Imran Yusuf

Tennis
Media

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV will continue showing the Australian Open until 2026, a significant deal for the grand slam given it is the only one of tennis’s four majors which is shown in a convenient t…
Tennis

Amazon will show Wimbledon on Prime Video for the first time in any market after it stepped in to acquire rights in Germany and Austria when Sky exercised a break clause in its contract.
Cricket
Media

Media group ARY, which owns pay-television broadcaster A Sports, has secured exclusive linear rights to the Pakistan Super League in 2024 and 2025 after outbidding its rivals at an auction and agreeing…
Multiple Sports

The proposed merger between Disney Star and Reliance is being driven to a great extent by the wish to avoid a repeat of the 2023 IPL, in which the two entities undercut each other, resulting in reduced advertising revenues.
Football
Media

Sony Pictures Networks has shored up its football portfolio with a renewal of Uefa club competition rights in the Indian subcontinent from 2024-25 to 2026-27, SportBusiness understands
Cricket
Media

Disney Star, rather than Zee Entertainment, will show the upcoming International Cricket Council U19 World Cup on its linear channels, in the wake of the delay in the merger between Sony Pictures Networks…
Ice Hockey
Media

The Professional Women’s Hockey League secured broadcast deals with TSN and Sporstnet, among others, in North America ahead of its inaugural season, which began yesterday (Monday).
Cricket
Media

Cricket-dedicated broadcaster Willow TV has secured exclusive rights to South Africa’s SA20 in North America.

Inside this issue we analyse the Premier League's domestic deals, Amazon's sports media strategy, the ICC's sales process in Australia, Recast's financial plight, and plenty more.
Tennis
Media

Online retail giant Amazon has secured Wimbledon rights for the first time in any market, after acquiring exclusive rights to the tournament in Germany and Austria from 2024 to 2027