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CBS grows Big 12 basketball inventory via ESPN deal
The Big 12 Conference is to enjoy significantly more exposure across CBS Sports for its respected basketball division following its expansion to 16 schools for the 2024-25 academic year.
In Focus: US college sports
SportBusiness Media takes a deep dive into the numbers driving the commercial success of US college sports.
Serie A sticks with CBS in the US in short-term renewal
CBS Sports has picked up its second piece of European football business in as many days, striking a two-season rights renewal for Italy's Serie A
CBS ousts ESPN as EFL rights-holder in US
Media rights to the English Football League in its fast-growing market of the United States are switching to CBS Sports from ESPN ahead of the 2024-25 season, it was announced today (Thursday)
Every event day aired live in PBR’s ‘game changing’ domestic rights deals
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.
CBS locks up two-year WNBA deal, momentum builds with national broadcasts
CBS Sports has signed a new rights deal with the Women's National Basketball Association, which SportBusiness understands runs for two years, as it prepares for record network coverage of the league in 2024.
CBS, TNT remain bullish over March Madness viewing figures
CBS Sports and TNT Sports are not concerned about a potential viewership dip at this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament after last year's lowest-performing championship game and an absence of star…
Paramount+ subs up to 67.5m, total revenue dips 6 per cent
Paramount Global's streaming service Paramount+ added 4.1 million new subscribers in the fourth quarter, raising the platform's total to 67.5 million subscribers at the end of 2023 as the company's overall revenue dipped six per cent year-over-year for the quarter.
Super Bowl domestic audience exceeds 123m to net all-time record
Domestic Super Bowl coverage drew the most-watched broadcast in NFL history with an average audience of 123.4 million viewers across all platforms
NFL playoff ratings soar in divisional round
The National Football League has set records during its live postseason coverage across the main US networks
USL scores sizeable domestic rights increase
The United Soccer League, America's second-tier, will see its annual domestic media rights revenue rise sharply over the next four seasons thanks to new deals with Paramount and ESPN.
NWSL lands record four-year $240m domestic rights deals
The National Women's Soccer League has agreed the largest media rights deals in women's sport in contracts spanning four years worth $60m (€56m) annually, with games airing on CBS, ESPN, Amazon and Scripps S…
Paramount+ not actively looking at more sports rights as subscriptions reach 63m
Paramount Global's streaming service Paramount+ netted 2.7 million subscribers in the quarter to bring the total to 63 million as the direct-to-consumer service's revenue increased 38 per cent year-over-year
Berson to replace retiring McManus as CBS Sports chairman
CBS Sports have announced that chairman Sean McManus will retire in April 2024 and be replaced by David Berson after a 27-year run leading the division
NFL opening weekend, college football score major US viewership
The return of the National Football League, combined with a strong slate of college games, drew major audiences across US television, including a record for Monday Night Football on ESPN
CBS, Nickelodeon extend kid-friendly NFL broadcasts to Super Bowl
Paramount-owned CBS Sports and Nickelodeon have announced that they will broadcast a children-centric, family-friendly simulcast of next year's Super Bowl, marking the first time an alternative telecast…
CBS renews SailGP deal, ups coverage plans after strong 2022
The SailGP series is to get broader television exposure in the United States in Season 4 following a new rights deal agreed with CBS Sports today (Thursday)
Major League Cricket adds CBS Sports Network, Sling TV as domestic rights-holders
Major League Cricket (MLC), the first professional T20 cricket league in the United States, has further enhanced the broadcast offering in its home market through deals with the CBS Sports division of…