Callum McCarthy

Football

Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) has delivered the Premier League another strong increase in the Netherlands, though the scale of the uplift is smaller than Nent's deals in other markets.
Football

The English Premier League has benefitted from intense competition between US media giants in Latin America to secure massive increases in deals with Disney and ViacomCBS, despite only offering rights for a three-season period.

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Rugby Union

Six Nations Rugby has continued to grow its overall media rights revenues while remaining on free-to-air television in its domestic territories, securing a slight increase in the UK and consolidating prior gains in Ireland.
Motorsport

IndyCar is planning to use the increased exposure offered by its new domestic media rights deal with NBC to accelerate the rebuild of its brand in the US and grow its sponsorship revenues over the three-year term.
Motorsport

Mark Miles speaks to SportBusiness Media on IndyCar's new domestic and international media rights deals, the upcoming 2022 season, as well as the series' wider strategy for commercial growth in the coming years.

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Multi-sport

DAZN chairman Kevin Mayer said his company’s attempts to acquire UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport “became uneconomical” after a rival bid from Discovery increased BT’s demands in the final throes of negotiations.
Football

The agency is currently in the market seeking new broadcast deals ahead of the 2022-23 season, several of which are expected to be two-season extensions to existing agreements.

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