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Media Professional Wrestling

Netflix's $5bn (€4.6bn), 10-year global media-rights deal with World Wrestling Entertainment is not reflective of a change in sports strategy at the streaming giant, according to co-chief executive Ted Sarandos.
Media Football

The sales process for in-flight and in-ship broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions from 2024-25 to 2026-27 has been issued with incumbent IMG once again the standout candidate to secure the contract
Finance & Law Football

Libra and Liga Forte União (LFU), the two collectives of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and Série B teams seeking to drive plans for a new league system, are closing in on an agreement to jointly market th…
Media American Football

The National Football League has set records during its live postseason coverage across the main US networks
Media Professional Wrestling

Netflix has made its biggest foray into live event streaming, today (Tuesday), announcing a stunning $5bn (€4.6bn), 10-year global media-rights deal with World Wrestling Entertainment.
Media Rugby League

Rugby League Commercial (RLC), the joint venture between Super League and the Rugby Football League (RFL) that acts as commercial rights-holder, has unveiled a new global, direct-to-consumer streaming service for the sport’s top division in the UK.
Media Golf

Sky Sports has reaffirmed its unchallenged golf dominance in the UK market after retaining rights to the Open Championship for another four years
Industry Moves Multiple Sports

Stephen van Rooyen has announced he is to leave Sky, the pay-television giant where he is group chief commercial officer and chief executive of the UK and Ireland business, at the end of next month
Media Football

DAZN and Japan’s J. League have struck a new rights agreement that encompasses the third-tier Meiji Yasuda J3 League, as the sports broadcaster ups its subscription price in the country for the third consecutive year.
Finance & Law Multiple Sports

The planned $10bn (€9.2bn) mega-Indian media merger, two years in the making, between Sony Pictures Networks and Zee Entertainment was officially scrapped today (Monday).