The Saudi Cup 2024 – the world’s most valuable horse race – will be shown live by over 30 broadcasters with a reach that targets all corners of the globe for the $20 million contest. Now entering its fifth year, the Group 1 Saudi Cup is established as one of horse racing’s premium international events. […]

BBC Studios and Swedish national public television broadcaster, Sveriges Television AB (SVT) have announced a new factual content deal that will see over 280 hours of BBC Studios’ factual content on SVT channels and services including SVT1, SVT2, Knowledge Channel and SVT Play. Titles include the Emmy-award winning series Life Below Zero (Seasons 1-8) which […]

TNT Sports has announced a new addition to its rugby portfolio by securing live rights to screen the HSBC SVNS – rugby sevens’ annual global tournament – in the UK and Ireland on a two-year deal until the end of the 2025 season. With three rounds of the 2023-24 series completed, the first broadcast of […]

Disney has renewed a multi-year distribution deal with MultiChoice Group to offer Disney’s portfolio of linear channels, including National Geographic, National Geographic Wild, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, ESPN and ESPN2 on DStv in South Africa until 2027. The Walt Disney Company operates the six 24-hour channels in Africa, in both English and Portuguese. Christine Service, […]

Research from Ampere Analysis shows that, after four years of major studios employing an exclusivity approach to the distribution of their TV content on streaming, licensing is steadily making a comeback. Analysis reveals that the number of TV seasons cross-licensed between Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) Max and Discovery+ more than tripled in 2023. […]

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has acquired eight unscripted series for its linear networks in European markets, including two UK originals from Prime Video, Amazon Originals, The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm, Seasons One and Two. Both series will air on Polish networks TTV and Metro, with The Grand Tour also set to air on TVN […]

Bundesliga International and Setanta Sports have agreed to an expansion of their broadcast rights partnership, which includes the renewal of 10 Eurasian markets and the additional inclusion of three Baltic territories. Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Setanta Sports has been broadcasting the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, […]

TrillerTV has announced the acquisition of exclusive broadcast rights to the Dutch football league Eredivisie in the UK and Ireland for the next two years. There will be 52 matches streamed live as part of the TrillerTV+ subscription throughout the 2023/24 season. The broadcast deal, facilitated by IMG, will also expand to include France and […]

Racing series Extreme E has announced a new multi-year broadcast partnership with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), expanding the championship’s reach ahead of its new season which begins on February 17th.The EBU’s new digital streaming platform Eurovision Sport will broadcast the Desert X Prix, Rounds 1 and 2 of Season 4, which takes place in […]

The FA and TNT Sports have agreed a new four-year broadcast deal for the Emirates FA Cup, starting from the 2025/26 season, which will see more games available, across both TNT Sports and free-to-air. TNT Sports will showcase live matches from the First Round, with every game from the Third Round outside of 3pm kick […]