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Multiple Sports
Media

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
Baseball
Media

Major League Baseball has appointed veteran sports media executive Billy Chambers to the newly- created position of executive vice president of local media as the league looks to navigate the regional…
Football
Media

BeIN Media Group has acquired rights in multiple territories to this month’s friendly between Lionel Messi’s Paris Saint-Germain and a Riyadh all-star team including players from Al-Nassr, the Saudi Ara…
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Logistics company DHL has agreed a multi-year extension to its Formula E sponsorship deal, while the electric car-racing championship has signed a rights deal with Brazilian commercial broadcaster Bandeirantes
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Web3-focused platform Virtualness has hired experienced media executive Joyee Biswas as a founding team member, heading sports and media partnerships for the fledgling Singapore-based company
Rugby Union
Media

TF1 has agreed a sublicensing deal with fellow French commercial broadcaster M6 and public-service broadcaster France Télévisions for rights to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which France is hosting from S…
Polo
Media

Globo Polo Entertainment (GPE), the USPA Global Licensing Inc.’s (USPAGL) entertainment and media subsidiary, has extended its US rights deal with ESPN for another two years, until the end of 2024.
Multiple Sports
Media

Deal brings a full-circle moment for former Omnigon founders
Tennis
Sports Betting

Sports betting and data services firm Stats Perform has agreed a multi-year deal with Tennis Australia (TA) making it the exclusive distributor of live video streaming and ultrafast data to licensed sports…
Football
Media

Multi-platform subscription broadcaster DAZN has made assurances to Lega Serie A regarding improving its service in Italy and pledged partial refunds to subscribers affected by disrupted service last week
Motorcycling
Industry Moves

Manel Arroyo has left his role as chief commercial officer of Dorna Sports, the commercial rights-holder of the MotoGP motorcycling championship, and will take up a new position as a strategic advisor…
Skiing
Media

Freeride World Tour, the annual tour of events featuring top freeskiers and snowboard freeriders, has renewed a rights deal with action sports broadcaster Fuel TV
NFL
Media

League finishes the 2022 regular season down slightly in domestic viewership, but several linear networks posted audience gains
Multiple Sports
Media

DAZN Group made an overall loss of $2.33bn (€2.17bn) in 2021, bringing the company's total losses over the past three reported financial years to $5bn, SportBusiness can reveal.
Football
Media

The Asian Football Confederation has ended early its media rights agreement in Southeast and East Asia with international sports broadcaster Eleven, which has now shut down its Asian linear and streaming…
American Football
Media

Blowout victory by Georgia proves to be significant audience drag
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Japan's revamped rugby union league, Rugby League One, has reported revenue of 3.3bn yen ($25m/€23m) and a surplus of 270m yen ($2m/€1.9m) in its first financial year. Sponsorship revenue generated 2.1bn
Football
Media

League, technology giant further their planning for start of historic rights deal