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Football
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Iris Sport Media, the boutique agency set up by Ioris Francini and his former IMG colleagues Floris Weisz and Luca Baldanza, has been appointed by state-controlled sports media entity Saudi Sports Company…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

The global value of sports media rights has increased to just under $56bn (€51.1bn) despite another year of turbulence in which cornerstones of the industry came under threat.

Inside this issue we take a look at why France Télévisions renewed its rights for the Tour de France, how another public-service broadcaster, Australia’s SBS, renewed its rights to the 2026 Fifa World Cup, and we also examine recent NBA deals in the Philippines, Italy and the DACH region. There's plenty more, besides.
Football
Data

Lega Serie A is close to finalising its first international broadcast deals of the new cycle after rights were awarded in eight countries from the 2024-25 season onwards
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Matchroom chairman Eddie Hearn believes a deal to sell a minority stake in the company will “probably happen” despite a proposed deal with CVC Capital Partners falling through earlier this year.In
Cycling
Media

Warner Bros. Discovery is to shut down GCN+ and the GCN App, the direct-to-consumer cycling platforms, in its latest restructuring move in the digital space
Football
Media

Fifa is live streaming CAF qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup on its Fifa+ platform in most countries worldwide
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

A 34-per-cent jump in revenue in its core betting business helped Genius Sports report increased third-quarter revenue of $101.7m (€95.2m) but foreign currency headwinds contributed to an $11.6
Football
Media

Fifa+, the direct-to-consumer OTT platform of football’s global governing body, has secured non-exclusive global rights to Serie C, Italian football’s third dvision.
Football
Finance & Law

The purchase of 3.5 million new shares in Highlight Event and Entertainment (HLEE) has pushed the shareholding of Alexander Studhalter below 20 per cent, as Highlight seeks to minimise risks to the company posed by restrictions placed on the Swiss businessman by US authorities.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Warner Bros. Discovery has reported third-quarter net losses of $417m (€390m) after a decline in advertising revenue, a drop in streaming subscribers, and what president and chief executive David Zaslav called a “generational disruption” as the company’s stock tumbled by 19 per cent.
Football

The purchase of 3.5 million new shares in Highlight Event and Entertainment has served to push the shareholding of Alexander Studhalter below 20 per cent, as Highlight seeks to minimise risks to the company posed by restrictions placed on the Swiss businessman by US authorities.
Multiple Sports
Events

Sports and entertainment conglomerate Endeavor has positioned OpenBet and its wider betting operations as key revenue drivers for the group in 2024, but insists IMG Arena will remain "number three" in…
Football
Media

All matches from the group stages of this season’s Uefa Women’s Champions League will remain free to watch in most global markets despite initial plans by DAZN to move fixtures exclusively behind a pay…
Cricket
Media

DAZN’s five-year Indian Premier League international rights deal is close to being terminated after just one year, SportBusiness understands.

Inside this issue, we analyse Serie A’s renewals with DAZN and Sky Italia, from 2024-25 to 2028-29, together worth €900m per year. We also look at Telefónica’s renewal of NBA rights in Spain, the Pitch International agency’s buy-out of Board of Control for Cricket in India international rights, and plenty more.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Paramount Global's streaming service Paramount+ netted 2.7 million subscribers in the quarter to bring the total to 63 million as the direct-to-consumer service's revenue increased 38 per cent year-over-year
Hockey
Media

The International Hockey Federation (FIH), field hockey's governing body, is to lift geo-blocking of its over-the-top platform, outside of its core revenue-driving market of the Indian subcontinent, as…