As new sports streaming services such as DAZN and Eleven Sports aggressively seek out rights and push traditional players to innovate, how is the market responding and measuring success? Ross Biddiscombe investigates It is a time of immense disruption in the sports streaming market. Almost every day there is either more content being made available […]
Sky is launching Sky Sports Mix, a new basic tier channel that will have some Premier League football among its line-up. The channel will be available to all of UK pay TV service Sky’s twelve million customers in the UK. Traditionally, Premier League football has been the preserve of the premium Sky Sports channels. The […]
Al Jazeera is in talks to acquire Spanish producer Mediapro, according to local reports. The Qatari state funded broadcaster has been aggressively rolling out channels internationally and has also been acquiring key sports rights. A deal for Mediapro would give Al Jazeera rights to several key soccer clubs and competitions including games from Barcelona and […]
Canal+ has acquired exclusive rights to the Formula 1 motor racing series. The French premium pay TV operator has taken rights to all of the races in the 2013 F1 Championship, which starts with the Australian Grand Prix on March 17 in Melbourne. The F1 deal means Canal+ can transmit live coverage of races as […]
French premium broadcaster Canal+ has acquired exclusive rights to the Premier League, the top English soccer division. The three-season deal kicks in later this year and give the French pay TV company rights to all televised games from the English league. Canal+ already has rights to the top French league, Ligue 1 as well as […]
