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Friend MTS protects United Media premium content

Content and revenue protection specialist Friend MTS has agreed a deal extension with United Media, proprietor of the most popular cable channels in Southeast Europe, to continue to provide anti-piracy protection for its premium sports content. United Media is part of United Group, a telco and media platform in Southeast Europe which operates in all […]

May 30, 2019By Colin Mann

ESPN+ acquires Copa America rights in US

ESPN+ has reached an agreement to be the exclusive English-language home in the US for the 2019 CONMEBOL Copa America. The 46th CONMEBOL Copa America will be played from June 14th to July 7th throughout Brazil. All 26 matches – from the opening kick to the Final – will stream live on ESPN+, the direct-to-consumer […]

May 29, 2019

ITV, BBC score FA Cup deal

As revealed by advanced-television.com, UK terrestrial broadcasters ITV and the BBC have agreed a new broadcast deal to show the Emirates FA Cup, making the competition available entirely free-to-air to viewers from 2021. Pay-TV operator BT Sport has shared the broadcast rights to the competition with the BBC since 2014. The new four-year deal with […]

May 24, 2019By Colin Mann

Canal+, RMC Sport team for Premier League

Canal+ and multiplay operator Altice France (RMC Sport) have reached an agreement on the English Premier League, the rights to which he Canal + Group won in October 2018 for the next three seasons (2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022). This agreement means that subscribers to Canal+ channels such as the RMC Sport bouquet will have access to […]

May 24, 2019By Colin Mann

European finals FTA on Virgin TV

All customers of UK multiplay operator Virgin TV will be able to watch this year’s UEFA Champions League and Europa League final free of charge. Four Premier League sides will compete in the final of the two biggest European competitions meaning that millions of British football fans will be scrambling to watch the action. Virgin […]

May 24, 2019

Premier League broadcast rights hit £9.2bn

The Premier League has seen the value of its global broadcast rights increase by 8 per cent to £9.2 billion (€10.4 billion) for the three seasons between 2019 to 2022. Despite a drop in the value of domestic rights, interim chief executive Richard Masters said foreign broadcasters are paying around 30 per cent more for […]

May 23, 2019

DAZN scores Copa del Rey final rights in 5 markets

DAZN, the on-demand sports streaming service, has secured the exclusive rights for this year’s Copa del Rey final in four markets; Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Japan. DAZN will also broadcast the fixture non-exclusively in Italy. The fixture on May 25th will see Barcelona take on Valencia in a bid to secure the domestic treble, after […]

May 22, 2019

Eurosport acquires ATP Tour rights in Nordics

Eurosport has broadened its relationship with the ATP and ATP Media by landing the exclusive rights for the ATP Tour in the Nordics region for four years starting in 2020. The deal with the ATP and ATP Media, along with its coverage of all four Grand Slams, means fans in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland […]

May 22, 2019

NBC to broadcast W Series racing in US

W Series has announced a new partnership with NBC Sports to broadcast the entirety of the series’ inaugural season in all 50 US states. Fans across the US will now be able to watch all the season’s races from the all-female championship. The new deal includes six, one-hour encore presentations of W Series races, broadcast […]

May 22, 2019

Amazon adds WTA Tour tennis rights

Amazon has secured the rights to the WTA Tour for the UK market according to reports. The rights for the UK market were held by BT Sport, and have been since 2013. Amazon already holds the rights for the ATP Tour and the US Open but does not have the rights for any of the […]

May 20, 2019