European Leagues’ collective rights project stays afloat through 2025 despite weakened pool
The future viability of the European Leagues centralised international media rights project is up for debate, after SportBusiness Media revealed two of the biggest participants were jumping out of the pool after just one cycle.
EXCLUSIVE: Danish, Swiss exit European Leagues’ centralised rights project
Football's European Leagues body is to continue with just seven leagues in its international broadcast rights pool for at least one more season, after Denmark and Switzerland ended their participation, SportBusiness can reveal.
Mediapro adds to DTC offering with GolStadium return
Mediapro has brought back its GolStadium sports streaming platform, with a range of international football, tennis and extreme sports to be part of the initial offering
Ex-Google marketing exec Sanders takes Cricket Australia CCO reins
Cricket Australia has filled a key void in its executive team, with the appointment of Ed Sanders as its chief commercial officer.
Netflix joins NFL streaming party with Christmas Day offering
Netflix has made its first move into live American football and struck its first agreement with a major sports league, today (Wednesday) announcing a three-season deal with the NFL
Bundesliga builds up local presence in Apac, India with key hires
Bundesliga International has made a trio of executive hires and promotions across Asia-Pacific and India, as it looks to further build the league's exposure on the ground with media rights deals already locked in across much of the region for the long term.
J Sports is latest target in Abema’s collaborative approach
Abema, the Japanese streaming platform, has continued its policy of agreeing deals with other media entities in the country, today (Monday) striking a content agreement with pay-television broadcaster…
Ecuadorian clubs issue GolTV with deadline to pay debts
GolTV, the pay-television broadcaster that holds domestic rights to Ecuador’s top-tier Serie A, has been given 15 days to pay clubs what they are owed, or facing losing the lucrative contract.
NBL to get big FTA window in new Network Ten, ESPN deals
Australian men's basketball's NBL has signed new domestic media rights deals with pay-TV's ESPN and commercial broadcaster Network Ten from the 2024-25 season
Endeavor Q1 loss exceeds $300m ahead of Silver Lake takeover
Endeavor's Owned Sports Properties was the entertainment giant's sole business unit to show revenue growth in the first quarter of 2024, aided by last year's acquisition of WWE, as the wider group swung to a net loss.