Analysis

Motorsport

Switching from Star to Sony last month helped Formula E increase its media-rights value in the Indian subcontinent.

Wrestling

WWE’s value in Malaysia has stayed flat in a new deal with pay-television broadcaster Astro.

Multi-sport

Public-service broadcaster UA:PBC has acquired rights in Ukraine to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games at a considerable uplift on the cost of the 2014 and 2016 Games.

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 1st and Sunday 7th January Watching Brief Vol. 192

A summary of UK viewing audiences in football, rugby, golf, tennis, horse racing, athletics, Formula 1, cricket, snooker, darts, boxing and cycling in 2017. Watching Brief Vol. 191

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 25th and Sunday 31st December, along with a summary of December's leading audiences on Eurosport. Watching Brief Vol. 190

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 18th and Sunday 24th December. We also include leading audiences in November on free-to-air television. Watching Brief Vol. 189

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 11th and Sunday 17th December. This week we also include leading audiences in November on Eurosport and across pay-television. Watching Brief Vol. 1
Tennis

In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses the recent developments in the media-rights landscape in Tennis.

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 4th and Sunday 10th December. This week we feature leading audiences for the 2017 Formula One season on both free-to-air and pay-television.
Tennis

In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses the recent developments in the media-rights landscape in Tennis.

Multi-sport

The International Olympic Committee’s deal with telco América Móvil for pay-television and digital rights this month heralds an abrupt change in strategy across Latin America.

Multi-sport

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai is understood to be close to a sublicensing deal with Discovery Communications to acquire rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games.

Football

Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired all rights to the 2018 Fifa World Cup in a deal worth at least 15 per cent less than Fifa earned for 2014.

Cricket

India’s listed-events legislation is expected to widen to include the Indian Premier League early next year, a move likely to prompt a legal challenge from Star India.

Football

Renewing Uefa Champions League rights has cemented SuperSport’s place as the leading pay-television sports broadcaster in sub-Saharan Africa for at least the next four years.

Football

SuperSport last week agreed a five-season deal to retain global rights to South Africa’s Premier Soccer League, defeating an unlikely competitor

Football

Digital streaming service LeSports has sold on its Fifa World Cup 2018 rights in Hong Kong at a significant discount as it plans to cease operations in the territory.