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Tennis
Media

Media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery has acquired rights to the US Open tennis grand slam in 45 markets across Europe as part of a new five-year agreement with the United States Tennis Association from 2023 to 2027.
Multiple Sports
Media

Polish public-service broadcaster Telewizja Polska is to receive PLN2.35bn (€491.2m/$526.3m) in government funding after its annual grant was approved.
Football
Media

Multi-sport broadcaster Sportitalia has acquired exclusive free-to-air rights in Italy to the Brasileirão, Brazil’s top-tier football league.
Boxing
Host Broadcast & Production

UK-based sports production company Whisper has been appointed to deliver the world feed host broadcast for the forthcoming boxing match between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury, which will take place in Diriyah,…
Basketball
Media

Spain’s Basketball Clubs Association (ACB) has announced that this year’s Copa del Rey will have the greatest level of international distribution in the history of the competition, with broadcast agreements spa…
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Jonathan Davies, previously the head of advertising partnerships across Europe for Eurosport and owner Discovery, has joined SRI, the sports executive recruitment firm, as its partner, media and entertainment,…
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

LaLiga, the organising body of the top two tiers of Spanish football, has teamed up with the Iberian arm of French production and distribution company Banijay to launch LaLiga Studios, a new sports-focused…
NFL
Media

The German free-to-air television audience for Sunday night’s Super Bowl LVII was down markedly on the last two editions of the NFL showpiece as commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1
Multiple Sports
Media

Australian pay-TV broadcaster Foxtel has reported its earnings for the second quarter of the 2023 fiscal year, with streaming subscribers up 25 per cent year-on-year
Motorsport
Host Broadcast & Production

The Formula E electric car-racing series has named Indian telecoms company Tata Communications as its official broadcast distribution provider
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights in the Middle East and North Africa to club competitions organised by the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol), adding to its existing…
Football
Media

The Italian senate has approved legislation that would allow Italy’s Lega Serie A to extend its existing domestic broadcast rights deals with DAZN and Sky Italia for two more seasons, pending approval f…
US College Sport
Finance & Law

The Southeastern Conference announced that $721.8m (€672.5m) of its total revenue for the 2021-22 fiscal year was distributed among the conference's 14 universities, but the conference saw a four-per-cent decline in revenue.
Multiple Sports
Media

Canal Plus, the France-based pay-television broadcaster, has further increased its stake in pan-African broadcaster MultiChoice to 30.3 per cent
Wrestling
Media

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands to the All Elite Wrestling promotion
Multiple Sports
Media

Content and technology company SportsGrid and Amazon Prime Video have reached a global distribution agreement for Amazon's Freevee to the launch SportsGrid Network FAST channel, which will be the first…
Football
Media

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has acquired free-to-air rights to the Uefa Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League through a direct deal with European football’s governing body and a sublicensing agreement with pay-television broadcaster Blue.
Motorcycling
Media

Infront Moto Racing, which manages the exclusive broadcast, marketing and promotional rights to the FIM Motocross World Championship, has struck a new deal with Play Sports, the sports broadcaster operated…