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Rugby Union
Media

Pitch International has won more business in rugby union after being appointed to sell international broadcast rights to the British and Irish Lions’ tour of Australia next year.
Football
Media

Broadcasters in Israel have been given five weeks to formulate their bids for media rights to Uefa club competitions in the country
Football
Media

The US-based Relevent Sports Group has landed a share of English Football League (EFL) international broadcast rights after clubs approved the agency as its distribution partner in North, Central and South…
Football
Data

The United Soccer League has agreed a global, six-year betting rights deal with Sportradar as the United States soccer organisation's official betting and technology partner
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

Globo, the Brazilian media giant, is to remain as the exclusive broadcast partner in the country of the Professional Fighters League (PFL), after signing a new multi-year rights deal.
Multiple Sports
Media

Fox chief executive Lachlan Murdoch has said that the yet-to-be-named sports streaming joint venture backed by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery is planned to reach five million subscribers in its first five years.
Athletics
Media

The Marketing & Media Solutions agency and PC Plus Group have secured media rights in sub-Saharan Africa for all World Athletics Series events from 2024 to 2029 in a deal with Eurovision Sport.
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

Polish commercial and pay-television broadcaster Polsat has extended its exclusive rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship in a multi-year deal announced today (Monday)
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Diamond Sports Group, the owner and operator of 19 regional sports networks (RSNs) in the United States, has submitted its official re-organisation plan to the Houston court overseeing its Chapter 11 bankruptcy…
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has been awarded a clean sweep of Turkish Süper Lig rights but the scrapping of the initial tender has been met with strong resistance from Saran Media, which warns it will “take all legal steps”.
Football
Finance & Law

Multi-club ownership (MCO) in women’s football is a necessity to growing the overall quality of the game and, eventually, commercial revenues, according to two leading protagonists.
Athletics
Finance & Law

Investment conversations that continue to be held by World Athletics are with global players and are being sparked by ongoing revamps to the sport to maintain its audience engagement, according to Sebastian…
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports and the Saran Media agency must deliver fresh bids for Turkish Süper Lig rights after the initial invitation to tender was scrapped by the Turkish Football Federation …
Motorsport
Media

Streaming platform FanCode has secured exclusive F1 rights in India for 2024 and 2025, after the open-wheel racing series went direct-to-consumer in 2023.  
Football
Governance

Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, has reignited his war of words with A22 Sports Management, the backers of the proposed breakaway European Super League (ESL), claiming the organisation is attempting…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Paramount Global's streaming service Paramount+ added 4.1 million new subscribers in the fourth quarter, raising the platform's total to 67.5 million subscribers at the end of 2023 as the company's overall revenue dipped six per cent year-over-year for the quarter.
Motorsport
Finance & Law

Formula 1 has seen its annual revenue grow to $3.22bn (€2.97bn), with the impact of its new Las Vegas Grand Prix particularly impacting its fourth quarter results as operating income rose by 164 per cent year-on-year.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Disney Star and Reliance Industries, majority owner of Viacom18, today announced the merger of their Indian television and streaming assets, creating an $8.5bn media behemoth.