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Indian steel products manufacturer Shyam Steel has agreed a deal to become an official partner of cricket’s forthcoming inaugural World Test Championship final.

Spring Media, the Stockholm-based agency, has extended its agreement to commercialise the broadcast rights and improve broadcast exposure for Sweden’s top speedway league.

W Series, the all-female motorsport competition, has announced broadcast deals in over 175 markets ahead of its 2021 season

Combat sports league Glory has agreed a multi-year deal with global streaming provider, Endeavor Streaming
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Even amid rising domestic furore and unrest surrounding the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics, NBCUniversal executives in the United States said the event could become the most profitable Olympics in the network’s h…
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Despite ongoing losses in linear television subscribers and broader cord-cutting trends wreaking havoc across the global media landscape, Walt Disney Co

HBA Media, the horse racing media rights agency, has agreed a string of new deals for this year’s edition of the prestigious UK meeting at Royal Ascot.

The host broadcast of this year’s Rugby League World Cup, which will be carried out by Whisper, the live sports production company, will look to draw in as wide an audience as possible, making the event m…

DAZN, the global sports subscription streaming service and media company, has added more boxing content to its line-up in a deal to show a Mexican fight series

Helbiz, the US-based micro-mobility company, has secured domestic streaming rights to Italian football’s second-tier Serie B, while also being appointed to distribute rights worldwide as it establishes i…

Whisper, the live sports production company, has been appointed as the host broadcaster of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, SportBusiness understands

Fifa, football’s global governing body, has resolved a legal dispute with TUI Cruises that centred on the operator’s live transmissions of the 2018 World Cup and the 2019 Women’s World Cup. F

Sports streaming technology company Deltatre has redesigned the website and app of Volleyball World, the commercial rights-holder of all International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) properties

Revenues at the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) dropped to CHF65m (€59.4m/$72.3
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ESPN has rewarded one of its most critical and longest-tenured executives with a sizable promotion, elevating Burke Magnus to a new title and role of president of programming and original content

DAZN and Matchroom Boxing have confirmed a global media rights deal that from July 31 will include rights in the UK and Ireland, ending a decades-long partnership between Matchroom and pay-television broadcaster…
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A little more than month after finally becoming a public company, Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. reported net income of $2.4m (€1.9

Sky New Zealand-owned digital media platform RugbyPass has moved to acquire sports data and analytics company Sports Analytics