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Motorsport

Motorsport’s Formula E, which began its second season on October 24, seems to be here to stay. All of the key performance indicators from the championship’s inaugural season point to its commercial success, something that has eluded other motorsport challenger series.

Rugby Union

With a new round of international broadcast deals in place from the 2015-16 season of French rugby’s Top 14, rights distributor Canal Plus has increased the value of the rights 10-fold in the last six seasons.

Motorsport

Interview with Ali Russell, Formula E's director of media, marketing and communications, about the series' success in its first season and its plans for the future.

Volleyball

The Saran Media agency has entered into a long-term strategic partnership with the Turkish Volleyball Federation.

Football

Concacaf, the governing body of football in the Caribbean, North America and Central America, and the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) have today (Wednesday) awarded the contract to market and service the commercial rights to the 2016 Copa América Centenario national team tournament to the IMG agency and Soccer United Marketing.

Ice Skating

The MP & Silva agency has agreed a deal to market the rights for the 2016 Team Challenge Cup, the first edition of a new figure skating event.

Rugby

World Rugby has said the 2015-16 season of the World Rugby Sevens Series national team competition will reach more fans than any previous edition thanks to new deals with free-to-air broadcast partners.

Olympic Games

Media and entertainment company Discovery Communications, the parent company of international sports broadcaster Eurosport, has announced a number of new appointments to support the exploitation of rights for the Olympic Games.

Triathlon

Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda has today (Wednesday) revealed that the Infront Sports & Media agency and World Triathlon Corporation will be integrated in a newly formed entity named Wanda Sports Holding, and are to be rebranded accordingly.

Luge

The International Luge Federation plans to stream live coverage of its World Cup and World Championship events.

Multi-sport

Video-sharing platform Dailymotion has entered into a content partnership with cross-platform media network Whistle Sports.

Netball

The International Netball Federation has announced an overhaul of its rules for the sport, with the global governing body stating that the changes will enhance the appeal of netball to broadcasters.

Rugby Union

Holding this year’s Rugby World Cup in England helped World Rugby earn an increase of about 47 per cent in total media rights revenue compared to the 2011 tournament.

Basketball

The IMG Events & Media agency said this week the income projections behind its newly-created 10-season joint venture with basketball’s Euroleague were “aggressive, but realistic”.

Basketball

The National Basketball Association has finalised a string of deals outside its domestic US market in recent weeks, securing large increases in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and India, and a modest uplift in Poland.

Martial Arts

The International Judo Federation has reported a major growth in media coverage for its 2015 World Championships.

The Formula E electric car-racing series has extended its media rights deal with Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV and renewed a video partnership with technology developer 360 Racing.

Pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport has unveiled a new brand identity following its takeover by US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications.