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The huge $76bn (€70bn), 11-year contracts sealed by the NBA with Disney, Comcast and Amazon give the trio the right to air their inventory in international markets, it has emerged, meaning that Sky will hold rights in several European markets.

Extreme E's media strategy to date has been maximising exposure for sponsors and to build a fanbase, though this has not led to it purchasing coverage through time-buy agreements.

Germany’s 2. Basketball Bundesliga has amassed a betting rights package of at least 720 matches per season in a request for proposal (RFP) process that also includes the global broadcast rights, SportBusiness understands.

World Lacrosse's long-term sponsorship with Nike continues a rush of commercial activity that has also included the launch of an OTT platform with Sportall.

CFG, owner of Manchester City, has signalled its intention to “remain at the forefront” of football-led content production through the strategic collaboration with Sony Pictures Television.

Experienced UK media rights executive Hannah Griffiths has joined global sports streaming service and media company DAZN in its broadcast partnerships business

Formula E has spent £110,000 (€130,700/$142,300) to acquire the intellectual property rights to W Series, the all-female racing championship that collapsed into administration last year.

The Two Circles agency and Uefa have finalised contracts for the global broadcast and sponsorship rights to the Uefa Women’s Champions League.

The English Football League has issued an RFP for a documentary series as it builds on its latest international media rights deals and turns to content creation to boost the profile of its clubs in the US market.

Inside this issue, we look at how for international distribution, D2C will soon be an integral part of the media strategies of Europe’s top five football leagues, analyse WRC and Euro media rights deals in Japan, examine WBD's latest pan-European deal for Wimbledon, and plenty more.

FeedConstruct, the sports data and video content supplier for the betting industry, has promoted Narek Harutyunyan, its head of rights and content, to CEO as a replacement for the outgoing Robert Blaszczak.

Formula E, the electric single-seater racing series, has revealed a loss of €42.4m for the financial year ending September 30, 2023, closing the gap on the previous year's €65m shortfall.

ATP Media registered revenues of $202.9m in 2023 and a profit of $4m, SportBusiness understands, thanks in part to the aggregation of ATP 250 rights and the return of the Shanghai Masters for the first time since 2019.

Recast, the Edinburgh-based digital media technology company rescued from administration nine months ago after amassing significant losses, has closed a $5m funding round led by US-based venture capital firm Morpheus Ventures.

Guillermo Santa Cruz and James Tree, two of IMG’s most senior executives in the Americas, are leaving the agency.

Direct-to-consumer services will soon be an integral part of the international media strategies of Europe’s top five football leagues, with Serie A and the Bundesliga rolling out D2C offerings in multiple markets and the Premier League developing its product.