ESPN pays decent increase to renew Australian Open
Tennis Australia has renewed its deal with ESPN for Australian Open rights in Latin America and the Caribbean without putting the rights on the market.
MLB gets first fee from China
Major League Baseball’s three-year deal with Chinese internet operator Le Sports guarantees the league extensive coverage in China for the first time.
Sanzar negotiates tough home markets and wins big in UK, France and Middle East
Southern hemisphere rugby rights have increased significantly in global value, driven by explosive growth in the UK, France and the Middle East, and supported by strong returns in difficult core markets.
Revamped League Cup gives BT Scottish exclusivity
Securing some Scottish club football on an exclusive basis was the primary reason BT Sport invested in rights to the revamped Scottish League Cup competition.
PPTV pays out for UFC
The Chinese digital market’s seemingly never-ending growth boosted another property last month, as the Ultimate Fighting Championship agreed a lucrative deal with PPTV Sports.
Muted response to MCL
IOC’s long-term trend continues with latest deal in Brazil
An eight-Games deal with Brazilian media group Globo has helped the International Olympic Committee lock in the gains of Rio 2016 for the long-term.
ATP and WTA see decent returns in Canadian deals
The premier men’s and women’s tennis tours struck new media rights deals in Canada last month, both earning decent rights-fee increases.
Tebas: beIN and telco rivals drive historic deals which prove LaLiga sceptics wrong
LaLiga president Javier Tebas this week described the Spanish league’s new domestic media rights deals as “historic” in terms of income and the completion of the move to collective selling.
IMG-SUM sees opportunities in cleaned-up Copa
Distributing the commercial rights to next summer’s Copa América Centenario is a “great opportunity” for the IMG agency.