Analysis

Football

The value of Spanish LaLiga rights in France has dropped about 30 per cent in beIN Sports’ latest renewal, driven by a dearth of competition for the property in a rapidly consolidating French marketplace.
Multi-sport

The shutdown of Fox Sports Asia, announced by owner Disney last month, will draw the curtains on one of the most storied companies in sports broadcasting in Asia-Pacific. SportBusiness Media takes a brief look back over the company's history.
Multi-sport

Sports media rights markets in Asia-Pacific stand at a crossroads following the exit of longstanding pan-regional player Fox Sports Asia.
Football

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has banked on the German Bundesliga to be a central pillar of its expansion across Europe, as the company’s EVP and head of expansion and sport Peter Nørrelund told SportBusiness Media he believes in the league’s “prosperous future” and the broadcaster’s ability to monetise the rights.
Football

Hopes are high that Mexico, a Concacaf nation, will participate in the 2024 Copa América, sending the value of media rights in the US and Mexico soaring.
Football

Italy’s second-tier football league, Serie B, looks set to be rewarded for creative thinking in the face of difficult market conditions, securing a 25-per-cent increase in the value of its domestic media rights with further deals in the pipeline.
Cricket

Ehsan Mani, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, has asserted that the board’s three-season deal with state broadcaster PTV could be even more lucrative than the board previously thought, despite widespread scepticism over the model that underpins the agreement.
Multi-sport

The International Paralympics Committee has secured a step-change increase in the value of its European rights in its deal with the Infront agency, covering the 2022 winter and 2024 summer Paralympic Games.
Football

Uefa has significantly increased the value of its national team rights in Austria from 2022-23, capitalising on fierce competition between ORF and Servus TV as the latter continues its sports-rights push.
Football

The value of the rights to second- and third-tier properties in Italy is enjoying a mini-boom in the wake of DAZN’s acquisition in March of the main live rights to Serie A for the next three seasons. Faced with the loss of its key property, Sky is fighting back, renewing deals with MotoGP and the Bundesliga and snatching rights currently held by DAZN, such as Serie B and Ligue 1.
Rugby League

Super League’s protracted domestic sales process ended in a sharp headline rights fee decline for the rugby league competition for the next two years, SportBusiness Media understands.
Football

Brazilian media group Globo is close to agreeing a deal for rights to the bulk package of South American Fifa World Cup qualifiers it does not already hold, SportBusiness Media understands.
Football

The Chinese Super League is heading for a massive drop in its domestic media-rights income under a series of deals being finalised for the 2021 season onward.
Football

The value of Uefa club competitions in Cyprus will stay steady in the upcoming three-season cycle as incumbent Cyta retained exclusive rights in the country.
Kabaddi

Pro Kabaddi League team owners are unhappy with the result of the tender for global media rights to the league, won by Disney-owned Star India last month, despite more than doubling their income.
Football

The new three-year deals, from 2022-23 to 2024-25, would replicate the current three-year deals, from 2019-20 to 2021-22. This includes the duration, the fee and the number of matches.
Ice Skating

The International Skating Union has secured a modest fee increase for its global media rights from 2023-24, renewing with incumbent Infront in a deal signed this month.
Mixed Martial Arts

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has massively increased the value of its media rights in France thanks to a renewal with pay-television broadcaster RMC Sport.