Global

Inside this issue we analyse Ligue 1’s proposal for a direct-to-consumer channel, examine if women’s club football has lost its media rights momentum, look at F1’s latest deal in Portugal, and plenty more.
Cricket
Media

The International Cricket Council has drawn encouraging audience figures on its free direct-to-consumer OTT platform ICC.tv for the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup, which concludes tomorrow (Saturday).
Cricket
Host Broadcast & Production

Spring Media has retained a solid flow of business for its broadcast production operations in a new deal with European Cricket League (ECL AG) that continues to include global rights distribution
Action Sports
Media

X Games, the action sports property now under private equity ownership, is to be streamed worldwide by DAZN in the broadcaster’s latest deal for non-exclusive, global rights.
Golf
Finance & Law

TMRW Sports’ Series A investment round unveiled today (Monday) values the sports technology company behind the TGL golf league at around $500m (€456m).
Football

Experts polled by SportBusiness Media say there is a growing disparity between how buyers and sellers value women's football media rights, resulting in stalemates at negotiating tables and leaving the sector at significant risk of plateau.
Skiing
Finance & Law

The Austrian Ski Federation claims to be facing seven-figure damages as it readies legal action over the process by which media rights centralisation was voted through by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) council.
Basketball

Nearly 70 per cent of the NBA's social media engagement across central, team and player accounts comes from outside the United States, with its roster of international stars making the league a truly global attraction.
Basketball
Fan Engagement

Nearly 70 per cent of the NBA's social media engagement across central, team and player accounts comes from outside the United States, with its roster of international stars making the league a truly global…
Multiple Sports
Data

Andrew Corser, one of the remaining top senior executives at IMG Arena, is set to be the latest exit from the data and betting division of the Endeavor-owned IMG agency, SportBusiness has learned

Inside this issue we look at Viaplay's renewal of its F1 rights in the Netherlands, how the Bundesliga is innovating to meet the challenges of a bear market, DAZN's deals for LaLiga in Italy and Portugal, and much more besides.
Motorsport

SportBusiness Media takes a deep dive into the numbers driving the commercial success of Formula 1.
Motorsport
Events

Liberty Global has taken a controlling stake in Formula E, after acquiring shares in the electric motor racing series held by media company Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)
Cycling
Finance & Law

Warner Bros. Discovery’s five-year ownership of cycling media company Play Sports Network has come to an end as the media giant continues to reshape its digital operations.
Football
Media

The Two Circles agency has been identified as the winning bidder for global broadcast and sponsorship rights to the Uefa Women’s Champions League, SportBusiness understands.
Football
Media

The IMG agency is once again the standout candidate to secure global in-flight and in-ship media rights to major Fifa tournaments after an invitation to tender (ITT) was issued
Football
Licensing & Merchandising

Uefa has opted to canvass the agency market again for global commercial rights sales to its flagship club competitions in a request for proposal process inviting bids over three or six seasons.
Football
Finance & Law

Highlight Communications, the parent company of the Team Marketing agency, has been delivered a boost with the removal of major investor Alexander Studhalter from the US Office of Foreign Assets sanctions…