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Equestrian
Fan Engagement

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has renewed its social media and editorial agreement with the Redtorch agency for a further three years
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

RDA has been awarded a net sum of €205,662 (£174,000/$235,000) following a legal dispute with European Professional Club Rugby over the UK-based media rights agency’s use of a ‘force majeure’ clause t…
Football
Fan Engagement

Sportening, a new social app built for sports fans, has officially launched out of beta today (Tuesday) after raising £5.3m (€6.3m/$7.2m
Football
Media

The Uefa Executive Committee has today (Monday) approved the retention of Team Marketing as the commercial rights agency for Uefa club competitions during the 2024-27 cycle, albeit with Relevent Sports…
Olympic Games
Fan Engagement

An official mobile game based on the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has been released, featuring a marketplace where users can trade Olympic 'pins' in the form of non-fungible tokens
Football
Media

The Pitch International agency has emerged as the victor during the English Football League’s recent international rights sales process, retaining its agreement for another two seasons, SportBusiness u…
Football

The agency is currently in the market seeking new broadcast deals ahead of the 2022-23 season, several of which are expected to be two-season extensions to existing agreements.
Football
Media

The Team Marketing agency is understood to have retained its remit to sell commercial rights to Uefa club competitions from 2024-25 to 2026-27, but with US-based firm Relevent Sports Group to be awarded…
Esports
Media

Esports entertainment company Blast has announced that its flagship tournament, Blast Premier, will have its widest distribution to date for its 2022 season
Esports
Media

Esports tournament organiser PGL has extended and expanded its agreement with the IMG agency
Squash
Fan Engagement

The Professional Squash Association will relaunch its online streaming service SquashTV as part of a “multi-year” agreement with London-based digital media firm PT SportSuite.
Motorsport
Media

Key media rights deals expire this year in the US, F1’s most important emerging market, as well as mature and lucrative markets such as Italy, Brazil, Asia-Pacific, South America and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Cricket
Media

The Board of Control for Cricket in India, the sport’s governing body in the country, is likely to release its invitation to tender for broadcast rights to the Indian Premier League between February 1…
Ice Hockey
Media

The National Hockey League and Australian telco Telstra have signed a five-year agreement to distribute up to 1,400 games per year to viewers around the world using Telstra’s Global Media Network (GMN).
Football
Media

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has been appointed as host broadcaster and domestic rights-holder of the Arnold Clark Cup, with the Pitch International agency also agreeing a host of overseas rights deals…
Padel
Media

World Padel Tour has agreed an international media rights deal with the Mediapro agency as it continues to try and fight off the threat of player breakaways and a rival tour backed by Qatar Sports Investments

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Multiple Sports
Media

Content spend for NBCUniversal streaming outlet to double in 2022