Media

Football
USA

Major League Soccer has announced a four-year, English- and Spanish-language domestic rights deal with Fox Sports starting with the 2023 season, ending a long-standing partnership with ESPN which had carried…
Football
Russia

Gazprom Media-owned broadcaster Match TV has acquired rights to the Portuguese League Cup and will kick off its coverage later this month
Horse Racing
Japan

Horse racing organisation the Japan Racing Association (JRA) has announced it will begin providing a live streaming service for all races under its jurisdiction
Football
Brazil

Felipe Aquilino has been recruited as head of media rights at Brazilian sports marketing agency LiveMode after recently leaving FC Diez Media, SportBusiness understands
Motorsport
Czech Republic

Czech commercial broadcaster Nova has acquired rights to the 2023 edition of the Dakar Rally motorsport event
Rugby Sevens
India

Indian digital sports media platform FanCode has acquired exclusive streaming rights for the men's and women's 2023 World Rugby Sevens Series
Football
USA

Major League Soccer will potentially only have Fox Sports as a domestic linear rights partner in the United States in 2023 after both ESPN and TelevisaUnivision reportedly declined to carry select, non-exclusive…
Golf
Japan

New media rights agreements have been agreed in Japan for PGA Tour golf following the shutdown yesterday of GolfTV, the Warner Bros
Motorsport
USA

Short-track motorsport series Superstar Racing Experience and ESPN have announced a multiyear media rights deal that will begin in the summer of 2023, with races on six consecutive Thursday nights at 9…
Handball
Germany

Media group Warner Bros. Discovery has announced a sublicensing agreement with Sportdeutschland.tv, the streaming platform operated by the German Olympic Sports Confederation, for free-to-air rights to the forthcoming 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.
Football
Poland

Polish public broadcaster TVP remains in talks with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus about sublicensing rights to Poland’s Ekstraklasa from next season onwards and is keen to tie down an agreement.
Rugby Union
Italy

Streaming platform Eleven Italy has acquired domestic rights to European club rugby union tournament the Challenge Cup
Cricket
Indian Subcontinent

ITW Consulting agreed a time-buy deal with Sony in order to exploit its Bangladesh Cricket Board rights ahead of India’s current tour of the country.
Multiple Sports
Sweden

Media company Viaplay Group and Swedish telco Telia have ended their carriage dispute by striking a new and expanded multi-year deal
Basketball
China

The NBA’s viewership figures on Chinese state broadcaster CCTV are reportedly close to returning to the levels reached prior to the league’s blackout in the country.
Football
France

ITV claimed its best Saturday night on record, while fellow commercial broadcaster TF1 again set a new audience record for the year, as France knocked England out of the 2022 Fifa World Cup
NFL
USA

Sports gaming company FanDuel is reportedly planning to run its first Super Bowl commercial during the Fox broadcast of Super Bowl LVII, which is scheduled to be held at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, …
Motorsport
USA

The Automobile Racing Club of America and Fox Sports announced an extension of broadcast rights for the ARCA Menards Series in the United States through the 2024 season, while also expanding the number…