French football keen to douse fiery response to TV deals
The majority of French clubs have sought to calm the rhetoric emerging from some counterparts in response to the heavily criticised Ligue 1 rights sales as ructions begin to emerge with private equity investor CVC.
One-season renewal for EuroLeague and DAZN, Sky Italia
Euroleague Basketball has renewed its Italian rights deals with subscription broadcasters DAZN and Sky Italia but only for the 2024-25 season, having previously signed long-term deals in the country.
Fifa starts over with Club World Cup rights tender
Fifa is inviting bids for broadcast rights to its revamped Club World Cup in different international markets after negotiations over a global streaming deal with Apple broke down
Ligue 1 clubs accept DAZN-beIN bids, kill off channel plan
Clubs from France’s Ligue 1 finally have oversight of domestic broadcast rights revenues after they voted to approve five-year deals with DAZN and beIN Sports but remain in talks over escape clauses.
For niche sports like orienteering, survival feels like success
The Sprint World Orienteering Championships probably doesn't feature on your sporting calendar this weekend. But if it wasn't for last-minute deals for 3,000 free sausage rolls and a supply of kilts to help balance the budget, it might not have appeared on anyone else's.
Sportradar retains and expands Uefa data rights
Sportradar has retained one of its flagship betting data rights properties in an exclusive new three-year agreement that also includes media and advanced tracking data for the first time.
Apax sells final tranche of Genius Sports shares
Apax Partners, the private equity advisory firm that had been Genius Sports’ largest shareholder, has sold its last remaining shares after winding down its stake across the last three years.
FeedConstruct head of rights Harutyunyan named CEO
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 revenues breach $200m
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.
Recast’s $5m raise includes VC fund, Woodward-backed Airstream Ventures
Recast, the Edinburgh-based digital media technology company rescued from administration nine months ago after amassing significant losses, has closed a $5m funding round led by US-based venture capital firm Morpheus Ventures.