Global

Multiple Sports
Global

Majed Al Sorour, former managing director of LIV Golf, has been named as president of new fan engagement platform Sports.com
Golf
Global

LIV Golf has announced plans to live stream all of its tournaments on YouTube in international markets, including pay-per-view streaming in four countries where rights deals are already in place
Football
Global

The concurrent invitations to tender issued by the Confederation of African Football earlier this month represent the most comprehensive set of rights made available since the high-profile termination of CAF’s $1bn (€930m), 12-year contract with Lagardère Sports.
Multiple Sports
Global

DAZN has teamed up with AI-based video tracking and analytics company Videocites in a move to step up its battle against intellectual property theft and illegal social media streams of its live sports…
Squash
Global

Mark Walter, the American billionaire with ownership stakes in major international sports teams, has made a multi-million dollar investment in a squash commercial vehicle to accelerate the transformation of the PSA World Tour.
Global

Inside this issue: TENNIS: FFT secures marginal increase in French Open domestic renewals MULTIPLE SPORTS: Sport does not know the origin of its private equity money, SportBusiness report suggests
Esports
France

Esports entertainment company Blast has teamed up with short-form social media video platform TikTok to stream live coverage from this week’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major in Paris.
Football
France

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) should be bringing in €200m ($217.5m) per year from Ligue 1 international rights in the next cycle, according to league president Vincent Labrune, a far cry from the current fee it receives as part of a long-term agreement with beIN Media Group.
Football
Sub-Saharan Africa

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has initiated broadcast rights sales processes in sub-Saharan Africa and international markets for its flagship competitions between 2023 and 2025
Chess
Global

The Global Chess League (GCL) has appointed the Protocol Sports Marketing agency as its exclusive media rights distributor as it prepares to launch next month.
Tennis
Global

The French Open, also known as Roland Garros, is the only grand slam to be played on clay courts and one of the country’s major sports properties.
Multiple Sports
USA

Pete Distad, senior director of video and sports at Apple, is reportedly stepping down from his role after almost a decade with the technology company
Basketball
Global

Streaming platform Skweek, which is owned by logistics, shipping and commodities trading company Fedcom, has agreed a deal with Euroleague Basketball for global streaming rights to the upcoming Adidas…
Multiple Sports
USA

Walt Disney Company has posted a 7-per-cent reduction in linear networks revenue for the most recent quarter due to falls across both domestic and international channels, as ESPN’s streaming service, E…
Motorsport
Global

Electric off-road SUV motorsport series Extreme E has widened its reach by agreeing a rights deal with Scotland-based streaming platform Recast
Multiple Sports
Global

Sports rights-holders often have little to no idea about the origin of the money they are accepting from private equity funds, a new 90-page SportBusiness report has found.
Multiple Sports
Global

Sports data and betting services company Sportradar has reported revenue of €207.6m ($228.1m) for the first quarter of 2023, a 24-per-cent increase on the same period in 2022.
Multiple Sports
Global

Endeavor, owner of the IMG and WME agencies, is to pay a quarterly dividend for the first time, beginning later this year, following a strong start to 2023 for the sports and entertainment giant