Americas

Football
Media

Commercial broadcaster SBT is out of the running for domestic rights to Brazilian football's Liga Forte União (LFU), after learning its R$2.6bn (€425m/$460m) bid would be rejected.
Tennis

Warner Bros. Discovery has taken over as the exclusive broadcaster of the French Open in the US in a deal that nearly tripled the media rights fees on the previous cycle.
Golf
Fan Engagement

The PGA Tour has taken steps to retain engagement within a key demographic as it launches a 9-hole event to tap into social media followings of YouTube golf content creators
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Diamond Sports Group, owner and operator of regional sports networks (RSNs) in the US, has finally struck a carriage agreement with Comcast in what represents a major boost to its bid to exit bankruptcy.
Basketball
Media

Warner Bros. Discovery has sued the National Basketball Association over the league’s rejection of its matching rights proposal, in the latest instalment of the NBA media rights saga.
Multi-sport
Media

NBCUniversal's decision to broadcast a commercial-free portion of an Olympics opening ceremony proved a success, with Paris 2024 setting a 12-year Games audience high for the US rights-holder
Baseball
Media

Major League Baseball is separating its streaming offerings as it launches its flagship MLB Network channel as a direct-to-consumer service, separate from MLB.TV
Basketball
Finance & Law

The National Basketball Association's next media rights deal could be heading to the courtroom after Warner Bros. Discovery met its deadline to match one of the offers on the table under the league's proposed $76bn (€70bn), 11-year contracts.
Multiple Sports
Fan Engagement

Five of the United States' leading sports properties have struck agreements with Reddit to push their content to a younger audience while in turn driving up advertising revenue for the message board platform
Basketball

Aside from the huge financials on offer, SportBusiness Media delves into what this landmark rights deal means for stakeholders across the US sports industry.
Football
Media

CBS Sports has picked up its second piece of European football business in as many days, striking a two-season rights renewal for Italy's Serie A
Football
Media

The Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) is looking to establish an in-house channel to carry domestic league matches after deciding against launching a traditional media rights tender
Football
Media

France's Professional Football League (LFP) has opted for a digital-first strategy across Latin America, signing a three-season media rights deal with Mexico-based streamer Caliente TV
Football
Media

Media rights to the English Football League in its fast-growing market of the United States are switching to CBS Sports from ESPN ahead of the 2024-25 season, it was announced today (Thursday)
Football
Media

CazéTV has made the Uefa Women’s Euro 2025 its latest acquisition after exclusivity for 25 matches at Euro 2024 delivered strong engagement across multiple platforms in Brazil.
Basketball
Media

The National Basketball Association's record domestic media rights sales process is one step away from completion, after its board of governors approved the agreements with incumbent Disney and newcomers NBC and Amazon Prime Video.
Football
Media

Fifa is inviting bids for broadcast rights to its revamped Club World Cup in different international markets after negotiations over a global streaming deal with Apple broke down
American Football
Finance & Law

The National Football League is set to allow each of its 32 franchises to sell to private equity investors, albeit up to a limit of 10 per cent only, commissioner Roger Goodell has declared