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Basketball

Aside from the huge financials on offer, SportBusiness Media delves into what this landmark rights deal means for stakeholders across the US sports industry.
Football
Media

CBS Sports has picked up its second piece of European football business in as many days, striking a two-season rights renewal for Italy's Serie A
Football
Media

Media rights to the English Football League in its fast-growing market of the United States are switching to CBS Sports from ESPN ahead of the 2024-25 season, it was announced today (Thursday)
Basketball
Media

The National Basketball Association's record domestic media rights sales process is one step away from completion, after its board of governors approved the agreements with incumbent Disney and newcomers NBC and Amazon Prime Video.
American Football
Finance & Law

The National Football League is set to allow each of its 32 franchises to sell to private equity investors, albeit up to a limit of 10 per cent only, commissioner Roger Goodell has declared
US College Sport
Media

Legends, the global experiences firm, has expanded its role in the US college sports scene, signing a 10-year multi-media rights partnership with Florida State University (FSU)
Ice Hockey
Media

The Dallas Stars is set to become the first US major league sports franchise to offer free direct-to-consumer streaming of its games in a landmark move
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

After almost a year of negotiations with prospective buyers, Paramount Global has reached a deal with Skydance Media to form ‘New Paramount’ in an agreement that places the enterprise value of the merged entity at $28bn.
Ice Hockey
Media

Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers has left Diamond Sports Group and signed with Scripps Sports to broadcast the team's games for free to the local area in South Florida
US College Sport
Media

As Warner Bros. Discovery's TNT Sports searches for more domestic deals ahead of the loss of its National Basketball Association rights, the company has announced a multi-year agreement for Mountain West Conference college football games.
American Football
Finance & Law

The National Football League's domestic out-of-market Sunday Ticket package will be able to be streamed in US commercial businesses for the first time, after EverPass Media, the media platform of the NFL…
Golf
Media

Backed by the likes of 21st Century Fox and Disney, Caffeine has ceased operations stating it has reached the point “where we are still not quite profitable”.
American Football
Finance & Law

The National Football League has said it will contest the verdict of a class action lawsuit that has ordered the league to pay $4.8bn (€4.48bn) to subscribers of the league’s domestic out-of-market broadcast package, NFL Sunday Ticket.
Mulltiple sports
Media

US college's Big East Conference has announced new six-year domestic media rights agreements with Fox Sports, NBC Sports and TNT Sports
Ice Hockey
Media

The National Hockey League will be entering into rights negotiations with prospective broadcasters in Canada from a position of strength after the deciding game of the Stanley Cup Final drew record audiences…
Football

The US’s top-tier National Women’s Soccer League has achieved a substantial increase in its media rights fees, though the cash value of its agreements is understood to be short of the ‘40x’ total uplift that has been reported.
Motorsport
Media

The IMSA SportsCar Championship will increase its coverage on network television in the United States from 12 to 17 hours next year in a new multi-year deal with NBC
Golf
Finance & Law

TMRW Sports’ Series A investment round unveiled today (Monday) values the sports technology company behind the TGL golf league at around $500m (€456m).