Global

Football

Italy’s Serie A will be banking on several factors to increase the value of its global media rights from the current level, but the opportunity to strike media rights deals for longer than three seasons will likely be the most influential.
Tennis
Media

IMG will continue to represent broadcast and sponsorship rights to the Wimbledon Championships after agreeing to an exclusive ‘long-term’ extension with the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AE…
Mixed Martial Arts
Events

Mixed martial arts organisation ONE Championship has enhanced its presence in Thailand through a media rights agreement with free-to-air television network Channel 7 HD and media company Tero Entertainment
Rugby Union
Media

Infront and River Media Partners have distributed broadcast rights for the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup to broadcasters spanning over 100 countries ahead of the start of the new season tonight
Paralympic Games
Industry Moves

The International Paralympic Committee has turned to media and marketing communications executive John Lisko to serve as its external managing director of global media rights
Football

SportBusiness Media takes a deep dive into the numbers driving the Fifa World Cup's commercial success.
Multiple Sports
Fan Engagement

Digital agency Seven League has released its fifth annual Digital Trends in Sport report in which it claims the technology sector is undergoing its "greatest moment of transition seen for a generation"
Basketball
Media

League looks to ramp up its promotion of Christmas Day slate of games
Multiple Sports
Media

Ted Sarandos, co-chief executive and chief content officer of Netflix, has cooled talk that the streaming service is interested in investing in live sports rights and maintained that profitability from…
Football
Media

MUTV, the in-house channel of Premier League club Manchester United, is now available to fans around the world directly through smart TVs after launching its app on Samsung, LG and Android TV sets

Inside this issue: FOOTBALL: Fifa media rights income trebles since 2002, despite ‘web of corruption’ FOOTBALL: Infront’s Asia windfall: Why Fifa took World Cup rights in house FOOTB
Boxing
Media

Media rights agency IMG has agreed a flurry of international broadcast deals for Queensberry Promotions’ all-British WBC World Heavyweight Championship fight between Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora. 
Multiple Sports
Data

Subscription-free streaming platform Recast has announced the launch of a new feature which it claims will provide an alternative to existing online advertising models
Combat Sports
Media

New venture joins increasingly crowded space of combat sports offerings
Table Tennis
Events

World Table Tennis, the commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation, is confident that a full quota of four ‘Grand Smash’ tournaments will be in place by 2024, when it will look to rol…
Multiple Sports
Host Broadcast & Production

Automated sports production company Pixellot has appointed Ronen Tanami as chief operating officer
Wrestling
Media

Subscription OTT sports broadcaster DAZN is to show programming from Impact Wrestling in over 170 countries after striking a deal with media company Anthem Sports & Entertainment
Football

An analysis conducted by SportBusiness Media shows that the Fifa World Cup’s global media rights value has kept pace with other blue-riband sporting events, despite what the US Department of Justice described as a 'web of corruption' curtailing its value during the 2000s and early 2010s.