Global

Cricket
Media

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided to separate its domestic linear and digital rights when it tenders its rights from 2023-24 onwards in the coming months
Trail Running
Media

Trail running organisation the Golden Trail Series has secured global exposure for its World Series (GTWS) through a rights deal with international sports broadcaster Eurosport
Football

Generation Z is glued to football on social platforms and is willing to pay for content, but cultivating their love for the sport will require much greater access and engagement.
Football
Media

The Sportfive agency has been appointed to distribute international media rights on behalf of US Soccer in a ‘multi-year’ agreement.

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Horse Racing
Media

This year’s edition of the Grand National horse racing event, which takes place at Aintree tomorrow (Saturday), will be shown by 30 broadcasters around the world, with Indian digital platform FanCode t…
Multiple Sports
Fan Engagement

The European Taekwondo Union (ETU) and the International Canoe Federation (ICF) have become the latest federations to launch channels on Recast as the UK-based streaming platform continues to entice rights-holders…
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

TJ Adeshola, head of global content partnerships at Twitter and a key figure in its sports output in recent years, has announced that he is leaving the social media company after more than a decade
Multiple Sports
Media

As Warner Bros. Discovery announced the merger of its two streaming platforms, HBO Max and discovery+, into one offering the company will call Max, chief executive officer David Zaslav has said that it is "building an attack strategy" over the next few months for sports streaming in the US market.
American Football

DAZN is thought to have bid significantly higher than incumbent OverTier for global distribution rights to Game Pass, though the NFL says user experience, tech, footprint and marketing were decisive factors.
Motorsport
Industry Moves

Dorna Sports, the commercial rights-holder of the MotoGP motorcycling championship, has recruited the National Basketball Association’s Dan Rossomondo as its new chief commercial officer.
Football
Finance & Law

1190 Sports, the international broadcast rights-holder to Brazil’s top two football leagues, has been appointed as a consultant to the two funds backing Liga Forte Futebol (LFF), one of two organisations s…
Tennis

Sportradar’s commitment to sharing an early tranche of revenue and its planned investment in AI-based data products were the keys to its ATP betting rights victory, SportBusiness Media understands.
Motorsport
Host Broadcast & Production

WSC Group, owner of the commercial rights and technical regulations to TCR touring car racing, has entered into a deal with the Infront agency focusing on the digital activation, production and distribution…
American Football
Media

The Women’s National Football Conference (WNFC) has agreed a non-exclusive global streaming deal with DAZN which will give fans around the world more access to the league.

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Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Two of the world's biggest satellite operators, SES and Intelsat, have confirmed they are in talks over a merger deal
Baseball

The 2023 Major League Baseball season began on March 30, with the postseason due to start in October, concluding with a potential World Series Game 7 on November 4