Global

Football
Global

Fifa and Uefa acted unlawfully when they threatened to ban clubs and players joining breakaway competitions like the European Super League (ESL), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled
Multiple Sports
Global

DAZN recorded an operating loss of $1.06bn (€969m) in 2022 on the back of increased rights fee commitments but higher direct-to-consumer revenues helped to reduce the figure by 22 per cent year-over-year, SportBusiness understands.
Padel
Global

The UK-based Aurora Media Worldwide has today (Tuesday) been named as the host broadcast company for padel’s Hexagon Cup.
Multiple Sports
Global

Bluestone Equity Partners, the private equity fund founded by Bobby Sharma, a former executive at IMG and the National Basketball League, has invested in Magnifi, an AI-powered video editing technology…
Global

Inside this issue we analyse the Premier League's domestic deals, Amazon's sports media strategy, the ICC's sales process in Australia, Recast's financial plight, and plenty more.
Multiple Sports
Global

Amazon has found that premium sports properties drive acquisition of new customers to its Amazon Prime premium service but are not necessary for their retention.
Multiple Sports
Global

The financial plight of Recast has shone a light not only on the flaws of the streaming platform’s erstwhile business, but also the continuing difficulties of monetising second- and third-tier sports content.
Weightlifting
Global

Sportfive has been re-appointed by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) to exclusively sell its international media rights across the forthcoming Olympic cycle until 2028.
Basketball
Global

Fiba has announced a major expansion to its long-term agreement with Genius Sports, with the deal to provide leagues and national federations with access to an AI-powered automated player tracking system for the first time.
Baseball
USA

ESPN will televise four international Major League Baseball games across three continents in 2024, after striking new deals for the Seoul Series and Mexico City Series
Tennis
Global

Spanish tennis stars Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz are to headline streaming giant Netflix's next move into live sports, it was announced today (Monday)
Professional Wrestling
Global

Endeavor Streaming has been hired by Anthem Sports & Entertainment's TNA Wrestling to distribute a global, on-demand streaming service TNA+ that will launch on January 5
Football
Global

IMG has won more business with the Confederation of African Football after securing the exclusive international broadcast distribution rights to major CAF competitions until 2025
Archery
Global

World Archery has appointed Joymo as the exclusive provider of its owned and operated OTT streaming service in a “multi-year” agreement.
Tennis
Global

Stats Perform has retained one of its heavyweight betting data and video rights contracts in an exclusive long-term renewal with tennis’ WTA Tour unveiled today (Friday).
Multiple Sports
United Kingdom

The IMG agency has appointed Luke Organ as senior vice-president of global partnerships for its media business.
Basketball
Global

Endeavor Streaming, the streaming subsidiary of the Endeavor sports and entertainment agency, has agreed a deal with audience engagement platform LiveLike to improve the fan experience offering of the EuroLeague TV direct-to-consumer service.
Global

Inside this issue, we take a close look at World Rugby’s global media rights result for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, Sky’s latest deal for the British and Irish Lions, the Danish Superliga's new six-season domestic media rights agreements, and plenty more besides.