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Media Football

Dubai-based gaming and media company Galaxy Racer is close to securing exclusive rights to Spain’s LaLiga and France’s Ligue 1 in India and is also in advanced talks to acquire rights to Italy’s Serie A in the country.
Host Broadcast & Production Multiple Sports

Thomas Jolly, artistic director of the ceremony for Paris 2024, has said OBS “missed a lot of moments” from his vision for the event.
Fan Engagement Golf

The PGA Tour has taken steps to retain engagement within a key demographic as it launches a 9-hole event to tap into social media followings of YouTube golf content creators
Media Football

Central Asia is the next region in which Premier League and FA Cup rights have been sold together, with the Saran Media Group picking up the contract to 2027-28
Fan Engagement Tennis

The ATP's attempts to tap younger audiences by innovating the broadcast experience could be thwarted by top players, whose opposition has already brought a premature end to the Tour's behind-the-scenes docuseries.
Media Multiple Sports

Diamond Sports Group, owner and operator of regional sports networks (RSNs) in the US, has finally struck a carriage agreement with Comcast in what represents a major boost to its bid to exit bankruptcy.
Finance & Law Football

Chicago-based agency Intersport has launched a football-focused sponsorship consulting practice through the acquisition of O Street Consulting.
Media Football

CAF is looking to strike deals for its club competitions with broadcasters across sub-Saharan Africa and sell international rights not already awarded to beIN Sports and carved out of IMG's deal, SportBusiness understands.
Media Football

DAZN has snapped up exclusive rights in Spain to Serie A for the next three seasons, ousting pay-television operator Movistar Plus.
Sponsorship & Marketing Multi-sport

Worldwide Partners of the Olympics have been given visibility rights to sponsor backdrops at certain Paris 2024 venues in an extension of the International Olympic Committee’s sponsorship recognition strategy.
Media Multiple Sports

French rugby union’s Top 14 and Premier Padel, the sport's global tour, are the first exclusive sports rights to be added to the Canal Plus platforms in the Netherlands since the firm relaunched in the c…
Sponsorship & Marketing Rugby Union

In becoming the shirt sponsor of Scotland’s men’s national rugby union team, Arnold Clark has made its biggest move to-date in establishing its brand outside of Scotland as it replaces rival car dealership Peter Vardy in the role.
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Orange replaces rival Telefónica as the Spanish club's official telecommunications partner under a three-season deal
Media Basketball

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.
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Lidl’s activation around its sponsorship of Euro 2024 has been vindicated after the German supermarket chain derived the most consumer recognition of all sponsors, according to a recent YouGov study.
Media Multi-sport

NBCUniversal's decision to broadcast a commercial-free portion of an Olympics opening ceremony proved a success, with Paris 2024 setting a 12-year Games audience high for the US rights-holder
Finance & Law Multiple Sports

Canal Plus, a subsidiary of media conglomerate Vivendi which plans to list it on the London stock exchange, earned increased revenues in the first half of 2024 compared to last year
Media Football

The Thai League 1 has finally ensured its 2024-25 season will be shown on television by signing a deal with pay-television broadcaster TrueVisions
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Betway has furthered its Premier League presence via a global betting partner deal with Manchester City to add to similar agreements with Arsenal and Brighton, plus its West Ham shirt sponsorship.
Finance & Law Football

Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais (OL) has defied the wider financial gloom in French football by announcing record revenues for the 2023-24 period after selling its OL Feminin women’s team and enjoying a large income spike from events at its Groupama Stadium.