Discovery

Basketball
Media

Lega Basket Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian basketball, is to begin private negotiations with broadcasters for its domestic media rights for three seasons, from 2022-23 to 2024-25
Motorsport

Formula E’s latest media rights deal in the UK demonstrates that, at present, sponsorship and hosting fees remain the primary sources of revenue for the electric open-wheel racing series.
Motorsport
Media

Media group Discovery has secured exclusive live rights to MotoGP in Finland after a vacancy was created by Telia-owned MTV3’s decision not to renew its deal.
Olympic Games

Media group Discovery secured a marginal increase for rights in Greece to the Olympic Games in the 2022 and 2024 in a deal with public-service broadcaster ERT.
Olympic Games
Media

Media group Discovery has reported that streaming minutes consumed via its European subscription services during the opening week of the 2022 winter Olympic Games have been more than 18 times higher than…
Multi-sport

DAZN chairman Kevin Mayer said his company’s attempts to acquire UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport “became uneconomical” after a rival bid from Discovery increased BT’s demands in the final throes of negotiations.
Skiing
Media

Infront has secured increased fees for rights to Fédération Internationale de Ski events in deals with Discovery Sports and German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF.
Multi-sport
Host Broadcast & Production

Discovery has today (Monday) laid out its production and editorial plans for next month’s Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as it seeks to convert more OTT users to long-term subscribers on the back of the t…
Ski Jumping

Viewership of the first two events of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Poland reached an average of 2
Futsal

Discovery-owned Eurosport India has secured media rights for the All India Football Federation's inaugural Futsal Club Championship
Multiple Sports

Media group Discovery has reported just under $1.3bn (€1.1
Cycling

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has this morning announced a broadcast deal with Claro Sports in Latin America for coverage of its new Track Champions League competition
Multiple Sports

Media group Discovery has promoted Anil Jhingan to the role of president and managing director of Asia Pacific
Motorsport
Media

Discovery-owned Eurosport’s five-year renewal for media rights to the Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) motorcycling series was driven by the preference of commercial rights-holder Dorna to provide the property with wide exposure.
Multiple Sports

Vijay Rajput, senior vice-president, business head of the sports business, and head of affiliate sales and product distribution at Discovery India, will leave the broadcaster, it has been reported
Cycling

Media group Discovery has secured exclusive rights in over 50 markets to show the women's Tour de France until at least 2025
Ski Jumping

Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has hit out at what it claims is Discovery Sports’ decision not to sublicense rights to International Ski Federation (FIS) ski jumping competitions, claiming the s…
Tennis

The recently-signed 10-year Australian Open rights agreement between Tennis Australia and Discovery is a “real confidence booster” for the tennis governing body, which was satisfied with the various pro…