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US College Sport
Finance & Law

The Southeastern Conference announced that $721.8m (€672.5m) of its total revenue for the 2021-22 fiscal year was distributed among the conference's 14 universities, but the conference saw a four-per-cent decline in revenue.
Multiple Sports
Media

Content and technology company SportsGrid and Amazon Prime Video have reached a global distribution agreement for Amazon's Freevee to the launch SportsGrid Network FAST channel, which will be the first…
NFL
Finance & Law

A U.S. judge has ruled that the National Football League must face a $6bn (€5.6bn) class action lawsuit alleging the league unlawfully limited the amount of games shown and drove up the cost of its Sunday Ticket package. 
Basketball
Media

Record numbers of viewers watched Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James become the National Basketball Association's all-time leading scorer with 38,388 points and counting during the Lakers-Oklahoma City…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Walt Disney Company chief executive Bob Iger has said that the company is "not considering a spin-off" of its flagship sports broadcaster ESPN during the question and answer portion of Disney's first-quarter…
NFL
Media

Fox has sold out all of its Super Bowl LVII advertising inventory ahead of the National Football League's showpiece game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs at State Farm Stadium in…
Multiple Sports
Host Broadcast & Production

Mediapro, the broadcast production group and rights agency, has detailed plans to open new virtual production studios in Barcelona, Madrid, New York and Miami
Golf
Media

Global streaming service Netflix will promote its upcoming PGA Tour-focused docuseries Full Swing via a Michelob Ultra commercial during the Fox broadcast of Super Bowl LVII on February 12
Baseball
Media

Major League Baseball's MLB Network will no longer be available for YouTube TV subscribers after the two parties failed to reach an agreement on a contract renewal
Football
Media

Technology giant Apple is moving away from convention in the selling of commercials around its Major League Soccer coverage and is asking sponsors to buy season-long package spots rather than individual…
Baseball
Fan Engagement

Major League Baseball's New York Mets have unveiled plans to air a Super Bowl LVII commercial on New York area-network Fox 5 New York on February 12.
Golf
Media

The Ladies Professional Golf Association is looking to develop a presence in the ever-increasing sports documentary space by unveiling the multi-part Drive On: LPGA All Access, which will air on LPGA platforms…
Bull Riding
Media

The Endeavor-owned Professional Bull Riders has joined the ever-increasing sports docuseries wave with the eight-episode The Ride, which will premiere later this year on Amazon Prime Video in more than…
Tennis

Disney’s deal includes exclusive rights to live matches, unlike the previous deal during which the Tennis Channel showed a small number of live games.
Multiple Sports
Media

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced that streaming service Peacock added five million paying subscribers in its fourth quarter of 2022, bringing the total subscriber base to 20 million
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Diamond Sports Group, the Sinclair Broadcast Group entity that operates the Bally Sports group of regional sports networks in the United States, is reportedly heading towards a $8.6bn (€7.8
US College Sport
Finance & Law

The University of Alabama's athletics department has extended its multimedia rights deal with Learfield in a 15-year agreement, marking one of the longest deals of its kind in American collegiate athletics
Horse Racing
Media

Rights distribution agency HBA Media has secured three new broadcasters for this year’s edition of US horse racing event the Pegasus World Cup. The $3m (€2.8m)