Wrestling
WWE appoints long-serving Fox executive Lilien to SVP, sponsorship sales role
World Wrestling Entertainment has appointed Claudine Lilien, a long-time executive at media group Fox, as senior vice-president and head of global sales and partnerships
WWE flagship programming launched in Finland in MTV deal
Commercial broadcaster MTV Oy has secured rights in Finland for WWE's weekly shows
Talpa acquires WWE rights in the Netherlands
Dutch media company Talpa Network has reached an agreement to broadcast WWE’s weekly flagship programmes Raw and SmackDown in the Netherlands.
Rebranded Combate extends Univision deal, WWE renews with USA Network
US Spanish-language media company Univision Communications has agreed a five-year extension to its rights deal with Combate Americas, with the mixed martial arts promotion rebranding to Combate Global…
WWE signs Irish rights deal with Virgin Media
US wrestling promotion WWE will receive coverage through an Irish broadcast platform for the first time after agreeing a deal with Virgin Media, the telecoms operator, commercial and pay-television broadcaster
Virgin Media adds Top Rank, Premier Boxing Champions events via FITE PPV deal
UK telco Virgin Media has agreed a carriage deal with pay-per-view platform Fite, giving its pay-television subscribers access to Top Rank, Premier Boxing Champions and All-Elite Wrestling events that…
TV3 lands WWE rights in the Baltics
Baltic media group TV3 has agreed a ‘multi-year’ rights deal with World Wresting Entertainment.
StarTimes strikes content deal with Impact Wrestling
Pay-television broadcaster StarTimes has acquired rights in sub-Saharan Africa to content from the Impact Wrestling promotion
FloSports acquires Trackwrestling from SportsEngine
Sports streaming service FloSports has acquired wrestling event management platform Trackwrestling from NBC Sports Group subsidiary SportsEngine, including all of the company’s assets and existing broadcast r…
Impact pivots to streaming model in UK, Ireland with Facebook and YouTube
US promotion Impact Wrestling has announced that its UK and Ireland broadcast model will switch to streaming via Facebook and YouTube, as of this week
WWE Network focused on international growth after Peacock deal
The American media strategy for World Wrestling Entertainment has now been dramatically reshaped and resettled following a landmark deal this week to license the content from the WWE Network exclusively …
WWE, Peacock strike landmark deal for WWE Network
Marking a major strategic shift for American sports content streaming, World Wrestling Entertainment will shut down this spring its standalone, wholly owned and operated WWE Network and instead license…
Eurosport India adds New Japan Pro-Wrestling rights
International sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a rights deal in India with the New Japan Pro-Wrestling organisation
FloSports seals four-year rights deal with United World Wrestling
US-based sports streaming service FloSports has struck a four-year media-rights agreement with international wrestling governing body United World Wrestling to broadcast a series of events on its FloWrestling …
WWE pins down new TV deal in Thailand
Wrestling entertainment promoter WWE has secured a new deal in Thailand to broadcast its flagship weekly shows, Raw and SmackDown
WWE plans large-scale McMahon Netflix documentary, remains bullish on viewership
Vince McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment chairman and chief executive, will be the subject of a multipart documentary series on Netflix, the company said as part of its latest quarterly earnings report
Major League Wrestling extends with US rights-holder beIN
Subscription broadcaster beIN Sports has renewed an agreement for US rights to the Major League Wrestling promotion
UK’s Sports Channel Network lands Major League Wrestling rights
Sports Channel Network has acquired multi-platform rights in the UK and Ireland to US wrestling promotion Major League Wrestling