North America
Big Ten signs landmark media rights deals with CBS, Fox, NBC
Agreements are by far the most lucrative conference pacts in US college sports history
LA Rams strike media rights deals in four countries
The National Football League's Los Angeles Rams are expanding their international reach by securing media rights agreements to air the team's preseason games in Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and China …
Sinclair to debut Bally Sports+ nationwide on September 26
Effort represents a key litmus test of future health of RSN model
WNBA boasts of business success for 2022 regular season
The Women's National Basketball Association has recorded a 16 per cent domestic viewership increase this year across its national television partners from 2021, highlighting a multitude of successful business…
DAZN renews EFL rights in key European markets and Canada
Global streaming service DAZN has renewed its exclusive rights to the English Football League's Championship, League One and League Two as well as the EFL Cup in German-speaking countries, Italy, Spain…
Amazon ‘TNF’ ratings to be measured by Nielsen
Amazon has secured a landmark three-year agreement with American data and information company Nielsen to measure Prime Video's exclusive National Football League Thursday Night Football telecasts
Betting channel SportsGrid Network secures fuboTV carriage
Sports-focused streaming service and channel aggregator fuboTV has agreed a carriage deal in the US and Canada with SportsGrid Network, a streaming channel with a sports betting audience
MLB, Fox post sharp ratings decline for second ‘FoD’ game
Viewership falls by nearly half for return engagement in Iowa
Cowboys expand Mexico presence with TelevisaUnivision agreement
The National Football League's Dallas Cowboys are significantly enhancing their presence in Mexico by securing a landmark partnership with Spanish-language media giant TelevisaUnivision in the country.
DAZN to show Women’s International Champions Cup in 175 markets
DAZN has acquired rights to the Women’s International Champions Cup (WICC) in 175 markets.
ESPN+ adds 500,000 subscribers to reach 22.8m
The Walt Disney Co. has announced that its flagship sports streaming service ESPN+ added 500,000 subscribers in the third quarter of fiscal 2022, reaching 22.8 million subscribers at the end of June
ESPN retains DFB-Pokal rights in US through 2026
ESPN has secured a multiyear extension with the German Football Association (DFB) for the exclusive United States media rights to the DFB-Pokal club competition through 2026.
ESPN extends Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cup rights deals in US
ESPN has secured a multiyear extension with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for the rights to the Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup in the United States
Mediapro’s OneSoccer files regulator complaint over Rogers’ carriage stance
OneSoccer, Mediapro’s OTT sports streaming service in Canada, has filed a complaint to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), alleging that leading telco Rogers Communications h…
Padres, MLB see series of business boosts from trade deadline
Club to impose cap on season ticket sales for first time in franchise history
Euro 2022 final secures peak 1.2m audience in States
England's victory over Germany in the 2022 Uefa Women's European Championship final on July 31 drew an average audience of 971,000 in the United States, making it the most-watched soccer match on ESPN…
Sinclair plans full OTT version of Tennis Channel in US
Company says 'we couldn’t be more excited' about network
ESPN to broadcast Lake Placid’s World University Winter Games
US sports broadcaster ESPN has secured domestic rights to the 2023 World University Winter Games, which is being hosted in Lake Placid, New York