IMG

Football
Media

An absence of in-house commercial nous prompted the Belgian Pro League to take the unprecedented step of issuing a request for proposals to find a strategic partner.
Multiple Sports
Events

Sports and entertainment conglomerate Endeavor has positioned OpenBet and its wider betting operations as key revenue drivers for the group in 2024, but insists IMG Arena will remain "number three" in…
Football
Media

IMG has been appointed by the Belgian Pro League in a wide-ranging advisory and media rights sales role
Multiple Sports
Host Broadcast & Production

Rights-owners have been urged to reconsider how their content is being presented and consumed, in a bid to better engage a newer, younger audience
Multiple Sports

Sport is increasingly consumed as a media product through 9:16 and other vertical aspect ratios on people's phones. SportBusiness Media examines the possibilities and challenges of this disruption.
Rugby Union
Fan Engagement

IMG has successfully pitched for a digital content and analysis role with Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR), England’s rebranded domestic rugby union clubs competition.
Football
Media

This summer’s influx of star footballers to the Saudi Pro League has helped boost its international media rights revenues by 650 per cent, contributing to an annual figure of $100m (€95m) from global med…
Football

The Saudi Pro League is on course to earn about $15m per season for its international media rights for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons, taking its total global media rights income to about $100m per season.
Basketball

The value of EuroLeague rights in Spain is set to fall for the first time since 2013 as limited competition in the market allowed Telefonica to secure a reduced price for the rights.
Football
Data

IMG has retained exclusive international broadcast, betting data and video rights to the men’s and women’s A-League competitions in Australasia.
Multiple Sports
Marketing

IMG has this morning unveiled sweeping changes to its branding at its inaugural IMG Summit event in Oxfordshire, UK, modernising its logo and retiring the Seven League brand entirely in an attempt to offer…
Tennis

SportBusiness Media takes a deep dive into the numbers driving the commercial success of the US Open, which concludes on Sunday.
Rugby League
Media

Super League’s proposed new UK rights deal with Sky will see the north hemisphere's top-tier rugby league competition suffer another reduction in revenue from 2024 onwards.
Football
Media

Bundesliga International, the international media rights arm of the German Football League (DFL), has renewed its agreement for video archive rights with the IMG agency until the end of 2025-26
Basketball
Media

Euroleague Basketball has completed its final major media rights deal for the 2023-24 season, agreeing a deal that takes its top-tier EuroLeague competition back to Telefónica's Movistar Plus platform …
Tennis
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has renewed its rights across the Middle East and North Africa to the US Open tennis grand slam for a further five years as part of a deal announced shortly before…
Rugby League
Media

Super League, the top tier of rugby league in the UK, is close to striking an exclusive pay-television rights deal with Sky in its domestic market for a further three years, closing the book on a sales process in which the league explored every possible option to secure a better offer.
Multiple Sports
Events

Continued strong results at the Ultimate Fighting Championship, betting growth and recent broadcast production contract wins at IMG helped Endeavor to post a 9.5-per-cent increase in quarterly revenues