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Extreme E extends Eurosport deal

Extreme E, the electric off-road series, will partner with Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) in a new multi-year agreement that will offer motorsport fans live and on-demand race coverage across Europe on Eurosport with streaming on Max and discovery+.Coverage of Extreme E on Eurosport will feature a range of programming including live race action, highlights shows […]

March 5, 2024

Fox signs deal for Prime Video’s The 1% Club

Prime Video has announced that stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Patton Oswalt has been named the host of The 1% Club. The series based on the hit international format, produced by BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions and Magnum Media, will premiere on Prime Video in the US and Canada. The 1% Club will also have […]

March 5, 2024

TNA Wrestling renews Eurosport India deal

Anthem Sports & Entertainment has announced that TNA Wrestling has extended its partnership with Warner Bros Discovery’s sports channel Eurosport India. The multi-year agreement brings exclusive weekly TNA content to viewers throughout India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The announcement includes eight new TNA+Presents specials each year. The extension also features all-new episodes of the […]

March 5, 2024

beIN signs long-term F1 MENA rights deal

beIN Media Group has secured exclusive rights to the FIA Formula One World Championship in 25 countries, spanning the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as well as Türkiye, from the start of the 2024 season until the end of the 2033 season. Under the new 10-year agreement, subscribers across MENA and Türkiye to beIN’s […]

February 29, 2024

World Indoor Athletics Championships on BBC

In the build-up to the Paris Olympics this summer, BBC Sport is offering live coverage from the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow, as global track and field talent descend on Scotland. Viewers can follow all the action live on BBC Two and iPlayer. Gabby Logan leads the BBC’s coverage of the World Indoor Athletics […]

February 28, 2024

Germany: FIA WEC on Sport1

Sport1, Germany’s multi-channel sports platform, will cover the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) extensively on free-TV in the 2024 and 2025 seasons – this year in cooperation with Porsche. The races will be shown live or in highlights. The WEC aims to thrill fans with action-packed racing and a prominent driver line-up, including Mick Schumacher, […]

February 27, 2024

BBC Studios secures multiple sales for music docs

BBC Studios has secured a raft of sales for documentary series Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution and Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World, demonstrating the appetite for the pop culture genre with international buyers.  Specialist Factual Productions has put the cultural legacies of Disco and Hip-Hop under the spotlight in two multi-part series. […]

February 27, 2024

Electric Entertainment acquires Year of the Fox film

Electric Entertainment, the Los Angeles-based production and distribution company, has acquired the exclusive North American distribution rights to the 2023 Seattle International Film Festival Official. The deal gives Electric Entertainment all media rights. Directed by Megan Griffiths (Sadie, The Summer I Turned Pretty) and written by Eliza Flug, who also produced alongside Lacey Leavitt Gray […]

February 26, 2024

Research: Sports may settle streaming wars

In the battle for traditional and streaming TV subscribers, unique content is viewed as the silver bullet. But scripted originals no longer fit the bill: after years of peak TV spending, every platform has at least one. Sports, however, are still unique. If viewers want to watch the NFL, the NBA, or the Premier League, […]

February 23, 2024

Live NBA on BBC

The BBC is bringing live TV and digital coverage of the remainder of the 2023-24 NBA season to UK audiences. The new deal will see games broadcast live on the BBC including on BBC One, BBC Three and BBC iPlayer. Five games from the regular season are initially confirmed, with an additional four Playoffs and […]

February 23, 2024By Nik Roseveare