CWI gets multi-year media rights security via ESPN
Cricket West Indies has struck a domestic media rights agreement with ESPN until 2030, providing the governing body with the long-term broadcast deal it has craved
Extreme Networks deepens NHL ties
Cloud-based networking company Extreme Networks has strengthened its partnership with the National Hockey League in a bid to improve fan experiences
DHB sticks with Sportfive through 2030
The Sportfive agency has renewed one of its longest-standing commercial deals, reupping its agreement with the German Handball Federation (DHB) until 2030
Pull of Olympics drives Endeavor Q3 revenues
Hospitality sales related to the Paris 2024 Olympics helped boost revenues at Endeavor, where sports were the biggest driver of growth across the group in an otherwise mixed third quarter.
Shapiro KOs White’s boxing plans… for now
Boxing remains a vertical of interest to TKO but there will be no immediate move into the sport described "at its best as confused and fragmented, at its worst as broken" by president Mark Shapiro.
RiksTV, Viaplay strike 11th hour carriage deal
Viaplay Group's new tougher stance on business-to-business negotiations has paid off, after a carriage deal with RiksTV, the Norwegian pay-television operator, was extended after an intense round of talks
Amazon adds Edelston to European rights team
Former Premier League media rights executive Michael Edelston has quit his role at Formula E to join the sports department at Amazon Prime Video
NFL, On Location renew hospitality ties to 2036
Endeavor-owned hospitality company On Location has renewed one of its key contracts, extending with the National Football League, its founder, until 2036
Lions eye lucrative US stopover on 2029 NZ tour
The United States is looking to bring a British & Irish Lions match to the country for the first time, as part of a wider strategy to drive interest in the sport ahead of its hosting of the 2031 Rugby…
WTT names Genius’ Tavallai as broadcast director
World Table Tennis (WTT), the commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), has appointed Ali Tavallai as its new broadcast director, based in Singapore