Sports Betting

The embattled IMG Arena has doubled down on cricket, striking an exclusive betting rights deal with Cricket South Africa in a rare piece of announced new business since the merger with the Endeavor-owned OpenBet.

FeedConstruct, the sports data and video content supplier for the betting industry, has promoted Narek Harutyunyan, its head of rights and content, to CEO as a replacement for the outgoing Robert Blaszczak.

ATP Media registered revenues of $202.9m in 2023 and a profit of $4m, SportBusiness understands, thanks in part to the aggregation of ATP 250 rights and the return of the Shanghai Masters for the first time since 2019.

Australian streaming service Kayo has breached gambling advertising rules, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)

Andrew Corser, one of the remaining top senior executives at IMG Arena, is set to be the latest exit from the data and betting division of the Endeavor-owned IMG agency, SportBusiness has learned

Stats Perform has regained exclusive betting data and streaming rights to ICC events in a four-year deal, having been replaced by rival Sportradar from 2021 to 2023.

Infront has begun selling international broadcast and betting rights to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A after striking one-year deals with the Liga Forte Uniao (LFU) and Libra blocs of clubs, SportBusiness understands.

Stats Perform has agreed a deal for international betting streaming rights to the English Football League in all markets except the Americas, SportBusiness understands

A 78-per-cent jump in Sportradar’s Q1 sports rights costs on the back of its new ATP agreement and first season of an NBA extension contributed to a narrow net loss but the company claims to be already f…

Czech agency Pragosport has been awarded the international betting video rights to the top two Czech football leagues from 2024-25 to 2028-29

The merging of Endeavor’s OpenBet and IMG Arena has led to a high-profile casualty as Max Wright, who has been with IMG for 11 years, negotiating various betting rights deals with sports bodies, leaves the company.

Endeavor's Owned Sports Properties was the entertainment giant's sole business unit to show revenue growth in the first quarter of 2024, aided by last year's acquisition of WWE, as the wider group swung to a net loss.

Genius Sports’ first-quarter net loss remaining flat at $25.5m comes as improved revenue generation at its betting and media divisions underpinned the financial performance.

Dutch football’s Eredivisie is looking for an agency or agencies to represent its international broadcast and betting video rights, a property held for 24 years by IMG.

The Brasileirão Série B 2024 kicked off with all matches shown live over the weekend, after a late completion of the broadcast picture in the country.

Zeus Sports Marketing and 1190 Sports are halfway to securing international betting and media rights to the Brazilian Série A in 2024, having agreed deals with 10 top-tier clubs for the upcoming season.

Endeavor, the sports and entertainment giant that owns the IMG agency and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) properties, is going private three years after listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Sportradar swung back into the black in the fourth quarter thanks to growth across all segments, sending the sports data and betting services firm’s share price soaring to a temporary seven-month high in Wednesday morning trading.