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Motorsport
Finance & Law

Telecoms operator Telefónica is facing fresh action from Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), over its sublicensing deal with OTT subscription bro…
Multi-sport
Fan Engagement

Social media platform Twitter has announced the extension and expansion of its Olympic Games content deal with US rights-holder NBCUniversal (NBCU)
Basketball
Finance & Law

The Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association and the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's NBA (WNBA) have been sued by Diamond Sports Group after the teams left their regional sports network (RSN)…
Football
Media

The French Football Federation (FFF) today (Wednesday) postponed until May 12 the deadline for bids for domestic broadcast rights to the matches of the French’s women’s national team and France’s top-t…
Football
Finance & Law

KKR & Co., the US private equity firm, has pulled out of the process to become a strategic partner with the German Football League (DFL) in a new media rights subsidiary, according to reports
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Dyn, a streaming service set to launch in the German-speaking region in July, has appointed Verena Göttl as managing director of Dyn Productions, a new subsidiary that will produce all sports coverage …
Basketball
Media

The Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) has signed a sponsorship deal with short-form video platform TikTok, which becomes the official entertainment partner of the Super League club competition
Multiple Sports
Media

As cable television subscriptions continue to fall amid cord-cutting as ESPN+ streaming subscribers rise, ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro has hinted at a future where the company goes entirely digital
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus recorded the highest English Premier League audience in France in more than 12 years for last week’s title showdown between Manchester City and Arsenal.
Horse Racing
Data

Racecourse Media Group, the holding company responsible for media and data rights for a host of horse-racing destinations, has announced that it generated £117.6m (€133.3m/$147.1m
Triathlon
Media

The Professional Triathletes Organisation, working in conjunction with the IMG agency, has finalised a string of new broadcast deals and renewals ahead of the start of the 2023 PTO Tour on Saturday
Boxing
Media

Sports event promotion firm Matchroom has signed a three-year extension to its boxing rights deal with subscription sports streaming service DAZN in the US and Mexico
American Football
Media

The National Football League's 2023 Super Bowl was the most-watched ever in the United States, after revised viewing figures were released by Nielsen Media Research. The company has announced that 115
Multiple Sports
Media

The first rounds of the National Basketball Association and National Hockey League playoffs have drawn major increases in viewership on Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney-owned platforms ESPN and ABC
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

StarzPlay, the subscription video-on-demand streaming service for the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, has appointed Tony Saab as its senior vice-president of content and strategic partnerships
Multiple Sports
Media

Subscription sports streaming service DAZN has rolled out two new free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels: DAZN Combat and DAZN Women's Football
American Football
Media

The National Football League's NFL Draft drew 54.4 million viewers over the three-day event that was held in Kansas City, Missouri
Football
Media

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has once again called on broadcasters in the ‘big five’ European markets to increase their offers for media rights to the 2023 Women’s World Cup, describing their curre…