Media

Sweden's TV4 Media is to show the Olympics for the first time, beginning with the Winter Games in 2026, after striking a sublicensing deal with public-service broadcaster SVT

Disney Star is attempting to reduce its $3bn (€2.7bn) rights fee obligations to the ICC, which itself is likely to see current BCCI secretary Jay Shah take over as chair, SportBusiness understands.

World Aquatics events will continue to receive free-to-air exposure via the European Broadcasting Union in a key agreement for a federation which derives the bulk of its commercial revenues from sponsors

The future of Paramount Global is not yet set in stone, after veteran US media executive Edgar Bronfman Jr submitted a late $4.3bn (€3.9bn) takeover bid.

Warner Bros. Discovery has secured a UK broadcast deal for the 37th America's Cup ahead of this week's start, ensuring the event is broadcast in every competing market

NFL Game Pass will be available on Amazon Prime Video as an add-on in several of the league's key international markets thanks to a deal struck by the service's global distributor, DAZN

Media groups ARY and Tower Sports have together secured Pakistan Cricket Board domestic rights until the end of 2026, ending the PCB's search for a long-term broadcast agreement

The domestic media rights legal battle in Germany between the German Football League (DFL) and its incumbent broadcaster DAZN is set for a late September outcome

The absence of a centralised broadcast rights sales process for the playoff rounds of the Uefa Europa League has sparked a row in Ireland that could have ramifications for the domestic league

The much-anticipated launch of Venu Sports, the joint sports streaming venture from Walt Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery, has been delayed following a ruling by a US District judge

BeIN Media Group has struck a new rights deal for the English Football League, covering 27 countries across the Middle East and North Africa, France, Australia and New Zealand

Late deals and blackouts for the season’s opening weekend of Italy’s Serie A and France’s Ligue 1 exemplify the tough market conditions internationally for rights-holders of even higher-tier properties. L

Sky Italia will broadcast the US Open this year and next as part of a two-way sublicensing agreement with SuperTennis amid the sharp rise in success of Italian players

Extensive and exclusive Uefa club competition coverage in the Middle East and North Africa is set to remain on beIN Sports for the next three seasons, SportBusiness understands.

Romanian pay-television broadcasters Digi Sport and Prima Sport have acquired rights to Uefa’s three club competitions for the next three seasons.

As the West Indies took to the field in Guyana today for the start of the second Test against South Africa, they did so with unbranded shirts: a microcosm of cricket’s challenges in the Caribbean.