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EBU-Warner Bros. Discovery alliance lands Olympic rights in Europe to 2032
The European Broadcasting Union has recaptured broadcast rights to the Olympic Games in a joint four-Games deal with incumbent rights-holder Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery secures UK and Ireland rights to IBU events
Media group Warner Bros. Discovery has agreed a new deal with the European Broadcasting Union to continue showing all International Biathlon Union events across its platforms in the UK and Ireland
MLS, Apple announce broadcasters, Warner names US Soccer talent
League, technology giant further their planning for start of historic rights deal
PGA Tour returns to in-house international rights sales
The PGA Tour will once again manage the sale of its international media rights in-house following renegotiations held with Warner Bros. Discovery amid the shuttering of its GolfTV international streaming service.
Danish Superliga can strike exclusive domestic deal as no single buyer rule scrapped
The Danish Superliga will be free to negotiate an exclusive domestic rights deal with a single broadcaster when it next goes to market after the Danish Competition Council agreed to a suspension of the…
U-Next and Japanext pick up PGA Tour rights in Japan
New media rights agreements have been agreed in Japan for PGA Tour golf following the shutdown yesterday of GolfTV, the Warner Bros
Warner Bros. Discovery deals with Sportdeutschland.TV for Handball Worlds rights
Media group Warner Bros. Discovery has announced a sublicensing agreement with Sportdeutschland.tv, the streaming platform operated by the German Olympic Sports Confederation, for free-to-air rights to the forthcoming 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.
SheBelieves Cup returns to three-site format in 2023
The United States Soccer Federation announced the SheBelieves Cup will return to a three-venue format in 2023 when the United States women's national team hosts Brazil, Canada, and Japan in the annual…
Warner Bros. Discovery takes The Match into Europe
Media group Warner Bros. Discovery has widened its coverage of ‘The Match’ by announcing it will broadcast the exhibition golf event in Europe for the first time.
Warner Bros. Discovery lands four-year Swiss-Ski rights deal with Infront
Warner Bros. Discovery has expanded its skiing coverage in a deal with the Infront agency for rights in 45 European markets to FIS World Cup events held in Switzerland
Adam Davis on forging new opportunities for Two Circles
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Adam Davis, managing director of North America for Two Circles. Fisher and Russo also discuss Merritt Paulson’s move to sell the National Women’s Soccer League’s Portland Thorns, the National Basketball Association’s embrace of new sources of team investor capital, accelerated plans to expand the College Football Playoff, Major League Baseball’s sale of its BAMTech equity stake, the Boston Red Sox’s jersey patch sale, and the departure of Lenny Daniels from Warner Bros. Discovery.
Warner Bros. Discovery picks up Ski Classics rights in Finland
Warner Bros. Discovery has acquired broadcast rights in Finland to the Ski Classics Pro Tour.
Warner Bros. Discovery will broadcast every one of the 14 events across 10 weekends
Daniels steps down as WBD Sports US president
Veteran sports media executive Lenny Daniels is stepping down from his role as Warner Bros. Discovery Sports US president after 27 years at the company.
Warner Bros. Discovery deals with EBU and ESPN for non-exclusive World Athletics rights
Media group Warner Bros. Discovery has acquired non-exclusive rights to broadcast the 2023 World Athletics Championships in over 45 countries across Europe.
Warner Bros. Discovery to offer IBU competitions across Europe, Asia-Pacific
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Zaslav says WBD doesn’t ‘have to have’ the NBA
Executive says a league rights renewal has to be a 'deal for the future'
Jesse Cole on reinventing the notion of fan engagement
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Jesse Cole, owner of the Savannah Bananas. Fisher and Russo also discuss the still-turbulent world of sports streaming amid a new batch of third-quarter earnings reports, the strategic merger between Major League Pickleball and the Vibe Pickleball League, the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX that has led to a bankruptcy filing and dissolution of some sports sponsorships, the National Basketball Association’s move to heighten its strategic investment activity, and deepened chaos for prominent social media platform Twitter under new owner Elon Musk.
Warner Bros. Discovery-owned GolfTV shutting down
International golf streaming service GolfTV, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, is ending.
The service has emailed customers to say the last day of operation will be December 12