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Rugby Union

CVC’s attempts to acquire a stake in the Six Nations are reportedly being held up by a disagreement over the rugby championship's media rights.
Football

FC Barcelona has announced plans to launch a subscription-based over-the-top streaming service as it seeks to develop its digital business into one of its main sources of income
Multi-sport

Brazilian media conglomerate Grupo Global has made a $3
Football

Amazon has enlisted the services of an Israeli artificial intelligence (AI) company, WSC Sports, to produce a live rolling highlights programme and an interactive replay function when it starts its coverage…
Rugby League

The National Rugby League (NRL) is considering whether to bring broadcast production of its matches in-house in the next cycle to increase competition for its rights
Horse Racing

Horse racing is likely to see a drop in its media revenues after William Hill announced plans to close around 700 betting shops in the UK before the end of the year
Football

European Club Association (ECA) chairman Andrea Agnelli has accused Europe’s top 5 leagues of ‘protectionism’ in opposing plans to reform Uefa club competitions (UCC) post-2024 and disputed suggestions that …
Multi-sport

US-based sports, data and technology company STATS is to merge with Perform in a deal which could help fund the global expansion of the DAZN OTT sports platform
Sport Climbing

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has agreed a multi-year partnership with the Dentsu agency and Japanese production and distribution company Synca Creations
Football

TA leaked media-rights contract indicates the state of Qatar offered to pay Fifa an additional $100m (€89m) - as part of the deal with Qatari state broadcaster Al Jazeera (now beIN Media Group) - if it was …