Analysis

Football

LaLiga has secured an increase for its media rights in the Indian subcontinent after sealing an experimental agreement with Galaxy Racer, which is currently streaming the league’s matches for free.
Cricket

Sky secured a deal for England’s three-Test tour of Pakistan at a reduced per-match fee on its previous agreements with the Pakistan Cricket Board.
Football

MNC Group renewed its exclusive Asian Football Confederation rights in Indonesia from 2025 to 2028 towards the end of last year at an opportune moment.
Football

Uefa's six-year deal with beIN for the rights to its men’s national team competitions in Mena is in line with the annualised value of the previous cycle.
Football

Faced with a lower offer from SuperSport, LaLiga pivoted from a single English-language broadcaster strategy across sub-Saharan Africa and adopted a series of non-exclusive deals.
Football

Fifa has been forced to drastically reduce its revenue targets for next year’s expanded Club World Cup with just over eight months until the tournament starts, SportBusiness Media understands.
Multiple Sports

Speaking exclusively to SportBusiness Media on the back of the agency’s IMG x RedBird Summit, IMG's Adam Kelly is confident the agency’s transformation has positioned it to thrive no matter what parent company it sits under.
Football

BeIN Media Group has renewed its exclusive rights to Uefa club competitions in the Middle East and North Africa for around the same fee as its previous agreement.
Football

France’s Professional Football League is on course to at least double its income from the sale of international rights, with deals in a handful of markets still to be completed.
Cricket

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.
Skiing

The ITT to be launched on Monday for global media rights to the 2027 and 2029 editions of the Alpine and Nordic World Ski Championships represents a strategic departure from previous processes aimed squarely at agencies and the EBU.
Football

The breakdown of the German Football League’s attempts to secure private equity investment was a key factor in the Bundesliga’s decision to enter into a long-term, Americas-focused partnership with Relevent Sports.
Football

Competition for the Champions League pushed up the value of Uefa club competition rights in Romania in deals with Digi Sport and Prima Sport.
Tennis

ESPN’s extension of its domestic US Open rights will more than double its current fee, as the broadcaster solidifies itself as a tennis stronghold well into the next decade.  
Football

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.
Football

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.
Football

The Premier League’s ability to secure an uplift in its renewal with beIN for its rights in Mena underlines its importance as a driver of beIN’s subscription-based television business.
Football

The increase was driven by continued bullishness around the growth of sports betting in the US and beyond, but also by aggregators jostling for position in a highly competitive market.