USA

Multiple Sports
Fan Engagement

Dude Perfect has outlined plans to scale its operations to become a major media outlet, hiring a leading NBA digital executive to become its first CEO.
Professional Wrestling
Media

All-Elite Wrestling (AEW) has agreed to a multi-year extension with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) in a broader media rights deal as the competition looks to bring back its once-high viewership figures
Baseball
Finance & Law

Diamond Sports Group has outlined plans to drop all but one of its 12 regional Major League Baseball broadcasting rights contracts, a move that has blindsided MLB.
Basketball
Media

Conference realignment in the US college sports world continues apace as the rebuilding Pac-12 made another move that will potentially bring an uplift to any future media rights revenue
Football
Media

Major League Soccer has taken a stake in OneFootball in a deal that will make the league's highlights widely available on the global football media platform.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

DirecTV today (Monday) agreed a deal to buy EchoStar's video distribution business, which includes rival Dish TV, a move that would create the US' largest pay-television operator
Multiple Sports
Data

Two Circles is targeting further US growth after taking on investment from Otro Capital, the New York-based sports private equity firm, and David Blitzer, the American billionaire and multiple sports team owner.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Telemundo, the Spanish-language network of USA's NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, has announced a leadership change at the helm of its sports division
Ice Hockey
Media

Smith Entertainment Group has unveiled a new direct-to-consumer streaming service that incorporates matches of its newest franchise, the NHL's Utah Hockey Club, with those of the NBA's Utah Jazz
Tennis

ESPN’s extension of its domestic US Open rights will more than double its current fee, as the broadcaster solidifies itself as a tennis stronghold well into the next decade.  
US College Sport
Media

The Big 12 Conference is to enjoy significantly more exposure across CBS Sports for its respected basketball division following its expansion to 16 schools for the 2024-25 academic year.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Monday Night Football, ESPN's weekly showpiece NFL game, will be available to DirecTV's 11 million customers tonight (Monday) after the carriage dispute with Disney was finally resolved.
Multiple Sports
Governance

A year on from dropping to just two member universities that threatened its very existence, the Pac-12 Conference has announced the addition of four schools from the Mountain West from 2026-27.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Max and Discovery+, Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming platforms, are to be made available to basic-tier customers of US cable giant Charter at no extra charge, as part of a landmark carriage deal unveiled today.
Media

DirecTV has accused Disney of negotiating in bad faith, as their carriage dispute enters a second week and intensifies ahead of the return of the NFL's Monday Night Football
Tennis
Industry Moves

Tennis Channel's long-serving chief executive and chairman Ken Solomon has reportedly been ousted by parent company Sinclair for time spent on non-work activities
Motorsport
Events

Extreme E (XE), the electric off-road racing series, has scrapped the remaining races on the 2024 calendar, including a planned debut in the United States, and is evaluating how best to complete its final…
Baseball
Finance & Law

Major League Baseball has piled the pressure on Diamond Sports Group, claiming it will consider "more drastic" legal action should the firm's emergence from bankruptcy not be accelerated