North America
Relevent goes to market with US rights to Uefa club competitions
The US media rights sales invitation to tender for Uefa club competitions from 2024-25 onwards, a process being managed by the Relevent Sports agency, has launched today (Monday)
ELF to receive US exposure with Next Level Sports & Entertainment
Next Level Sports & Entertainment has agreed a deal with the European League of Football to cover the American football competition in the US market
Goodell: decision on NFL Sunday Ticket due by the fall
Prominent out-of-market package set to head to streaming platform
Legal fight forthcoming as Musk drops bid to buy Twitter
Dispute continues over number of spam accounts on social media platform
MLW signs expanded deal with US rightsholder beIN
The Major League Wrestling promotion has extended and expanded its United States rights deal with subscription broadcaster beIN Sports
USFL draws 1.52 million viewers for championship game
The rebooted United States Football League drew an average domestic audience of 1.52 million for its inaugural championship game, with the audience peaking at 1.834 million on the Fox network
MLS agrees lucrative long-term betting data and streaming deal with IMG Arena
Major League Soccer has concluded its second major piece of business in the space of a month, agreeing an eight-year betting data and streaming rights agreement with IMG Arena, the betting division of…
Pac-12 to start media rights talks amid membership speculation
Industry questions run rampant as to college conference's future status
Playmaker expands portfolio with World Soccer Talk acquisition
Digital sports media company Playmaker Capital has announced the acquisition of soccer-focused media business World Soccer Talk, whose multiplatform offering includes a website, mobile app, podcast, and …
NBCU pulls plug on Olympic Channel
US media group NBCUniversal has announced it plans to close its dedicated Olympic Channel on September 30
CBC deals with Mediapro for Canada matches at Concacaf women’s Championship
Canadian public-service broadcaster the CBC has agreed a sublicensing deal with the Mediapro Canada agency for rights to the 2022 Concacaf W Championship women’s national team football tournament.
F1 lives the American dream as Disney pays stratospheric increase
Formula One’s meteoric rise in the US has yielded a media rights fee to match via a new deal with Disney, putting the US behind only the UK and Germany in terms of F1 broadcast revenue.
FC Barcelona, Sixth Street finalize €267m LaLiga TV rights deal
LaLiga giants FC Barcelona has finalized a deal to sell 10 per cent of its LaLiga television rights for the next 25 years to United States-based investment firm Sixth Street Partners
IMG to sell global broadcast rights to AEG’s Soccer Champions Tour
Sports and live entertainment company AEG has appointed the IMG agency to sell the worldwide broadcast rights to its new Soccer Champions Tour
NHL sees sizable lift in Stanley Cup Finals ratings to historic norm
Walt Disney Co. sees strong viewership in return to NHL championship coverage
PGA Tour, DP World Tour strengthen alliance to fend off LIV Golf threat
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour have strengthened their alliance with an expanded 13-year joint venture partnership through 2035, which is designed to fend off the growing challenge from the Saudi-backed…
FloSports extends Tour de France rights in Canada through 2028
North American streaming service FloSports has extended its exclusive Canadian rights to the Tour de France in a five-year partnership running from 2024 through 2028
MLS bets the house on Apple ahead of crucial decade for US soccer
Will Apple prove the right partner to bring MLS to the masses? Frank Dunne takes a deep dive into a brave but necessary gamble.