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Basketball

Fuelled in part by last year's historic success of The Last Dance, an expansive nine-part original docuseries focused on the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Lakers is slated to appear on…
Multi-sport

Women’s sports-focused media platform Just Women’s Sports has closed on a $3.5m (€2.88m)
Basketball

Buzzer, a start-up live sports mobile app, has continued its expansion by securing a deal with the National Basketball Association to distribute live NBA League Pass games
Basketball

Spanish basketball organization Liga ACB has hired international sports marketing agency Octagon to serve as an exclusive advisor for its upcoming United States media rights offering that will include …
Olympic Games

Marking yet another effort to bring Olympic content to new platforms and reach fans wherever they are, NBC Olympics has developed an agreement with Twitch to deliver live programming from the upcoming…
Multi-sport

NBCUniversal is reportedly considering selling its seven regional sports networks or potentially integrating them into streaming service Peacock as the company tries to navigate the new cord-cutting landscape…
Media

NBCUniversal is reportedly considering selling its six regional sports networks or potentially integrating them into streaming service Peacock as the company tries to navigate the new cord-cutting landscape…
NFL

The National Football League’s 2021 Draft finished up with the third-highest viewership in the event’s history.
Football

Fox Sports has secured the English-language rights in the United States to this summer's Copa America as part of a multi-year deal with South American soccer federation Conmebol
Baseball

ESPN and Star Wars, two sister divisions within the Walt Disney Co
NFL

The National Football League reaffirmed its position as the most valuable property in the United States media landscape when the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft on April 29 outdrew the Oscars for the…
Multi-sport

American telecommunications giant Verizon is largely exiting the digital media space as it is selling Verizon Media assets, including Yahoo and AOL, to alternative investment firm Apollo Global Management…
Football

US Hispanic media company Univision has announced it will make its newly-launched ad-supported streaming service PrendeTV a key part of its Uefa Euro 2020 coverage
NFL

Online retail and streaming video giant Amazon has reached a supplemental agreement with the National Football League to accelerate its exclusive domestic media rights to Thursday Night Football by one…
Basketball

The Women’s National Basketball Association has announced a wide-ranging multiyear partnership with American-based multinational technology giant Google, which has been designated a top-tier WNBA Changemaker s…
Multi-sport

Endeavor’s initial public offering will generate funds to provide “flexibility” over how the business is run, pay down debt and enable further acquisitions, according to Mark Shapiro, president at the s…
Rugby Union

The Spring Media agency has teamed up with production company Rugby Factory to distribute the latter’s new ‘RugbyTown’ documentary series outside of the US market. T
Football

The United Soccer League is expanding its global footprint by striking a broadcast agreement with ESPN International, which covers over 58 million linear homes and 46 million digital homes in 55 territories…