Motorsport

Mediaset España has again secured free-to-air rights to Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix in a deal negotiated with media group and subscription broadcaster DAZN.
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The Formula 1 Channel becomes the latest addition to F1’s portfolio of programming currently available for fans in the USA, supporting the core live offerings from ESPN and F1 TV.

Viaplay is closing in on the renewal of its key Formula 1 rights in the Netherlands in a deal that would help to alleviate doubts over its future in the Dutch market following a wider international retreat.
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The final eight races of Nascar's Xfinity Series will exclusively air on The CW Network this season, accelerating the network's seven-year deal that was set to begin in 2025
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Liberty Media has targeted the Americas as the main growth region for MotoGP after striking a deal for Dorna Sports that values the series promoter and rights-holder at €4.2bn ($4.5bn).

Dorna Sports’ expected sale to Liberty Media for over €4bn ($4.3bn) offers the potential to generate a host of commercial efficiencies across both Formula 1 and MotoGP in a watershed moment for motorcycling.
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MotoGP has a new broadcast home in the United States, after series promoter Dorna Sports signed a rights deal with Warner Bros. Discovery's TNT Sports.

Streaming platform FanCode has secured exclusive F1 rights in India for 2024 and 2025, after the open-wheel racing series went direct-to-consumer in 2023.  

Formula 1 has seen its annual revenue grow to $3.22bn (€2.97bn), with the impact of its new Las Vegas Grand Prix particularly impacting its fourth quarter results as operating income rose by 164 per cent year-on-year.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has agreed a 10-year deal for exclusive F1 rights across the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, five years on from dropping rights in the Mena region over piracy concerns.

The FIA World Endurance Championship has increased its exposure in the German market through a new deal with Sport1

Formula E is banking on a close working relationship with motorsports experts Red Bull to fuel interest in the electric racing series in Germany and overturn what it hopes is a short-term drop in media rights fee in its biggest market.

Formula E has solved its biggest broadcast problem ahead of the new season, striking a free-to-air rights deal in Germany after the previous agreement was terminated with potentially legal implications

French motor-racing's prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans is to continue to be broadcast domestically on free-to-air television until at least 2025 under a new deal announced today (Thursday) with L’Équipe, th…

Formula E has solved one of its biggest media headaches ahead of the new season that gets under way next month, announcing an exclusive broadcast rights deal in the UK and Ireland with pay-television operator…
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Nascar has signed seven-year domestic media rights contracts for its premier Nascar Cup Series with broadcasters Fox Sports, NBC Sports, Amazon Prime Video and TNT Sports that will begin in 2025 and run…

Formula E has commenced legal proceedings against ProSiebenSat.1 following the German commercial broadcasting group's decision to walk away from the series, SportBusiness can reveal.

Formula E is preparing for its 10th season with a record 17 races on the calendar, but with question marks hanging over its media future in its most important commercial territory, amid wider apathy in the advertising market that could accelerate its move to subscription platforms.