Americas
Relevent goes to market with US rights to Uefa club competitions
The US media rights sales invitation to tender for Uefa club competitions from 2024-25 onwards, a process being managed by the Relevent Sports agency, has launched today (Monday)
ELF to receive US exposure with Next Level Sports & Entertainment
Next Level Sports & Entertainment has agreed a deal with the European League of Football to cover the American football competition in the US market
Goodell: decision on NFL Sunday Ticket due by the fall
Prominent out-of-market package set to head to streaming platform
Legal fight forthcoming as Musk drops bid to buy Twitter
Dispute continues over number of spam accounts on social media platform
MLW signs expanded deal with US rightsholder beIN
The Major League Wrestling promotion has extended and expanded its United States rights deal with subscription broadcaster beIN Sports
USFL draws 1.52 million viewers for championship game
The rebooted United States Football League drew an average domestic audience of 1.52 million for its inaugural championship game, with the audience peaking at 1.834 million on the Fox network
MLS agrees lucrative long-term betting data and streaming deal with IMG Arena
Major League Soccer has concluded its second major piece of business in the space of a month, agreeing an eight-year betting data and streaming rights agreement with IMG Arena, the betting division of…
Mediapro to advise on Salvadoran Primera División production, rights distribution
Mediapro, the rights agency and international broadcast production group, has reached an exclusive agreement with El Savador-based network Telecorporación Salvadoreña (TCS) to advise broadcast production a…
Pac-12 to start media rights talks amid membership speculation
Industry questions run rampant as to college conference's future status
Playmaker expands portfolio with World Soccer Talk acquisition
Digital sports media company Playmaker Capital has announced the acquisition of soccer-focused media business World Soccer Talk, whose multiplatform offering includes a website, mobile app, podcast, and …
ESPN retains Tour de France rights in Latin America to 2027
ESPN has renewed its media rights in Latin America and the Caribbean to the flagship Tour de France and other marquee international cycling competitions for another five years
NBCU pulls plug on Olympic Channel
US media group NBCUniversal has announced it plans to close its dedicated Olympic Channel on September 30
CBC deals with Mediapro for Canada matches at Concacaf women’s Championship
Canadian public-service broadcaster the CBC has agreed a sublicensing deal with the Mediapro Canada agency for rights to the 2022 Concacaf W Championship women’s national team football tournament.
Liga MX trials centralised rights sales with Leagues Cup
Liga MX president Mikel Arriola has revealed that the Mexican football league will centrally market its clubs’ television rights for the Leagues Cup, the regional club competition it organises alongside N…
F1 lives the American dream as Disney pays stratospheric increase
Formula One’s meteoric rise in the US has yielded a media rights fee to match via a new deal with Disney, putting the US behind only the UK and Germany in terms of F1 broadcast revenue.
FC Barcelona, Sixth Street finalize €267m LaLiga TV rights deal
LaLiga giants FC Barcelona has finalized a deal to sell 10 per cent of its LaLiga television rights for the next 25 years to United States-based investment firm Sixth Street Partners
Globo the frontrunner as CBF set for Copa do Brasil uplift
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) is unlikely to reach its R$650m-per-year target for global media and marketing rights to the Copa do Brasil but is set fair for an overall increase compared to the current cycle.
IMG to sell global broadcast rights to AEG’s Soccer Champions Tour
Sports and live entertainment company AEG has appointed the IMG agency to sell the worldwide broadcast rights to its new Soccer Champions Tour