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NHL relishing early weekend puck drops for European growth
The National Hockey League is giving serious consideration to further changing its matchday scheduling at home to create more game windows for fans in Europe as part of internationalisation plans that are already proving fruitful. Shawn Meadow reports.
Rossomondo: No bundling of MotoGP and F1 rights under Liberty
MotoGP will continue to be run as a separate business to Formula 1 and there is unlikely to be any bundling of the media or sponsorship rights to the two properties following Liberty Media’s acquisition of the motorcycling series.
Year in Review: Serie A
It was another 'will they, won't they' year in Italian football as Lega Serie A continued with its threat to launch its own media channel, backed by private investors, if domestic media rights bids did…
Year in Review: NFL
The National Football League had a big 2023 with new commercial deals, extensions and major moves on the streaming front. In this year-end review, SportBusiness takes a look at 12 months of deals and developments covered by our team of reporters.
Year in Review: LaLiga
SportBusiness takes a look at 12 months of LaLiga deals and developments covered by our team of reporters.
Year in Review: Premier League
England's Premier League finished 2023 by securing a small domestic media rights increase, capping an eventful year for the world's richest football league
Year in Review: Formula 1
SportBusiness takes a look at 12 months of Formula 1 deals and developments covered by our team of reporters.
Cádiz CF looking out west for next stage of commercial growth
Minority investor Ben Harburg outlines how Spanish LaLiga side Cádiz CF is looking to North America for its next phase of commercial growth.
New competition formats put Uefa on collision course with multi-club owners
An in-depth SportBusiness investigation into football’s multi-club ownership phenomenon has charted Uefa’s collision course with powerful ownership groups such as City Football Group, Red Bull and 777 Partners, as new ‘Swiss model’ formats in European club competitions are set to create conflicts of interest on an unprecedented scale.
Matchroom fighting for £1bn valuation as investors circle
Matchroom's Eddie Hearn talks exclusively to SportBusiness about private equity interest, the death of PPV boxing and the rise of influencers.
William Hill chooses Dizplai to add real-time score updates and odds to Betting TV service
William Hill has enhanced both its William Hill TV output in its retail estate, along with its online Betting TV service, with real-time scores, updates and betting odds, powered by the Dizplai platform
World Rowing navigating choppy waters in bid to diversify revenues
How partnerships on and off the water are helping World Rowing to democratise the sport, attract new audiences and lessen the governing body’s reliance on Olympic revenues.
Fiba mulling changes to commercial dimensions of fast-growing 3×3
Why evolution not expansion is the order of the day at the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) as it sketches out the next phase for its 3x3 discipline following the staging of a landmark 100th World Tour Masters event.
A-Leagues ready to tap into new wave of football fandom in Australia
Ahead of his first full season as commissioner of the APL, Nick Garcia talks exclusively to SportBusiness about working closer with IMG on an international strategy, the stats that show the A-League-Paramount relationship is thriving and why it’s the end of the ‘Del Piero’ days.
SportBusiness Future of Sport Essay Prize 2023
SportBusiness is inviting entries for its 2023 Future of Sport essay competition. Enter by October 27, 2023.
Relevent begins European expansion on the back of US success
Soccer tours to the US were once the butt of a joke
Nascar spreads betting rights far and wide in bid to engage US gamblers
Nascar is leaning heavily into sports betting in the US as a fan engagement tool, expanding its portfolio of deals to include the biggest American sportsbooks and gambling companies as its aims to enhance…
‘I’m Just Kane’: How Skechers became part of Harry’s game
Can the Skechers-Harry Kane partnership take a slice of the football boot market dominated by Nike and Adidas?