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Football

Globo’s loss of exclusive digital rights to the 2022 Fifa World Cup unleashed the potential of alternative broadcasts in Brazil, as Brazilian influencer Casimiro’s streams of World Cup matches broke the country’s YouTube and Twitch’s live viewership records.
Football
Media

Major League Soccer has announced a four-year, English- and Spanish-language domestic rights deal with Fox Sports starting with the 2023 season, ending a long-standing partnership with ESPN which had carried…
Football
Industry Moves

Felipe Aquilino has been recruited as head of media rights at Brazilian sports marketing agency LiveMode after recently leaving FC Diez Media, SportBusiness understands
Football
Media

Major League Soccer will potentially only have Fox Sports as a domestic linear rights partner in the United States in 2023 after both ESPN and TelevisaUnivision reportedly declined to carry select, non-exclusive…
Motorsport
Media

Short-track motorsport series Superstar Racing Experience and ESPN have announced a multiyear media rights deal that will begin in the summer of 2023, with races on six consecutive Thursday nights at 9…
NFL
Media

Sports gaming company FanDuel is reportedly planning to run its first Super Bowl commercial during the Fox broadcast of Super Bowl LVII, which is scheduled to be held at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, …
Motorsport
Media

The Automobile Racing Club of America and Fox Sports announced an extension of broadcast rights for the ARCA Menards Series in the United States through the 2024 season, while also expanding the number…
Mixed Martial Arts
Events

Mixed martial arts organisation ONE Championship has enhanced its presence in Thailand through a media rights agreement with free-to-air television network Channel 7 HD and media company Tero Entertainment
Motorsport
Media

Penske Entertainment and the CW Network partner with Vice Media
Basketball
Media

League looks to ramp up its promotion of Christmas Day slate of games
Golf
Media

Media group Warner Bros. Discovery has widened its coverage of ‘The Match’ by announcing it will broadcast the exhibition golf event in Europe for the first time.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Veteran sports media executive to lead Bally Sports group of RSNs
Football
Media

American run in tournament ends with strong show of viewership
Martial Arts
Media

US gaming company agrees to rights deal with Asian promoter
Motorsport
Media

Motorsports media publication Speed Sport has partnered with media group Obsession Media along with a consortium of motorsports and broadcast executives to launch the Speed Sport 1 channel in 2023
Football
Media

Canada’s second match of the 2022 Fifa World Cup last Sunday was the most-watched Fifa World Cup group-stage match ever in the country. The loss to Belgium averaged an audience of 4.4
Ice Hockey
Media

New FAST channel to feature wide range of league content
Football
Events

Both Fox, Telemundo continue to draw strong audiences for World Cup