USA

Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

The future of Paramount Global is not yet set in stone, after veteran US media executive Edgar Bronfman Jr submitted a late $4.3bn (€3.9bn) takeover bid.
Multiple Sports
Media

The much-anticipated launch of Venu Sports, the joint sports streaming venture from Walt Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery, has been delayed following a ruling by a US District judge
Basketball
Data

Genius Sports has struck a new data insights deal with one of its main broadcaster clients in a long-term extension with US sports broadcaster ESPN
Multi-sport
Media

Viewership of NBCUniversal’s coverage of Paris 2024 was up considerably on Tokyo 2020 as the US broadcaster provided its most extensive Olympic coverage to date.
Basketball

WBD is seeking a jury trial over the NBA's rejection of its matching rights proposal, but sports law experts believe the media giant may struggle to prove it has truly matched Amazon’s bid in terms of distribution reach and financial structure. 
Mixed Martial Arts
Finance & Law

TKO Group, the Endeavor-owned parent company of WWE and the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has raised its full-year guidance after posting new quarterly records for revenue and adjusted earnings.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav has attempted to play down concerns that the group's impending loss of NBA rights will have a significant impact on future carriage negotiations.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Walt Disney's combined streaming business was profitable for the first time in the third quarter, helped by ESPN+, as the US entertainment giant moved back into the black
Multiple Sports
Data

Genius Sports’ second-quarter net loss has widened year over year to $21.8m (€20m) as the group says it will only target profitable betting rights acquisitions, having already sewn up English Premier League and NFL contracts to nearly the end of the decade.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Streaming platform Fubo lost more than 60,000 subscribers in North America during the second quarter of 2024 and posted a net loss of $25.8m (€23.6m) for the three-month period.
American Football
Finance & Law

A federal judge has overturned the verdict of a class-action lawsuit that ordered the National Football League to pay $4.7bn (€4.3bn) to subscribers of Sunday Ticket, the league’s domestic out-of-market broadcast package.
Multiple Sports
Media

The price point for Venu Sports, the highly anticipated joint sports streaming venture from Walt Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery, has been set at $42.99 (€40) per month.
Tennis

Warner Bros. Discovery has taken over as the exclusive broadcaster of the French Open in the US in a deal that nearly tripled the media rights fees on the previous cycle.
Golf
Fan Engagement

The PGA Tour has taken steps to retain engagement within a key demographic as it launches a 9-hole event to tap into social media followings of YouTube golf content creators
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Diamond Sports Group, owner and operator of regional sports networks (RSNs) in the US, has finally struck a carriage agreement with Comcast in what represents a major boost to its bid to exit bankruptcy.
Basketball
Media

Warner Bros. Discovery has sued the National Basketball Association over the league’s rejection of its matching rights proposal, in the latest instalment of the NBA media rights saga.
Multi-sport
Media

NBCUniversal's decision to broadcast a commercial-free portion of an Olympics opening ceremony proved a success, with Paris 2024 setting a 12-year Games audience high for the US rights-holder
Baseball
Media

Major League Baseball is separating its streaming offerings as it launches its flagship MLB Network channel as a direct-to-consumer service, separate from MLB.TV