Industry Shorts: La Liga, Discovery And ITF
Premier Sports has agreed a carriage deal with Sky which will see the broadcasters brand new LaLigaTV channel shown across the Sky platform.
The channel will be made available to Sky subscribers for an extra £5.99 a month, after a two-week free trial. The announcement follows a protracted rights tender from La Liga that saw the Spanish football league go unpurchased by mainstream platforms.
Discovery, whose golf offering includes GOLFTV, Golf Digest, and an exclusive content partnership with Tiger Woods, has announced the major acquisition of Golf Channel Latin America.
Launched in 2006, Golf Channel Latin America covers more than 36 live golf events exclusively, airing all PGA Tour events, and is available in 17 countries across the region.
The ITF has unveiled sweeping plans for integrity reform, including the removal of live in-play scoring data from the World Tennis Tour.
In partnership with the Tennis Integrity Supervisory Board, the ITF will deliver new and improved anti-corruption protocols across the tour, including the removal of live scoring data which has – traditionally – been ripe for black market betting.
MLS has awarded its 30th and final franchise slot to Charlotte, with the city’s current NFL franchise owner David Tepper pledging US$325m to join the league.
SailGP has announced that Spain will replace China as the seventh team in the second season of the sailing series.
Revealing the news, SailGP claimed that it was unable to secure the ‘permissions necessary’ to continue operating the Chinese team within its existing structure.
TV presenter Clare Balding OBE has been announced as the next President of the Rugby Football League, rugby league’s national governing body.
Balding will replace outgoing president Tony Adams. The former Arsenal defender was a surprise appointment in 2018. Balding’s tenure will see her oversee the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in England.
