Analysis

Football

Prior to the project's collapse, the 12 founding members of the European Super League Company believed they could earn €4bn ($4.82bn) per season from media and marketing rights.
Football

The founding members of the European Super League Company believe they can earn €4bn ($4.82bn) per season from media and marketing rights should their proposed breakaway from Uefa club competitions become a reality, SportBusiness Media understands.
Football

The IPFL has stopped short of making history with an exclusive D2C offering after Charlton came forward with a bid that matched the reserve price set in the initial tender process.

TrillerNet’s acquisition of the platform came as no surprise to boxing industry insiders, who had suspected a deal was on the cards immediately after the Tyson fight.
American Football

The NFL has shown that a little flexibility goes a long way in the US, securing like-for-like growth of about 80-per-cent by allowing partners to use the NFL as a central pillar of their respective streaming platforms.
Football

Infront has won international media rights to the Italian Serie A by the tightest of margins, bidding €1m per season more than its closest challenger, Kosmos.
Cycling

Infront will pay a strong increase for rights to the Flanders Classics and Amstel Gold cycling races in a long-term global media-rights deal with the race organisers, SportBusiness Media understands.
Football

The rivalry between United Media and Telekom Srbija is having dramatic effects on the sports broadcasting landscape in the Balkans and beyond.
Football

The Football Association’s desire for strong free-to-air coverage means the BBC will pay substantially less per match than pay-television partner Sky in the latest domestic cycle of England’s Women’s Super League.
Motorcycling

The value of MotoGP rights in New Zealand has more than doubled in deals finalised last month with telco Spark and free-to-air broadcaster Three.
Football

Italy’s Serie A will enjoy a significant increase in the value of its US media rights for the second cycle in a row after securing a deal with ViacomCBS from 2021-22.
Football

US media group Univision has acquired exclusive Spanish-language rights to the 2021 Copa América, paying less than its rival Telemundo did for the 2019 edition of South America’s top-tier national football tournament.
Football

The documents show that multi-platform broadcaster DAZN was due cash and rights fee relief from IMG in return for its 50-per-cent stake in the special purpose joint venture.
Motorsport

Telco BT will pay a slightly lower fee in its three-year renewal of MotoGP rights in the UK and Ireland as it will share live coverage of two Grands Prix – including the UK race – with a free-to-air broadcaster.
Football

Fifa is the latest rights-holder to benefit from fierce competition in the Nordics as it sealed huge increases for both the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup and the men’s World Cup in 2026.
Football

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has reduced its fee for rights to Spain’s LaLiga in Brazil, agreeing a six-season extension at a reduction of about 25 per cent on a per-season basis.
Rugby Union

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has held on to one of its flagship properties in France by retaining rights to French rugby union’s Top 14, paying an increase of about 17 per cent on its previous deal.
Football

The value of Uefa Champions League rights in Brazil has stayed steady thanks to Turner’s appetite for greater exclusivity and commercial broadcaster SBT’s desire to add more premium rights to its sports portfolio.