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Rugby League
United Kingdom

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
Global

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
Spain

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
MENA

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
United Kingdom

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
Global

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
Football
United Kingdom

DAZN, the international subscription sports streaming service, is closing in on a multi-territory agreement with the IMG agency over exclusive rights to the Saudi Pro League
Tennis
Spain

Spanish telecoms operator Telefónica has acquired rights to this month’s US Open grand slam tennis tournament.
Mixed Martial Arts
Australia

Foxtel’s Main Event channel will become the exclusive home of all pay-per-view UFC events from the start of 2024, bolstering the media group’s position as Australia’s pre-eminent sports broadcaster. P
Tennis
Germany

The US Open tennis tournament has emerged from a difficult sales process in the German-speaking region with a long-term media rights deal with streaming platform operator DOSB New Media.
Tennis
Portugal

Pay-television broadcaster Sport TV agreed to pay a minor increase to renew its rights for Wimbledon, from 2023 to 2026.
Tennis
Portugal

Pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has agreed to renew its exclusive rights in Portugal to Wimbledon, SportBusiness understands
Football
Global

The FA’s decision to cede control of FA Cup international rights to the Premier League could be confirmed next Monday, July 17, as the governing body looks to prevent a reduction of about $235m in its media rights revenue over the four seasons from 2024-25 onward.
Basketball
Baltics

Euroleague Basketball has increased its media rights revenues in the Baltics through a new arrangement with media group TV3 and public-service broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT).
Tennis
Global

Wimbledon is close to renewals in two vital territories – Australia and the Indian subcontinent – while discussions are also underway over renewals in France and Japan, two other major markets for the grand slam.
Tennis
Global

SportBusiness Media takes a deep dive into the numbers driving the commercial success of Wimbledon, which starts on Monday.
Basketball
USA

The NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship – considered one of the most undervalued properties in American sports – is focused on maximising the property’s value from the 2024-25 season, which opens the door to possibly unbundling the rights.
Tennis
Middle East and North Africa (Mena)

BeIN Sports is paying an uplift of around 50 per cent on the value of its previous fee for Wimbledon rights in the Middle East and North Africa, SportBusiness Media has learned.