Media

Rugby Union
Events

France 2023 was the most-watched Rugby World Cup of all time, governing body World Rugby declared today (Tuesday). The tournament, won by South Africa, achieved 1
Football
Industry Moves

Mediapro has reorganised its business structure, part of which will see industry veteran Oliver Seibert joining the management committee and officially heading the agency and production group's sports…
Football
Finance & Law

The French Senate is to launch an investigation into the creation of LFP Media, the commercial vehicle set up by the French Football League (LFP) with investment from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners
Volleyball
Media

Volleyball World, the commercial entity created by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), has announced a four-year extension of its rights deal with Brazilian media group Globo
Tennis
Media

The Australian Open drew a record television audience in Italy as Jannik Sinner became the country's first male grand slam champion in 48 years
Football
Media

Uefa club football is to be shown free-to-air in Turkey in the next cycle, after public broadcaster TRT picked up the rights to all three competitions.
Table Tennis
Media

German streaming platform Dyn Media has added World Table Tennis (WTT) rights to its portfolio of chiefly domestic properties in a two-year agreement.
Professional Wrestling
Media

Live televised action from World Wrestling Entertainment is to return in Germany tomorrow (Tuesday) for the first time in 10 months, after Bild, the German newspaper and publisher owned by the Axel Springer…
Golf
Media

Jon Rahm’s controversial move to LIV Golf has helped the breakaway tour secure a two-year broadcast deal in Spain with Movistar Plus+, the OTT service of the Telefónica-owned pay-television broadcaster.
Handball
Events

France’s triumph in the Men’s EHF Euro 2024 final generated a peak audience of eight million for commercial broadcaster TF1, as the European Handball Federation hailed Germany’s staging of the tournament as the “best ever” in the championship’s history.
Ice Hockey
Media

Latvia’s public broadcaster has retained rights to ice hockey’s IIHF World Championship in a long-term agreement with the Infront agency.
Football
Finance & Law

A Brazilian court has sided with Athletico Paranaense in a long-running case against media group Globo related to pay-per-view broadcasts of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club.
Cricket
Media

An immediate consequence of the collapse in the proposed merger between Sony Pictures Networks and Zee Entertainment is that the latter now intends to withdraw its planned $1.4bn (€1.2bn) commitment to rival media group Disney Star towards rights fees for International Cricket Council events.
Football
Finance & Law

Canadian Soccer Business (CSB) and the Mediapro Canada agency are locked in a legal dispute that will result in rights to the domestic Canadian Premier League (CPL) and the men's and women's national teams…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Peacock, the NBC streaming service, added three million net subscribers to reach 31 million as its revenue increased by 57 per cent to surpass $1bn (€923m) in quarterly revenue for the first time, the company's parent company Comcast revealed in its 2023 Q4 earnings.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Daily fantasy and sports betting company DraftKings has appointed Marie Donoghue as its new chief business and growth officer after she left her role as vice-president of Amazon’s US sports content and partnerships.
Football
Finance & Law

The importance of sponsors to women’s football and with it the comparative absence of broadcast money has been laid bare for all to see in a new report analysing the finances of the game’s leading clu…
Football
Media

Austrian free-to-air commercial network ServusTV is thought to be close to securing rights to the Uefa Europa League and Europa Conference League from ProSiebenSat.1-owned commercial broadcaster Puls 4