Media

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) set gate and viewership records for its Elimination Chamber event in Montreal, Canada

Czech investment company PPF Group has acquired a 9.1-per-cent stake in German media group ProSiebenSat.1, becoming its second-largest shareholder after Italy-based commercial broadcaster Mediaset

US-based digital sports media network Overtime has entered into the world of boxing with the launch of OTX, a new series of four weekend match cards that will air exclusively on sports streaming service…

Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe president Andrew Georgiou said “simplification has to be the overriding objective” for the media conglomerate’s joint venture with telco BT after announcing the merger of the Eurosport and BT Sport pay-television channels under a single TNT Sports brand in the UK and Ireland.

Combat sports promotion the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is moving to FITE+, the American digital streaming service, with immediate effect following an agreement between the two parties

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has announced plans to shut its ORF Sport + linear television channel as part of a wider range of measures designed to save around €300m ($319.7m) by 2026.

US financial services company Ally has agreed a multi-year marketing deal with the Walt Disney Company focusing on the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) college sports organisation that is designed to advance…

Formula 1 has moved to address the lack of a broadcast deal in India by launching the premium version of its in-house streaming service, F1 TV Pro

Broadcast rights to the Rugby World Cup have once again been split in Japan across free-to-air and pay television in deals for this year’s tournament with NHK, Nippon TV and J Sports.

RMC Sport, the French subscription broadcaster owned by telco Altice, has enhanced its combat sports offering by agreeing a rights deal with Polish mixed martial arts promotion KSW

Mexican pay-television sports channel Afizzionados has added Spanish LaLiga club FC Barcelona to its portfolio of sponsorship deals with major European teams

Subscription pay-TV broadcaster Viaplay has claimed to have “no interest” in winning back the Uefa Champions League in Sweden unless the current rights fee paid by TV4 Media drops dramatically.

DAZN has kept hold of Formula 1 rights in one of its core markets, retaining the property in Japan until 2025.

Albanian sports broadcaster Tring Sport has renewed its deal with Dorna Sports, the commercial rights-holder for MotoGP, for an additional three years until 2025

The J.League, organising body of the top two domestic football leagues in Japan, has opted to expand its use of video streaming platform YouTube for international coverage, with the top-tier J1 League to be showcased.

Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 will face a claim for compensation after the Oslo District Court ruled that its use of clips from Premier League matches infringed upon pay-TV operator Viaplay’s r…