Americas
TuneIn, Fox Sports partner for Fifa World Cup audio simulcasts
Live-streaming audio service TuneIn has secured an agreement with Fox Sports to simulcast the network's English-language commentary in the United States of the upcoming Fifa World Cup in Qatar
NWSL Challenge Cup to run concurrently with season
The National Women's Soccer League announced its 2023 scheduling framework, including the UKG Challenge Cup running concurrently with the regular season rather than as operating like before as a preseason…
Inaugural NFL Germany game proves huge success locally
The National Football League's inaugural regular-season game in Germany last weekend proved a huge success locally across a series of key metrics
Fox Sports México retains F1 rights
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports MĂ©xico has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal with the Formula 1 motor-racing championship.
MLS clubs to have Apple TV sleeve patches as part of rights deal
Tech giant Apple has gained the rights to place the Apple TV logo on the sleeves of all 29 Major League Soccer teams as part of the landmark, 10-year global rights deal between the two parties.
Concacaf signs on as OneFootball’s first confederation content partner
Global media platform OneFootball has signed a content sharing deal with Concacaf, marking its first such agreement with a continental governing body
Zaslav says WBD doesn’t ‘have to have’ the NBA
Executive says a league rights renewal has to be a 'deal for the future'
NFL game in Munich sets new viewership mark for NFL Network
Germany event posts record for international games on league-owned network
HBS extends production deal with Concacaf to 2026
Concacaf, the governing body for football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, has signed a four-year extension to its agreement with Host Broadcast Services, the Infront-owned sports broadcast…
NFL strikes large-scale production JV with Skydance Media
Parties intend to build 'the premier global multisport production studio'
TelevisaUnivision boasts major viewership in US
TelevisaUnivision has announced its dominant share of American soccer viewership on United States television, helping to further some of the goals laid out in the companies' large-scale merger last year
Athletes Unlimited Volleyball plans 2023 tour, lands ESPN deal
Athletes Unlimited, the startup with multiple professional women’s sports leagues, is expanding the reach of its volleyball vertical by securing a domestic rights agreement with ESPN for that competition a…
DAZN to show all NBL matches in Europe
Global entertainment platform DAZN has reached an agreement to broadcast all matches from Australia’s National Basketball League across Europe.
DAZN has also acquired the NBL rights in Canada.
European club football spend nears half-billion dollar mark in LatAm
Media groups across Latin America are spending just under half a billion dollars on top-tier European club football rights in the current 2022-23 season, almost all of which is driven by the Premier League, LaLiga and Uefa club competitions.
Protocol to distribute European rights to Brazilian volleyball’s Superliga
The Canada-based Protocol Sports Marketing agency has signed a multi-year deal to distribute media rights to Brazilian volleyball’s men’s and women’s Superliga across Europe.
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Warner Bros. Discovery-owned GolfTV shutting down
International golf streaming service GolfTV, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, is ending.
The service has emailed customers to say the last day of operation will be December 12
ACB renews with Sharjah Sports, lands Mexican rights deal
The Spanish Basketball Clubs Association (ACB) has renewed a rights agreement with UAE-based broadcaster Sharjah Sports and struck a new deal with Mexican sports broadcaster Hi! Sports
Viaplay shelves launch in DACH region, plans Baltic cost savings
Viaplay Group, the international subscription streaming broadcaster, will not launch in German-speaking markets as planned next year amid wider cost-cutting initiatives