Sky agreed to a new broadcast partnership with Formula One Management. Under the new agreement, Sky Sports will be the home of F1 in the U.K. and Ireland from '19-24, offering live coverage of every Grand Prix. The Formula 1 British Grand Prix, together with highlights of all other races and qualifying sessions, will be shown on a free-to-air basis and at least two other primetime live races a season will be offered on the soon-to-be-launched Sky Sports Mix along with other F1 content.
Sky Sports F1 will be the only place to watch each Grand Prix weekend live for the next three seasons in the U.K. (Sky Sports).
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The North American Soccer League "is about to significantly widen its reach with a TV broadcast deal with beIN Sports." The deal "will be in addition to those with ONE World Sports, which was announced on Tuesday, and ESPN3."
NASL execs had been in tentative discussions with CBS Sports "but are on the cusp of signing a deal with beIN Sports ahead of the 2016 Spring Season" (London TELEGRAPH, 3/23).
The South African Rugby Union called in Sportradar to release the full potential of its data and to protect its teams from the threat of match-fixing.
The agreement’s data component positions Sportradar as a non-exclusive collector, processor and distributor of data from almost 300 matches played in South Africa.
Under the integrity component on the agreement, Sportradar will use its Fraud Detection System to monitor all the matches in Super Rugby and the Rugby Championships involving South African teams, plus matches of the South African Springboks (Sportradar).
