Events
EBU flags strong European Championships viewing figures in eight key markets
Close to 170 million hours of live coverage of the 2022 European Championships were viewed in the first six days of the multi-sports event in Munich, according to early data reported by the European Broadcasting…
MLB, Fox post sharp ratings decline for second ‘FoD’ game
Viewership falls by nearly half for return engagement in Iowa
UFC and return of live events boost Endeavor’s Q2 results
Sports and entertainment group Endeavor has once again raised its full-year revenue guidance after posting $1.31bn (€1.26bn) in second-quarter revenue and $42.2m in net income.
Fifa World Cup rights deals agreed in Hong Kong and the Philippines, date change confirmed
Media rights for this year's Fifa World Cup have been acquired by Now TV in Hong Kong and Tap DMV in the Philippines, in deals brokered by the Infront agency
EOC president Capralos confident EBU deal will solve European Games’ exposure problem
Spyros Capralos, president of the European Olympic Committees (EOC), is confident that the new European Games broadcast deal with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) consortium of public-service broadcasters…
EBU members to air over 3,500 hours from Munich’s European Championships
The European Broadcasting Union consortium of public-service broadcasters has announced that the 2022 European Championships in Munich are set to receive around 500 additional hours of coverage from its…
Cablenet acquires EuroBasket 2022 rights ahead of Cyprus’ 2025 co-hosting
Telecoms company Cablenet has acquired rights in Cyprus to the forthcoming EuroBasket 2022 national team basketball tournament.
Cablenet will show all 76 games at EuroBasket 2022 via its sports channels
Bayern executive Jung calls on DFL to move Super Cup abroad, scrap 50+1 ownership rule
Bayern Munich commercial executive Andreas Jung has called on the German Football League (DFL) to stage the German Super Cup abroad in order to increase the league’s international presence and commercial a…
FIL cuts Luge World Cup opener, citing Qatar 2022 impact on TV coverage
The International Luge Federation (FIL) has cancelled the opening round of the 2022-23 Luge World Cup season, citing football’s 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar.
Cricket Kenya engages Pacific Star Sports as commercial agency
Cricket Kenya has appointed UAE-based agency Pacific Star Sports (PSS) to aid the commercial development of the sport in the East African country
Birmingham 2022 to pass Glasgow’s 1.3m ticket sales, commercial income ‘in good place’
The organisers of Birmingham’s 2022 Commonwealth Games, which get under way this evening with the opening ceremony, expect to soon surpass the ticket sales total registered at Glasgow 2014 and are also c…
Euro 2022 audience figures on the rise for ZDF, TF1 and Canal Plus
Uefa Women’s Euro 2022 is continuing to pull in strong audience figures as both German and French broadcasters posted strong ratings for the two countries’ semi-final clash yesterday (Wednesday) evening.
Infront invests as Sydney Marathon joins race for WMM expansion slot
The Infront agency has acquired a minority stake in the Sydney Marathon and will market its commercial rights as it becomes the third candidate to seek an expansion slot among the World Marathon Majors…
Eintracht Frankfurt to tour Japan in November
German Bundesliga football club Eintracht Frankfurt will play friendlies against Japanese J.League clubs Urawa Reds and Gamba Osaka during a tour of Japan in November
ASO confident over women’s Tour de France ‘investment’ as opener nets 3m domestic viewers
Event promoter Amaury Sport Organisation is confident that its investment in the women’s Tour de France will pay off commercially in future years with a sizeable free-to-air audience creating an appealing p…
MLB All-Star Game viewership sinks to new event low
Baseball midseason showcase retains mark as top All-Star Game in US sports
MLB sees viewership declines for Home Run Derby, Draft
Elements of All-Star Game event drop in viewers, but are still historically strong
First Wimbledon Middle Sunday attracts 3.7m peak audience on BBC
A peak audience of 3.7 million tuned into watch the BBC’s UK coverage of the first official “Middle Sunday” at this year’s Wimbledon Championships while a further 4.7 milli