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Sky Italia will broadcast the US Open this year and next as part of a two-way sublicensing agreement with SuperTennis amid the sharp rise in success of Italian players
Multi-sport
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Viewership of NBCUniversal’s coverage of Paris 2024 was up considerably on Tokyo 2020 as the US broadcaster provided its most extensive Olympic coverage to date.
Basketball

WBD is seeking a jury trial over the NBA's rejection of its matching rights proposal, but sports law experts believe the media giant may struggle to prove it has truly matched Amazon’s bid in terms of distribution reach and financial structure. 
Football
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DAZN has renewed its exclusive media rights to broadcast the English Premier League in Spain and Portugal from 2025-26 to 2027-28 as it continues to solidify its football portfolio across Europe
Football
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The Uefa Europa League will continue to enjoy free-to-air coverage in Brazil after the acquisition of non-exclusive rights for the second-tier club competition by commercial broadcaster Band. 
Multiple Sports
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The price point for Venu Sports, the highly anticipated joint sports streaming venture from Walt Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery, has been set at $42.99 (€40) per month.
Multiple Sports
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Sergey Shishkin, CEO of Russian subscription OTT platform Okko, claims to have acquired 99 per cent of shares in Telesport as financial turbulence at the Russian sports marketing agency has put paid to…
Tennis

Warner Bros. Discovery has taken over as the exclusive broadcaster of the French Open in the US in a deal that nearly tripled the media rights fees on the previous cycle.
Basketball
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Warner Bros. Discovery has sued the National Basketball Association over the league’s rejection of its matching rights proposal, in the latest instalment of the NBA media rights saga.
Baseball
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Major League Baseball is separating its streaming offerings as it launches its flagship MLB Network channel as a direct-to-consumer service, separate from MLB.TV
Football
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Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has acquired non-exclusive Serie A highlights rights for three years as it makes changes to its longstanding domestic football coverage
Tennis

DR secured a three-year deal for its Wimbledon rights following a one-year agreement last year as Denmark continues to provide strong returns for tennis rights-holders. 
Tennis
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A grand slam has been broadcast on Tennis TV for the first time after ATP Media's OTT subscription streaming service stepped in to provide coverage in New Zealand of this year's Wimbledon, which concludes on Sunday.
Tennis
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DAZN will distribute Tennis TV, ATP Media’s direct-to-consumer service, across Latin America, Brazil and the Caribbean in its latest move in the third-party channels business.
Multiple Sports
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Nordic media giant Viaplay is currently involved in discussions to sublicense or sell on its rights in all its markets outside of the Nordics and the Netherlands
Tennis
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Pay-television broadcaster Sky has renewed its rights to the Wimbledon tennis grand slam in Germany, Austria and Switzerland under a multi-year deal, its second in Europe announced in the last two weeks
Basketball

The German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) has increased its domestic media rights value in a deal with S Nation Media, the newly established platform led by former chief executive of the German Football League Christian Seifert.
Handball
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Germany’s Handball Bundesliga has entered final talks with Christian Seifert’s S Nation Media after the ‘significant majority’ of the league’s executive committee opted to back the new streaming platform’…