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Uefa: Women’s Euro 2022 watched by cumulative audience of 365m
Uefa, football’s European governing body, has announced that over 365 million people watched this summer’s Women’s Euro 2022 tournament, setting a record for the national team competition.
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Williams draws peak 3.2m audience for US Open match
Serena Williams' opening match at the US Open drew an average 2.7 million domestic viewers on ESPN, with the American's straight-sets victory over Danka Kovinic peaking at 3.2 million
Team turns attention to Balkans for next Uefa club rights sales
Following recently concluded rights sales in France and the UK, the Team Marketing agency has issued invitations to submit offers (ISOs) for broadcast rights in the Balkan countries to Uefa club competitions…
FloSports lands bundled US rights to URC, EPCR and Top 14
The United Rugby Championship, European Professional Club Rugby and France’s Top 14 have bundled their US media rights together for the first time and secured a deal with streaming service FloSports.
DAZN secures non-exclusive global rights to Super League Triathlon
Super League Triathlon has agreed a deal with international sports streaming service DAZN for live coverage of all events until the end of 2023
TalkSport to air 49ers games in United Kingdom
The National Football League’s San Francisco 49ers have announced an agreement with United Kingdom sports radio station TalkSport to broadcast at least 11 of the 49ers regular season and games along w…
Czech public broadcaster sells on World Cup rights amid austerity measures
Česká Televize, the Czech public-service broadcaster, has sold on rights to matches from the 2022 Fifa World Cup to commercial network TV Nova because of cost-cutting measures related to a drop in the l…
Seven ‘close’ to deal with Optus for Women’s World Cup free-to-air rights
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven is close to finalising a sublicensing agreement with telecoms operator Optus for the rights to selected matches from the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup, according t…
Werner re-united with former IEC colleagues at Commercial Sports Media
Sweden-based sports marketing consultancy Commercial Sports Media (CSM) has recruited Petter Werner as its head of business development
Zee to sublicense Disney Star’s ICC linear rights in ‘first-of-its-kind’ deal
Media group Zee Entertainment has agreed a surprise sublicensing deal with Disney Star for exclusive linear rights in India to men's International Cricket Council events from 2024-27
Sponsor Fedcom ‘agrees long-term deal’ for EuroLeague broadcast rights in France, Monaco
Logistics, shipping and commodities trading company Fedcom, a sponsor of Euroleague Basketball and majority shareholder of LNB Pro A club AS Monaco Basket, has reportedly acquired broadcast rights to the…
Handball Bundesliga launches global streaming platform for dark markets
The Handball Bundesliga (HBL), organising body of the top two divisions of the sport in Germany, has announced the launch of a new global OTT streaming platform to showcase its competitions to territories…
Globo retains Copa do Brasil rights to 2026
Commercial broadcaster Globo has agreed a four-season extension with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) for the exclusive domestic broadcast rights to the Copa do Brasil club competition
Wrexham AFC, celebrity owners unhappy with broadcast rights
National League football’s Wrexham AFC and its celebrity owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have expressed their displeasure with the inability for the club’s games to be streamed domestically and…
NBC Sports remains bullish on PGA Tour despite LIV Golf threat
NBC Sports chairman Pete Bevacqua says he remains bullish about the future of the PGA Tour despite a number of leading players continuing to join the rival Saudi-backed breakaway tour LIV Golf
ICC gets “significant” rights fee increase in India as Star strikes back
Disney Star has renewed its exclusive media rights in India for International Cricket Council events in a four-year deal covering 2024 to 2027
WNBA playoffs first-round viewership up 50 percent
Disney’s ESPN announced that it recorded a 50 percent increase in viewership of the Women’s National Basketball Association first round of the 2022 playoffs compared to last year’s first and second round…
EXCLUSIVE: BT set to renew EPCR pay-TV rights deal in UK
BT Sport is set to continue as the exclusive pay-television broadcaster of European Professional Club Rugby competitions in the UK and Ireland, SportBusiness understands