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Inaugural NFL Germany game proves huge success locally
The National Football League's inaugural regular-season game in Germany last weekend proved a huge success locally across a series of key metrics
MLS clubs to have Apple TV sleeve patches as part of rights deal
Tech giant Apple has gained the rights to place the Apple TV logo on the sleeves of all 29 Major League Soccer teams as part of the landmark, 10-year global rights deal between the two parties.
Concacaf signs on as OneFootball’s first confederation content partner
Global media platform OneFootball has signed a content sharing deal with Concacaf, marking its first such agreement with a continental governing body
Zaslav says WBD doesn’t ‘have to have’ the NBA
Executive says a league rights renewal has to be a 'deal for the future'
NFL game in Munich sets new viewership mark for NFL Network
Germany event posts record for international games on league-owned network
HBS extends production deal with Concacaf to 2026
Concacaf, the governing body for football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, has signed a four-year extension to its agreement with Host Broadcast Services, the Infront-owned sports broadcast…
NFL strikes large-scale production JV with Skydance Media
Parties intend to build 'the premier global multisport production studio'
TelevisaUnivision boasts major viewership in US
TelevisaUnivision has announced its dominant share of American soccer viewership on United States television, helping to further some of the goals laid out in the companies' large-scale merger last year
Athletes Unlimited Volleyball plans 2023 tour, lands ESPN deal
Athletes Unlimited, the startup with multiple professional women’s sports leagues, is expanding the reach of its volleyball vertical by securing a domestic rights agreement with ESPN for that competition a…
DAZN to show all NBL matches in Europe
Global entertainment platform DAZN has reached an agreement to broadcast all matches from Australia’s National Basketball League across Europe.
DAZN has also acquired the NBL rights in Canada.
Warner Bros. Discovery-owned GolfTV shutting down
International golf streaming service GolfTV, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, is ending.
The service has emailed customers to say the last day of operation will be December 12
Viaplay shelves launch in DACH region, plans Baltic cost savings
Viaplay Group, the international subscription streaming broadcaster, will not launch in German-speaking markets as planned next year amid wider cost-cutting initiatives
ESPN, CBS Sports, Conference USA strike rights deal
Conference USA, a mid-tier player in the landscape of United States college sports, has completed a five-year multimedia rights deal with ESPN and CBS Sports that will increase accessibility to the conference…
NASCAR touts viewership bump, 2023 broadcast schedule
NASCAR has announced its 2023 schedule, including broadcast networks and times for the Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Truck Series, garnering its greatest level of broadcast exposure in more than a decade,…
Disney posts what it calls ‘peak’ losses in its DTC operations
Streaming subscribers continue to grow for ESPN parent, but so do operating losses
World Series ratings slip to new low for non-neutral site
Heavy slate of college football airing opposite Astros' clincher blunts final audience
MLS Cup records largest total domestic audience since 1997
Major League Soccer's championship game generated its largest domestic television audience since 1997 as Los Angeles FC dramatically defeated Philadelphia Union on penalty kicks at Banc of California Stadium…
Baltimore Ravens partner with SeatGeek
The National Football League's Baltimore Ravens announced a multiyear deal with ticketing platform SeatGeek, beginning with the 2023 NFL season