FloSports announced a multi-year deal with Pro14. As part of the agreement, fans can access live and on-demand coverage from Pro14 matches in France, Spain, Portugal and Latin American countries exclusively on FloRugby.com. The deal was agreed in collaboration with RDA. FloRugby will stream all remaining Pro14 matches this season as well as the entire 152-game schedule during the '19-20 and '20-21 seasons (FloSports).
The FIA World Endurance Championship extended its exclusive media rights deal with Infront for another three years. The extension means Infront will market all global media rights for the '18-19, '19-20 and '20-21 seasons. The agreement includes all WEC races and the next three editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (Infront).
Poland's Telewizja Polsat launched a new esports channel named Polsat Games. On Monday, it became available to Cyfrowy Polsat subscribers receiving the Mini HD package as well as over the internet. Aside from esports, the new channel offers viewers "entertainment programming featuring internet stars and anime." However, its flagship shows "will be produced in-house and feature esports games" (BROADBAND TV NEWS, 10/16).
Globecast renewed its agreement with tennis rights owner ATP Media for the transmission of the ATP World Tour. The new three-year deal allows Globecast to supply ad-hoc distribution services for the HD coverage of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000s, the ATP World Tour 500s, the Next Gen ATP Finals and the Nitto ATP Finals (BROADBAND TV NEWS, 10/17).
