Americas
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
ESPN, CBS Sports, Conference USA strike rights deal
Conference USA, a mid-tier player in the landscape of United States college sports, has completed a five-year multimedia rights deal with ESPN and CBS Sports that will increase accessibility to the conference…
NASCAR touts viewership bump, 2023 broadcast schedule
NASCAR has announced its 2023 schedule, including broadcast networks and times for the Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Truck Series, garnering its greatest level of broadcast exposure in more than a decade,…
Disney posts what it calls ‘peak’ losses in its DTC operations
Streaming subscribers continue to grow for ESPN parent, but so do operating losses
World Series ratings slip to new low for non-neutral site
Heavy slate of college football airing opposite Astros' clincher blunts final audience
MLS Cup records largest total domestic audience since 1997
Major League Soccer's championship game generated its largest domestic television audience since 1997 as Los Angeles FC dramatically defeated Philadelphia Union on penalty kicks at Banc of California Stadium…
Baltimore Ravens partner with SeatGeek
The National Football League's Baltimore Ravens announced a multiyear deal with ticketing platform SeatGeek, beginning with the 2023 NFL season
Telemundo hails ‘competitive advantage’ over Fox for US World Cup viewers
Comcast-owned entity eyes sizable gains from extensive event coverage plans that include live streaming of every 2022 Fifa World Cup match in the United States. Bob Williams reports.
Brazilian influencer Casimiro to stream World Cup matches, Airtel nets rights in Africa
Brazilian agency LiveMode has brokered an agreement on behalf of Fifa for matches from this year’s World Cup to be broadcast on streamer and digital influencer Casimiro’s various platforms in Brazil.
MLB scores big audience win over NFL for World Series Game 5
Baseball easily prevails in head-to-head programming battle
Twitter descends into chaos amid layoffs, hotly debated Blue plan
In the days immediately following Musk's takeover, he cuts roughly half of the staff, and revamps standards for verified accounts
Recast to stream PBR action outside US
Professional Bull Riders (PBR) has announced that fans outside of the United States can watch more than 160 events on non-subscription live and on-demand platform Recast
FuboTV sees record subscriptions, exceeds revenue forecast
Sports-first live television streaming platform FuboTV announced record high 1
Warner Bros. Discovery accelerates combined streaming service
Merged offering of HBO Max, discovery+ to debut next spring in US