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Media group Discovery plans to combine its subscription streaming service, discovery+, with WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, once its planned merger with the AT&T-owned entity completes.

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Indian broadcasters are now expecting the hotly anticipated tender for rights to the Indian Premier League to be delayed until after this year’s edition of the tournament.

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Group has continued its growth trajectory, reporting significant rises in subscriber numbers, revenue and Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and…

The Sportfive agency will continue to sell global media rights to the International Handball Federation’s leading events until 2031 after directly negotiating a new agreement with the world body that a…
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Exclusive package of games to air on Apple TV+ streaming service

Premiership Rugby’s new global live streaming service will offer matches filmed using an eight-camera high-definition production as the league rolls out its direct-to-consumer strategy that it believes c…

LaLiga has no immediate plans to end its broadcast deal in Russia and will instead try to convey messages to viewers in the country that the Spanish league is firmly opposed to the Russian invasion of…

The International Cricket Council has announced its broadcast arrangements for the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022.

UK-based sports production company Whisper has agreed a deal with Probellum, the fledgling global boxing promotion and media company

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Discovery, the US-based media group that owns Eurosport, today (Thursday) reported full-year revenues of $4.54bn (€4.0

The Discovery Sports arm of media group Discovery has promoted David Bernard-Bret to oversee all marketing activity for the company’s sports business and brands.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has launched Courtside 1891, a new OTT platform to replace the existing LiveBasketball.tv as the primary streaming service for national team basketball

International sports broadcaster Eleven Group has strengthened its senior leadership team by appointing Peter Hutton, director of sports partnerships at social media company Meta, as a non-executive director

The ATP Board, the decision-making body of the ATP men’s tennis tour, has approved a motion to remove conflicts of interest, meaning IMG Tennis’ Gavin Forbes will be unable to run again as one of three tou…

DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company that last week announced $4.3bn (€3.8bn) worth of financial backing from its owner Access Industries, reported a loss of $1.3

The HBA Media agency has secured seven new broadcast rights-holders for the Saudi Cup, as it expands coverage of the annual horse racing fixture for the third consecutive year