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Netflix scores 3-season NFL deal, broadens live sports push

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After its monster $5 billion rights deal with WWE struck in January, streaming giant Netflix has made its first significant move into "non-scripted" live sports.

The NFL on Wednesday took another step toward its goal of making its games as widely available as possible by striking a three-year deal with Netflix.

Netflix will be the global home of the NFL's two Christmas Day marquee games. The Pittsburgh Steelers will host the reigning two-time Kansas City Chiefs, while the Houston Texans will host the Baltimore Ravens in the two holiday games.

Mar 29, 2018 14:03

Fox Sports to show every IPL game for 1st time in Oz

MELBOURNE: Fox Sports, on Foxtel, will ensure Australian cricket fans can watch every game of the 2018 IPL 11 season following a new broadcast arrangement with global media rights holder and sibling network Star India announced Thursday. It’s the first time in five years Australian cricket fans will be able to watch live coverage of the Twenty20 competition on television.

Mar 29, 2018 12:03

Nine aces 5-yr Tennis Australia media rights in record deal

MELBOURNE: Tennis Australia is set to join forces with the Nine Network after signing an historic new agreement here Thursday. The new A$300 million ($230.3 million), five-year deal from 2020 to 2024 is the biggest in the history of the organisation and way over the reported A$35 million a year that current host broadcaster Channel 7 has going with Tennis Australia.

Mar 27, 2018 18:03

Star at loggerheads with DTH operators Airtel, Dish over subscription fees

NEW DELHI: With the countdown on for Indian Premier League 2018, Star India has served notices to DTH operators Airtel Digital TV and Zee Group owned Dish TV over subscription fee hike, with the IPL host broadcaster threatening to disconnect its channels.

Mar 23, 2018 16:03

Star to broadcast Super Cup in 5 languages

MUMBAI: After the exhilarating season of Hero Indian Super League (ISL) and Hero I-League, Indian football fans now have an opportunity to cheer for their favourite teams in the upcoming Hero Super Cup – a tournament that will see the best of I-League and ISL teams starting March 31 across the Star network.

Mar 23, 2018 15:03

MP & Silva awarded Copa America 2019 global commercial rights

SINGAPORE: The council of CONMEBOL has unanimously awarded the contract for the consultancy and commercialization of Copa America 2019 to MP & Silva. The tender and adjudication were supervised by the auditing firm Ernst & Young. MP & Silva will be responsible for the consulting, sales and after-sales services of the oldest and most prestigious tournament of CONMEBOL, the Copa America Brazil 2019.

Mar 21, 2018 13:03

India Sports Sponsorship up 14% in 2017, breaches $1-bn barrier: ESP-SportzPower research report

MUMBAI: ESP Properties, the entertainment and sports arm of GroupM, and SportzPower (India’s leading provider of sports business news) Wednesday released the 2018 report on sports sponsorship in India.

Mar 20, 2018 12:03

Star offloads IPL rights for Europe, S America, SE Asia, Oz to YuppTV

NEW DELHI: IPL's global host broadcaster Star India has sub-licensed exclusive rights for Europe, South America and South East Asia; and non-exclusive rights for Australia, to YuppTV. The global OTT platform focused on South-Asian content has been awarded the exclusive digital and television media rights for Vivo IPL 2018, scheduled to take place from 7 April to 27 May.

Mar 15, 2018 12:03

Desports seals deal to manage PSG rights in China

PARIS: China's sports marketing agency Desports will have exclusive management of French Ligue 1 champion Paris Saint-Germain's sponsorship rights and license rights in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong. The multimillion euro partnership will run for three and a half years from January 2018, according to an official release.

Mar 15, 2018 12:03

Twitter scores 9 new video sports content partnerships for APac

SINGAPORE: Twitter unveiled a robust slate of premium video sport content deals at Sportel Asia on Thursday.

Mar 13, 2018 15:03

Nimbus to appeal HC liquidation order

MUMBAI: Nimbus Communications Ltd, parent company of Neo Sports Broadcast, has declared it will go in appeal against a recent ruling of the Bombay High ordering the liquidation of the company in a six-year-old lawsuit filed by the Union Bank of India (UBI) against the sports broadcaster.

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