SportBusiness Media 28:17
Inside this issue we analyse the DFL's new agreement with Relevent covering the Americas, the US Open's bumper domestic rights extension with ESPN, FIS's tender for rights to the Alpine and Nordic World Ski Championships, and plenty more.
ECB ‘overly optimistic’ with The Hundred media estimates
The ECB has been roundly criticised for its media rights growth projections for The Hundred, contained in an ‘information memorandum’ recently sent to potential investors.
BeIN reduces fee for Uefa club rights in Asia
BeIN Sports secured Uefa club competition rights in all its active Asian markets at a slight decrease on its previous deal, despite the addition of Indonesia in the new agreement.
Serie A seeks to offset UK shortfall in OneFootball experiment
Serie A’s rights fee with TNT Sports in the UK has been reduced by roughly half, but Italy’s top-tier league is looking to bridge the revenue gap as much as it can with a pay-per-view agreement with OneFootball.
SportBusiness Media 28:16
Inside this issue we analyse the huge increase Genius Sports agreed in order to hold onto its low-latency data rights deal with Football DataCo, examine the WTA Tour returning to screens in Mena, look at the LFU's deals in Brazil, and plenty more.
PCB drops the ball in ‘flawed’ domestic rights process
The Pakistan Cricket Board has ended its drawn-out process for a long-term domestic broadcast deal by selling its rights for around half of its reserve price.
Bundesliga almost flat in Indonesia after Mola settlement
The Bundesliga will earn around the same in media rights revenues from Indonesia this season as it did last year after Mola agreed to pay a settlement fee and MNC and IndiHome almost made up the difference in one-season deals.
SportBusiness Media 28:15
This issue includes an analysis of Ligue 1's domestic media rights process, LaLiga's latest deal in Mena, and the commercial growth of US college sports, among much else besides.
Serie A fee down in Spain with late DAZN deal
Italy’s Serie A was able to capitalise on DAZN’s strategy of securing top European leagues in Spain to strike a late deal, though at a lower fee than it previously earned in the country.
Bundesliga fee flat in Spain as DAZN packages big leagues
The German Bundesliga benefitted from DAZN’s determination to package together top European leagues, securing a renewal on similar terms to its previous deal with Movistar Plus.