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Netflix orders 2022 World Cup and Six Nations Rugby docuseries
Streaming giant Netflix is continuing to grow its presence in the sports industry, ordering a pair of new docuseries on the 2022 men's Fifa World Cup and Six Nations Rugby
Netflix ‘still can’t see profit path’ for live sports
Ted Sarandos, co-chief executive and chief content officer of Netflix, has cooled talk that the streaming service is interested in investing in live sports rights and maintained that profitability from…
Netflix ‘explores’ investments in sports leagues and streaming rights
Streaming giant Netflix is taking a more serious look at investing in sport and considering taking stakes in competitions as well as acquiring streaming rights, The Wall Street Journal has reported
F1, Netflix agree to two more seasons of ‘Drive to Survive’
Popular docuseries confirmed through 2024
Netflix to produce Tour de France documentary series
Cycling’s Tour de France is set to be the latest sports property to receive the Netflix documentary series treatment after a deal was struck between the streaming platform, race organiser Amaury Sport O…
Long Read: Why the ‘golden age’ of the sports documentary risks becoming formulaic TV
The Last Dance and Drive to Survive raised the bar in sports documentary making. But as rights-holders from golf to tennis follow the path of F1 with behind-the-scenes series, SportBusiness asks filmmakers and broadcasters whether the so-called golden age of non-live sports production risks becoming a factory of formulaic TV.
PGA Tour looks to create its own ‘Drive to Survive’ effect with Netflix docuseries
Chris Wandell, PGA Tour's vice president of media business development, tells SportBusiness how the organization hopes its collaboration with Netflix will replicate the success of Formula 1’s Drive to Survive series on the platform.
ATP, WTA tours partner for ‘Drive to Survive’-style Netflix docuseries
The Association of Tennis Professionals, Women's Tennis Association and all four tennis grand slams are collaborating to create an immersive Netflix docuseries in partnership with Formula 1: Drive to …
PGA Tour unveils ‘Drive to Survive’-style Netflix docuseries
The PGA Tour has unveiled a behind-the-scenes Netflix docuseries in partnership with Box To Box Films, the creator's of Formula 1's hugely-successful Drive to Survive
Netflix ‘would consider’ F1 rights despite ‘keeping its hands off live sports’
Netflix would consider the acquisition of live broadcast rights to motor racing’s Formula 1, according to Reed Hastings, the streaming service’s co-chief executive, who was speaking to Der Spiegel in …
PGA Tour ‘secures’ Netflix docuseries
The PGA Tour has reportedly secured a deal with global streaming service Netflix to launch a behind-the-scenes docuseries featuring several of the organization's top golfers.
According to Golf
Nascar’s Netflix sitcom ‘The Crew’ will not have second season
Nascar's Kevin James-fronted Netflix comedy series The Crew has not been renewed for a second season, SportBusiness understands
Singapore to lead Asia pack in ‘twin-track world’ of events, says medical expert
Singapore will have an advantage over other Asian markets in safely hosting sporting events as disparities in Covid-19 vaccination rollouts lead to a “twin-track world”, a leading medical expert has sai…
Netflix develops Bubba Wallace docuseries
Global streaming service Netflix is developing a docuseries following Bubba Wallace, Nascar’s only Black full-time driver, as he competes for the newly formed 23XI Racing team.
Nascar looks to expand reach, engage fans with Netflix sitcom ‘The Crew’
US stock car racing series is looking to engage its fanbase, attract new supporters, and extend relationships with commercial partners via a scripted comedy series. Bob Williams reports.
Nascar’s Netflix sitcom to be released day after Daytona 500
The Crew, a new Netflix sitcom focused on a small Nascar Cup Series team, will be released on February 15, the day after the stock car racing series' season-opening Daytona 500 race
Mediapro ‘partners with Netflix’ on Téléfoot OTT offer
Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has reportedly reached an agreement with internet entertainment giant Netflix to create a joint consumer offer incorporating the agency’s new Téléfoot channel.
Netflix to produce limited series charting Colin Kaepernick’s journey to activism
Streaming service Netflix has announced it will produce a six-part scripted dramatic series charting former National Football League quarterback Colin Kaepernick's journey to activism.