USA

Football
Media

A total of 79 FA Cup matches each season will continue to be streamed exclusively on ESPN+ in the US market for four more seasons after the Disney-owned broadcaster reached a renewal agreement with IMG.
US College Sport
Finance & Law

The Big Ten Conference has reported a record $880m (€810m) in total revenue for the financial year to June 30, 2023, according to a copy of the conference's tax return obtained by SportBusiness.
Bull Riding
Media

PBR's new domestic rights deals with CBS and Merit Street Media will create live weekend viewing slots akin to major league sports and allow the Endeavor-owned property to tap into an audience outside of its core following.
Multiple Sports
Media

News of the production of three Olympic focused documentaries on Netflix is further evidence of the IOC's attempts to better engage an audience in between Games.
Basketball
Media

Caitlin Clark's WNBA debut on ESPN2 and Disney-owned streaming platforms drew an average of 2.1 million viewers, generating the highest viewership of a league game since 2001 and best ever for ESPN.
American Football
Media

The Pac-12 Conference, now down to just two teams, has announced a broadcast rights agreement with the CW Network and Fox Sports for its 2024 football season
Baseball
Finance & Law

Ahead of today's meeting between Diamond Sports Group and its bankruptcy judge, Major League Baseball and its clubs have expressed their disappointment with Diamond's failure to secure a distribution deal…
Motorsport
Events

Nascar is following the example of the National Basketball Association and Major League Soccer by unveiling an in-season, bracket-style tournament for its Cup Series to begin in 2025
Baseball
Media

Major League Baseball and Roku have signed an exclusive, multi-year rights deal for Sunday live games, which will stream free on the Roku Channel beginning on May 19
Basketball
Finance & Law

Speaking on the back of Warner Bros. Discovery's latest financial results, CEO David Zaslav claims to be "hopeful" that it will retain NBA domestic rights in a deal "that makes sense for both sides" with the broadcaster holding a matching right clause.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Endeavor's Owned Sports Properties was the entertainment giant's sole business unit to show revenue growth in the first quarter of 2024, aided by last year's acquisition of WWE, as the wider group swung to a net loss.
Professional Wrestling
Finance & Law

NBCUniversal has agreed a cut-price deal with World Wrestling Entertainment to continue showing 'Monday Night Raw' for the remainder of 2024, until the bumper 10-year global contract with Netflix kicks…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Disney is confident of retaining its National Basketball Association rights ahead of a new deal that would begin in 2025, chief executive Bob Iger has declared
Motorsport
Media

Lando Norris' first Formula 1 victory at the Miami Grand Prix on May 5 drew the largest live audience for an F1 race in the United States with 3.1 million tuning into ABC's telecast
Multiple Sports
Media

Three Chicago sports teams — the National Basketball Association's Bulls, the National Hockey League's Blackhawks, and Major League Baseball's White Sox — are partnering with Standard Media Group to for…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

FuboTV, DirecTV and Dish Network are among a group of eight media entities in the United States that have urged Congress to conduct a hearing into the sports streaming joint venture proposed by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery.
Multiple Sports
Media

Diamond Sports Group, the regional sports network (RSN) owner and operator that is fighting to come out of bankruptcy, has suffered a blow after its carriage deal with Comcast expired without a new agreement in place.
Basketball
Media

NBC is looking to get back into National Basketball Association media rights with a $2.5bn (€2.3bn)-per-year offer that would oust Warner Bros. Discovery's TNT Sports.