News

Golf
Finance & Law

The PGA Tour has reached agreement to secure a $3bn (€2.75bn) investment in a new commercial entity from a US consortium led by Liverpool FC owner Fenway Sports Group (FSG), but has left the door open to 'co-investment' from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF).
Baseball
Host Broadcast & Production

Major League Baseball has started to establish production plans for Colorado Rockies' broadcasts and is likely to air the games on MLB.TV during the 2024 season, SportBusiness understands
Football
Media

Polish broadcasters must deliver first-round bids for Uefa club competition rights by February 27 after the Team Marketing agency kicked off the sales process
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Tom Broom, one of the agency sector's most experienced media executives in the Asia-Pacific region, is to leave IMG after more than two decades at the Endeavor-owned company, SportBusiness has learned
Football
Media

One media company will be permitted to land exclusive domestic broadcast rights to the Bundesliga after the Bundeskartellamt, the German cartel office, agreed to scrap the ‘no single-buyer’ rule in its…
Rugby Union
Events

France 2023 was the most-watched Rugby World Cup of all time, governing body World Rugby declared today (Tuesday). The tournament, won by South Africa, achieved 1
Football
Industry Moves

Mediapro has reorganised its business structure, part of which will see industry veteran Oliver Seibert joining the management committee and officially heading the agency and production group's sports…
Football
Finance & Law

The French Senate is to launch an investigation into the creation of LFP Media, the commercial vehicle set up by the French Football League (LFP) with investment from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners
Volleyball
Media

Volleyball World, the commercial entity created by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), has announced a four-year extension of its rights deal with Brazilian media group Globo
Tennis
Media

The Australian Open drew a record television audience in Italy as Jannik Sinner became the country's first male grand slam champion in 48 years
Football
Media

Uefa club football is to be shown free-to-air in Turkey in the next cycle, after public broadcaster TRT picked up the rights to all three competitions.
Table Tennis
Media

German streaming platform Dyn Media has added World Table Tennis (WTT) rights to its portfolio of chiefly domestic properties in a two-year agreement.
Professional Wrestling
Media

Live televised action from World Wrestling Entertainment is to return in Germany tomorrow (Tuesday) for the first time in 10 months, after Bild, the German newspaper and publisher owned by the Axel Springer…
Golf
Media

Jon Rahm’s controversial move to LIV Golf has helped the breakaway tour secure a two-year broadcast deal in Spain with Movistar Plus+, the OTT service of the Telefónica-owned pay-television broadcaster.
Handball
Events

France’s triumph in the Men’s EHF Euro 2024 final generated a peak audience of eight million for commercial broadcaster TF1, as the European Handball Federation hailed Germany’s staging of the tournament as the “best ever” in the championship’s history.
Ice Hockey
Media

Latvia’s public broadcaster has retained rights to ice hockey’s IIHF World Championship in a long-term agreement with the Infront agency.
Football
Finance & Law

A Brazilian court has sided with Athletico Paranaense in a long-running case against media group Globo related to pay-per-view broadcasts of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club.
Cricket
Media

An immediate consequence of the collapse in the proposed merger between Sony Pictures Networks and Zee Entertainment is that the latter now intends to withdraw its planned $1.4bn (€1.2bn) commitment to rival media group Disney Star towards rights fees for International Cricket Council events.