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The dream of a unified, centralised Brasileirão will have to wait until 2030 at the earliest as years of public pettiness between clubs, meetings about meetings and arguments over small amounts of money have resulted in another resounding victory for Brazil’s biggest media group, Globo.

A national backlash against a government move to take matches of the Argentinian national football team off state television has prompted sub-licensing negotiations between broadcast executives.

Diamond Sports Group, the regional sports network (RSN) owner and operator that is fighting to come out of bankruptcy, has suffered a blow after its carriage deal with Comcast expired without a new agreement in place.

Paramount Global, which is in exclusive merger talks with Skydance Media, has announced the immediate exit of president and CEO Bob Bakish, to be replaced by three executives in a new leadership team amid a period of ongoing financial uncertainty.

Televisión Federal (Telefe), the Argentinian television station owned by Paramount Global, has acquired rights to matches of the men's national football team after the country's radical leader, Javier Milei, put an end to the use of public funds.

The National Football League on Peacock, NBCUniversal's streaming service, has helped revenue for the service grow 54 per cent to $1.1bn (€1.03bn) in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in the previous year.

The NHL has its first streaming only deal in Canada after Amazon reached a two-year rights deal with Rogers Communications to air Monday night games.

Seattle Kraken has becomes the first NHL team to strike a direct local media rights agreement with Amazon for the online retail giant's Prime Video streaming platform.

The Formula 1 Channel becomes the latest addition to F1’s portfolio of programming currently available for fans in the USA, supporting the core live offerings from ESPN and F1 TV.

Two Circles, the data-driven sports marketing and sponsorship sales agency, has been unveiled as a key strategic partner in the new fan-focused track league created by four-time United States Olympic champion Michael Johnson.

LiveMode has taken on strategic investment from US growth equity firm General Atlantic and Brazilian financial services company XP Investimentos, backers of one of two groups bidding to control commercial operations in Brazilian football.

The Brasileirão Série B 2024 kicked off with all matches shown live over the weekend, after a late completion of the broadcast picture in the country.

Regional sports network (RSN) owner and operator Diamond Sports Group has taken another step towards exiting Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, after a judge scheduled a June 18 confirmation hearing.

The Women's National Basketball Association plans to negotiate its future media rights deals in partnership with the NBA, the league confirmed at the WNBA Draft

Host Broadcast Services has sought to diversify its portfolio by adding the 2024 Copa América to the list of top-tier football events it is the host broadcaster for.