SportBusiness Media 27:16
Inside this issue, we take a look at how the ubiquity of streaming and the rise of WFH lifestyles has turned the Uefa Champions League’s daytime window in the US into a blessing, helping Relevent Sports Group more than double its media rights value from 2024-25 onward and create a path to a US-hosted Champions League final. We also examine how, in the face of tough conditions, the DFL will do well to match the €1.1bn per season it currently brings in for domestic rights from 2025-26 onwards. There's plenty more, including an analysis of the dispute between CAF and beIN, following the former’s decision on September 1 to cancel its 12-year, $415m deal with the broadcaster.
Matildas matches added to Australia’s ‘anti-siphoning’ list
The Australian government has added Fifa World Cup matches featuring the Australian women’s football team to the country’s current ‘anti-siphoning’ list, which dictates sporting events that should be show…
Sky renews British Basketball League rights ahead of new season
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has signed an extension to its rights deal with the British Basketball League ahead of the 2023-24 season, which starts today (Thursday)
FanCode nets AFC Champions League streaming rights for two seasons
Indian streaming platform FanCode has secured exclusive rights to selected Asian Football Confederation competitions over the next two seasons, 2023-24 and 2024-25
Nine front-runner for Melbourne Cup after Seven withdraws
Media group Nine Entertainment is the front-runner to secure domestic free-to-air media rights to the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s showpiece horse racing event, after its rival Seven West Media withdrew f…
In Focus: US Open
SportBusiness Media takes a deep dive into the numbers driving the commercial success of the US Open, which concludes on Sunday.
SABC agrees late deal for Rugby World Cup, citing ‘restrictive conditions’
South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has agreed a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster SuperSport for 16 matches of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which starts today
IMG extends Bundesliga archive deal to 2025-26
Bundesliga International, the international media rights arm of the German Football League (DFL), has renewed its agreement for video archive rights with the IMG agency until the end of 2025-26
Bundesliga nets strong increase in India with Sony
Sony Pictures Networks secured exclusive rights across the Indian subcontinent to the German Bundesliga for three more seasons after agreeing to pay an increased rights fee.
SABC and SuperSport at impasse over Rugby World Cup deal
Public-service broadcaster the SABC has been unable to secure a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster SuperSport for South Africa's matches at the forthcoming 2023 Rugby World Cup in France