Media

Football
Czech Republic

Domestic broadcast rights to the top two Czech football leagues have fetched CZK430m (€17.6m/$19.1m) per season during an invitation to tender with telco O2 picking up the lion’s share of the inventory.Fol
Cycling
Global

Warner Bros. Discovery is to shut down GCN+ and the GCN App, the direct-to-consumer cycling platforms, in its latest restructuring move in the digital space
Cricket
Bangladesh

A consortium spearheaded by sports broadcaster T Sports has secured domestic rights to the Bangladesh Cricket Board until the end of 2024, the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 competition in 2024 and…
Football
Norway

A selection of Uefa Women's Champions League matches, including the showpiece final, are to be shown on free-to-air television in Norway
Multiple Sports
Sub-Saharan Africa

Pan-African media group MultiChoice, owner of pay-television broadcasters SuperSport and DStv, posted core headline earnings of R1.8bn (€91m/$98.6m) for the six-month period ending September 30, which included three World Cups across football, netball and rugby union.
Football
Global

Fifa is live streaming CAF qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup on its Fifa+ platform in most countries worldwide
Golf
United Kingdom

Live coverage of golf’s US PGA Championship will continue to be shown by Sky in the UK and Ireland after the pay-television broadcaster landed a new three-year agreement.
Motorsport
Germany

Formula E is racing to land a new free-to-air broadcaster in Germany in time for the start of the 2024 season after ProSiebenSat.1 ended its deal despite having seemingly agreed terms on a contract extension
Football
Japan

The Dutch Eredivisie remains off television screens in Japan, with commercial broadcasters Fuji TV and TV Asahi picking up news access rights only, SportBusiness has learned
Football
United Kingdom

Pay-television broadcaster TNT Sports has sublicensed rights in the UK and Ireland to selected matches from the Uefa Women’s Champions League and the top-tier domestic women’s leagues of France, Spain and…
Multiple Sports
USA

Evolution Media Capital, the merchant banking arm of CAA, has joined forces with strategic advisory firm M. Klein & Company to launch a new entity which they claim will significantly step up their presence in the sports and entertainment investment space.
Football
Belgium

An absence of in-house commercial nous prompted the Belgian Pro League to take the unprecedented step of issuing a request for proposals to find a strategic partner.
Multiple Sports
Global

A 34-per-cent jump in revenue in its core betting business helped Genius Sports report increased third-quarter revenue of $101.7m (€95.2m) but foreign currency headwinds contributed to an $11.6
Football
Sub-Saharan Africa

New World TV has secured both free-to-air and pay-television rights to major Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions across sub-Saharan Africa and in multiple languages in the Togo-based satellite…
Skating
Norway

Norwegian tabloid newspaper VG and top sponsors of the Norwegian Skating Association (NSF) have teamed up to ensure broadcast coverage of the 2023-24 International Skating Union (ISU) season in the country.
Multiple Sports
United Kingdom

Video production and live clipping company Tellyo is to be bought by Amagi, a cloud-based broadcast technology firm
Football
Global

Fifa+, the direct-to-consumer OTT platform of football’s global governing body, has secured non-exclusive global rights to Serie C, Italian football’s third dvision.
Rugby Union
USA

Major League Rugby has signed a wide-ranging commercial partnership with digital consultant and software provider Globant, which encompasses an overhaul of its over-the-top (OTT) platform, The Rugby Network