DAZN has secured the international broadcast rights to the Ballon d’Or ceremony, with the streaming platform set to make the event available free of charge across more than 200 markets. The agreement covers the 2026 Ballon d’Or ceremony, which will take place in London on Monday, October 26. DAZN announced the deal on September 8,…
World Team Tennis (WTT) has signed a domestic media rights deal with Versant as the mixed-gender professional tennis league prepares to return after a five-year absence. Under the agreement, all six matches scheduled for December will air exclusively on CNBC in prime time through Versant’s USA Sports broadcast division. Streaming platform Fandango will also make…
Apple TV and Yahoo Sports are teaming up to bring alternative broadcasts of selected Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer games to Yahoo Sports platforms, expanding Apple’s reach among sports fans while giving Yahoo a new role in live sports coverage. The partnership will cover four games in total, with two MLB matchups and…
Telemundo has secured Spanish-language rights to Italy’s Serie A, Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana in a three-year agreement covering the US market through the 2028/29 season. The deal gives Telemundo comprehensive Spanish-language coverage of Italian football across its Telemundo and Universo linear networks, Peacock’s streaming platform and Telemundo Deportes Ahora, its sports-focused free ad-supported streaming…
beIN Sports has strengthened its sports broadcasting portfolio in France after securing rights to the EuroLeague basketball competition and the men’s and women’s EHF Champions League handball tournaments. The broadcaster will begin showing the EuroLeague in France from the 2026/27 season, marking its return to the competition after previously holding the rights between 2013 and…
The European Handball Federation (EHF) is expanding its partnership with Dyn Media as it prepares to take direct responsibility for the international media distribution of its club competitions from the 2026/27 season. EHF Marketing, the commercial arm of the EHF, has signed a multi-year licensing agreement that will make Dyn Media’s Content Desk the central…
Ligue 1 is expanding its international broadcast reach ahead of the 2026-27 season, with LFP Media announcing a series of new agreements across key global markets. The French top flight is now available in 215 territories through 53 broadcasters and in 44 languages, further strengthening its international media footprint. India and Indonesia are among the…
LaLiga has strengthened its international media footprint through new broadcast agreements with DAZN in Sub-Saharan Africa and SportyNet in Brazil. The three-season agreement with DAZN will run until the end of the 2028-29 campaign, giving subscribers across 48 Sub-Saharan African markets access to all 380 LaLiga matches each season, both live and on demand. The…
The return of LaLiga has delivered a significant boost to DAZN’s viewing figures in Spain, with premium football once again proving to be a powerful audience driver for the sports streaming platform. According to data from Barlovento Comunicación, DAZN LaLiga recorded a 2.3 per cent audience share on August 27, making it the most-watched pay-TV…
Bundesliga Media has expanded its distribution strategy in the UK and Ireland for the 2026/27 season, launching a new YouTube channel fronted by former Premier League winner Jamie Vardy and renewing its partnership with Mark Goldbridge’s That’s Football. Vardy will host live coverage of seven Bundesliga Friday night matches during the season through the YouTube…
