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American Football

StreamAMG, the sports streaming and technology company, has been appointed by the European League of Football to provide a live and on-demand global streaming service for the new American football competition
Multi-sport

Endeavor’s initial public offering will generate funds to provide “flexibility” over how the business is run, pay down debt and enable further acquisitions, according to Mark Shapiro, president at the s…
Rugby Union

The Spring Media agency has teamed up with production company Rugby Factory to distribute the latter’s new ‘RugbyTown’ documentary series outside of the US market. T

In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the rugby union media-rights landscape.
Boxing

Fightzone, a new worldwide streaming service dedicated to UK and international boxing, is launching today (Friday) on the OTT platform of Ericsson-owned broadcast services company Red Bee Media
Kabaddi

Pro Kabaddi League team owners are unhappy with the result of the tender for global media rights to the league, won by Disney-owned Star India last month, despite more than doubling their income.
Multi-sport

LiveScore, the sports update and results provider that has moved into live streaming, has launched a global video content service to showcase some of its rights to various football leagues and competitions
Multi-sport

Media group Discovery has reported a 7-per-cent increase in first-quarter revenues at its International Networks division, generating $987m (€816m) in the first three months of 2021.
Motorsport

Discovery-owned Eurosport Events will continue to promote the FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) until at least 2025 after signing off on a three-year renewal
Multi-sport

The Infront agency has unveiled the new ‘Infront X’ identity for the entity created as a merger of iX.co,
Cycling

Media group Discovery has invested in Enduro Sports Organisation, which owns and operates the Enduro World Series (EWS) mountain bike championships and the EWS-E electric mountain bike series
Ice Skating

The International Skating Union has secured a modest fee increase for its global media rights from 2023-24, renewing with incumbent Infront in a deal signed this month.
Triathlon

The IMG agency is to assist in the distribution of international broadcast rights to events run by the Professional Triathletes Organisation, including the Collins Cup, under a new agreement announced…
Football

The first events of the Asian Football Confederation’s 2021-24 commercial cycle began last week with media rights coverage gaps in Japan and most of the Middle East and North Africa, and only a couple o…
Esports

The International Olympic Committee has this morning announced that it has partnered with five international sports federations, game publishers and DreamHack Sports Games to launch the first-ever, Olympic-licensed…
Motorsport

Motorsport.tv, the OTT streaming platform operated by digital media group Motorsport Network, has recruited cloud video production platform Grabyo to support the launch of its new digital news channel. Motosport
Football

Prior to the project's collapse, the 12 founding members of the European Super League Company believed they could earn €4bn ($4.82bn) per season from media and marketing rights.
Football

The founding members of the European Super League Company believe they can earn €4bn ($4.82bn) per season from media and marketing rights should their proposed breakaway from Uefa club competitions become a reality, SportBusiness Media understands.