 2023 organising committee" as described by the French daily newspaper L'Equipe in its 22/06/2022 edition. • DAZN has signed a distribution agreement in Spain with Orange from August…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Clubs, Sponsors - Partners, …
• Article # 256365
• Published on 24/06/22 at 18:15

Qatar 2022: Douyin (TikTok) acquires streaming rights in China

The Chinese digital media group Douyin has acquired the streaming rights to the 2022 World Cup for China, under sublicense from China Media Group (CMG), the country's leading state-owned media group and parent company of the state-owned broadcasting group CCTV, announced the two groups on…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Digital, Media
• Article # 256358
• Published on 24/06/22 at 17:25

Turkey: Digiturk (beIN) renews its global Süper Lig broadcasting rights until 2023-24

The Turkish pay-TV group Digiturk, a subsidiary of Qatari pay-TV group beIN Media Group, has renewed its domestic and international broadcasting rights for the Süper Lig and TFF 1. Lig (Turkish first and second division) until 2023-24, announced the group on 24/06/2022. The rights were acquired…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Digital, Media
• Article # 256357
• Published on 24/06/22 at 16:55

NBA: strategic partnership with Kylian Mbappé's production company Zebra Valley

Zebra Valley, a production company belonging to Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) created in 2022 with the agency WME Sports, has become a partner of the National Basketball Association to create original content "that will engage fans around the world," announced the North American league on…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 256343
• Published on 24/06/22 at 16:20