Callum McCarthy

SportBusiness Media takes a deep dive into the numbers driving the Fifa World Cup's commercial success.

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Media groups across Latin America are spending just under half a billion dollars on top-tier European club football rights in the current 2022-23 season, almost all of which is driven by the Premier League, LaLiga and Uefa club competitions.

DAZN's strategy to improve key metrics, while attempting to minimise cash expenditure and smarten up its balance sheet, is characterised well by its acquisition of Eleven Group in September.

Inside this issue: MULTIPLE SPORTS: Verow: Investor interest in beIN Media Group “a huge compliment” MULTIPLE SPORTS: Viacom18 pays big increase to beat Sony to 2024 Olympic Games FOO

Europe’s top-tier basketball competition, EuroLeague, has regained momentum in the key markets of Germany and France, earning huge increases in both territories from 2022-23 onward and taking the competition past an important milestone.

DAZN and the Professional Fighters League have struck three separate agreements that will see DAZN become a minority equity holder in the PFL's new European mixed martial arts promotion, as well as a media…

The global betting rights market continues to produce astounding increases across the board, with Conmebol becoming the latest beneficiary of aggression from the industry’s big players.

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