Global

Esports

Streaming platform DAZN has acquired global rights to the inaugural edition of the WePlay Ultimate Fighting League (WUFL) esports competition
Triathlon

London-based production company Aurora Media has signed a multi-year deal for global production rights to the Super League Triathlon series
Multi-sport

A newly released Deloitte report claims women’s sport is on track for rising revenues driven by growth in sponsorship, broadcast hours and increasing event attendance.
Volleyball

The IMG agency has acquired international media rights to the top tier of men’s volleyball in Italy, the Lega Pallavolo Serie A, for a four-season period between 2020-21 and 2023-24.
Skiing

The Infront agency has agreed a six-year deal to sell the international broadcast rights to FIS World Cup events organised by Swiss-Ski, the Alpine country’s national ski federation.
Tennis

Stats Perform has teamed up with fellow sports media and betting data provider Sportradar to deliver official data from the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) for the latter’s in-play tennis odds and tra…
Multi-sport

Sports piracy is costing rights-holders and streaming providers $28.3bn (€23.7bn) every year, according to a new report by video solutions company Synamedia and market research firm Ampere Analysis.
Tennis

River Media Partners, the UK-based media rights consultancy, has agreed a “strategic partnership” with Kings Highway Media that will involve the US-based media rights and brand distribution consultancy han…
Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) said this week that its two-year deal with Twitch is an “unscripted exercise” that carries risk but is a necessary experiment to reach younger fans.
Motorsport

Nitro Rallycross, the motorsport property created by Travis Pastrana and Nitro Circus in 2018, has announced a new schedule of five races in the United States for its 2021 season
Multi-sport

Stefan Kürten, the former executive director at Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union, has launched a new Switzerland-based sports and media management consultancy together …
Motorsport

Ian Holmes, Formula 1’s director of media rights, has revealed that the motorsport series is in discussions with e-commerce giant Amazon over a possible carriage deal for its F1 TV over-the-top streaming s…
Bobsleigh/skeleton

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has issued a request for proposals for its global broadcast and sponsorship rights as Infront, the long-standing incumbent rights-holding agency,…
Air Racing

World Championship Air Race has appointed London-based production company Aurora Media Worldwide to develop its broadcast format as it prepares to launch next year
Olympic Games

The International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel broke even in 2020, according to Thomas Bach, who was today (Wednesday) re-elected as IOC president.
Paralympics

The International Paralympic Committee has appointed Egoli Media, the artificial intelligence-enabled technology and media company, in a wide-ranging deal that includes the digitisation of over 8,000 hours…
Rugby Union

World Rugby has reached an agreement with Rugby Australia to stream live coverage of the Super Rugby Australia competition in selected markets, including the UK and Ireland
Multi-sport

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