Australia’s WNBL earns first rights fees in ESPN, Nine deals
Christy Collier-Hill, the head of the Women's National Basketball League, has told SportBusiness Media that the property’s first media rights fees reflect its growing popularity and potential.
TV4 Media replaces Viaplay as NFL broadcaster in Sweden and Finland
TV4 Media, the Telia-owned broadcaster, has acquired rights to show the National Football League in Sweden and Finland for three seasons, from 2022 until the Super Bowl in February 2025
Saran nets Davis Cup rights in Turkey to 2024
The Saran Media Group agency has secured exclusive pay-television rights for the Davis Cup in Turkey from Kosmos Global Tennis for three years, from 2022-24
Sport in France renews Ligue Féminine de Handball rights
The Sport in France free-to-air channel has renewed its rights to broadcast the Ligue Féminine de Handball's Division 1, the country’s top-tier women’s handball league, for the 2022-23 season.
DAZN strikes NFL renewals in Canada and DACH, free-to-air in DACH moving to RTL
Sports streaming platform DAZN has renewed its NFL rights in Canada from the forthcoming season onwards as well as in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from 2023
Foxtel, Seven, Telstra renew AFL rights in record A$4.5bn, seven-year deal
Pay-television broadcaster Foxtel, commercial broadcaster Seven and telco Telstra have renewed their domestic media rights for the Australian Football League in a seven-year deal covering 2025 to 2031
Disney Star and Zee pair up to treble ICC value in India
Disney Star and Zee Entertainment have joined forces to pay around three times the previous value for exclusive media rights in India to International Cricket Council events.
TV2 replaces Viaplay as NFL broadcaster in Denmark
TV2 Denmark, the government-owned broadcaster, has secured rights to the National Football League for three years, from 2022 to 2024
Sony drastically decreases US Open tennis fee in India
Sony Pictures Networks secured exclusive rights in the Indian subcontinent to the US Open grand slam tennis tournament, paying a fraction of the previous fee.
Elisa renews ACB rights in Finland
Finnish telco Elisa has renewed its rights to Liga ACB, Spain’s top-flight basketball competition, for the 2022-23 season.