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EC to investigate Liberty Media, MotoGP deal

The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Dorna Sports by Liberty Media. The Commission has preliminary concerns that the transaction could lead to higher prices for the licensing of broadcasting rights for motorsports events hosted by both parties. Liberty Media and Dorna Sports […]

December 20, 2024By Colin Mann

TNT Sports extends MotoGP deal

TNT Sports will continue to be the home of MotoGP after agreeing a new multi-year deal to broadcast the championship in the UK and Ireland. Live coverage of the MotoGP Grand Prix races and Tissot Sprints will air on TNT Sports and discovery+. Viewers in the UK and Ireland will also be able to follow Moto2, […]

November 18, 2024

Liberty Media selling $825m F1 shares

Liberty Media has revealed plans to sell F1 shares worth $825 million (€742m) in order to ‘partially fund’ its planned acquisition of MotoGP. In April 2024, Liberty agreed to acquire 86 per cent of MotoGP commercial rights holder Dorna Sports, valuing the sport at $4.2 billion. ”The acquisition is expected to be completed by year-end […]

August 23, 2024By Colin Mann

MotoGP, LVP-Mediapro partner for eSport Championship

The MotoGP eSport Championship is back for 2024, with a new partnership between MotoGP and LVP-Mediapro. The new-look Championship, contested on the MotoGP24 video game, gets underway on August 28th as the journey to crowning the next MotoGP eSport World Champion begins. This season will be the eighth edition of the competition and the first […]

August 23, 2024

Netherlands: Ziggo Sport extends MotoGP rights

MotoGP has extended its agreement with Ziggo Sport for a further five seasons. The Dutch broadcaster will continue to bring fans across the Netherlands exclusive, live coverage of the sport, including all practices, qualifying sessions, the Tissot Sprint and Grand Prix races. The new agreement will see fans continue to enjoy live coverage of MotoGP, […]

June 27, 2024

Liberty Media acquires MotoGP

F1 owner Liberty Media is buying MotoGP. The €3.5bn deal will see Dorna Sports, the commercial and television rights holder of MotoGP, remain an independently run company included in Liberty Media’s Formula One Group tracking stock. Carmelo Ezpeleta, who has been CEO since 1994, will remain in his position and continue to run the business […]

April 2, 2024

MotoGP on ITV

ITV will broadcast BT Sport’s MotoGP race coverage live from Mugello and the forthcoming British Grand Prix presented by TNT Sports from the Silverstone circuit this summer. Starting with MotoGP’s Italian Grand Prix, the Tissot Sprint, Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP will all be shown live and free to air across the ITV network. Suzi Perry, […]

June 9, 2023

Marc Márquez: ALL IN on Red Bull TV

Spanish sports sensation Marc Márquez is the subject of a new five-part series, Marc Márquez: ALL IN, which is available to watch now on Red Bull TV. In the past 10 years, Márquez has won 59 MotoGP races, and claimed six titles in the premier class. Before that came 26 wins in the feeder 125cc […]

June 5, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Viaplay secures Nordic MotoGP rights

Viaplay Group has extended its exclusive rights to MotoGP motorcycle racing in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, while adding Finland and Iceland for the first time. Viaplay will stream up to 400 live hours of the motorcycle racing championship in all five countries every year until 2028. Viaplay says the agreement reinforces its position as the […]

February 9, 2023By Colin Mann

DAZN retains MotoGP rights for Spain

Sports streaming platform DAZN and Dorna Sports, the organiser and commercial rights holder of the FIM MotoGP World Championship, have agreed a new five-year deal for the exclusive broadcasting rights to MotoGP in Spain. DAZN has been the home of the sport in the country since the platform launched in March 2019 and will continue […]

October 11, 2022By Colin Mann