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Tennis

In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the tennis media-rights landscape in 2019.
Squash

The Professional Squash Association, global governing body for the men’s and women’s game, has agreed a long-term partnership with video-sharing platform Dailymotion.
Multi-sport

Peter Hutton talks about Facebook Watch's recent performance, partnership agreements, and the ‘experimental’ purpose of its traditional rights deals.
Multi-sport

Social media giant Facebook’s challenges around its Copa Libertadores coverage in Latin America have convinced it that non-exclusive rights models form “one of the best ways” of breaking into markets where entrenched viewing habits restrict the potential for exclusive rights to grow engagement with the platform.
Football

Singaporean agency Reddentes Sports has partnered with agency Next Media to sell the broadcast rights for the upcoming Asian Football Federation's U-18 Championship outside of host nation Vietnam
Multi-sport

A French court has ruled that regional satellite provider Arabsat distributes Saudi-based pirate broadcaster beoutQ on its satellites, something that Arabsat had denied
Skiing

The IMG agency has agreed a three-year deal to distribute international media rights and sell sponsorship packages for snowboarding and skiing series the Freeride World Tour.
Multi-sport

Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group has filed for a US initial public offering of its sports unit, which includes the Infront agency
Football

Japanese ecommerce and internet company Rakuten launched a global live streaming and video on demand sports platform on Tuesday that will have the J1 League, the top tier of domestic club football, as…
Jiu-Jitsu

Abu Dhabi Jiu-Jitsu Pro Tour (AJP) has appointed the Spring Media agency to market global broadcast rights to its Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour

The IAAF Council has approved proposals to change the name of the governing body to ‘World Athletics’ and to introduce a new logo.
Multi-sport

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Football

China's hosting of the 2023 Asian football Cup has “significantly increased” the probability of agency DDMC Fortis exceeding its financial targets in selling the commercial rights for the tournament, chie…
Softball

The World Baseball Softball Confederation has said it will provide a global live stream of all matches from the 2019 men’s Softball World Championship on video-sharing platform YouTube, while it has a…

Texas-based sports streaming outfit FloSports has closed on a $47m (€41.8
Surfing

IMG Replay, the archive service of the IMG agency, has been appointed by the World Surf League to be its exclusive global sales agency for all archive footage.
Cricket

The International Cricket Council is broadcasting World Cup content for the first time on social media platforms Facebook, YouTube and Twitter
Football

Football streaming platform MyCujoo has agreed a multi-year partnership with the Confederation of Independent Football Associations to broadcast its events