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Serie A targets near tripling of international rights revenues
Lega Serie A believes it can come close to tripling international broadcast revenue by 2030, as the top division of Italian club football readies the sales process for the next three-season window
OneFootball adds Primavera championship, South American leagues in Sportitalia deal
Global media platform OneFootball has reached an agreement with Sportitalia to offer live coverage in Italy of the Primavera Campeonato 1, plus the top-tier leagues in Argentina and Brazil
Sportdigital expands AFC rights with 2023 Asian Cup addition
The Asian Football Confederation has announced an expanded agreement with subscription broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball for the 2023 Asian Cup in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
Fifa urges broadcasters to ‘pay what women’s football deserves’ in World Cup deals
Fifa’s chief business officer, Romy Gai, has called on broadcasters to put forward rights offers reflective of the growing value of the women’s game, with world football’s governing body frustrated at ho…
BT sets out financial and sports operational impact of Warner Bros. Discovery JV
UK telecoms company BT has said it expects to take an initial revenue hit of between £300m (€343.3m/$335.9m) to £350m from its joint venture agreement with media group Warner Bros. Di
MLB draws best Division Series domestic audience since 2017
Viewership boost meaningfully contrasts from declines seen during regular season
Veritone launches AI-driven short-form sports video marketplace
Veritone, the US-based artificial intelligence technology company, has today (Thursday) launched a short-form video licensing marketplace for the sports industry
Athletic Sports Group becomes Spring Media’s latest acquisition
The Spring Media agency has acquired the Netherlands-based agency Athletic Sports Group (ASG), including its subsidiary Fight Globe
China’s Migu latest to turn to WSC Sports’ highlights technology
Migu has announced an agreement with automated highlights company WSC Sports that will see the Israel-based company create content for the Chinese streaming platform and its social media channels
Rights deal for NFL Sunday Ticket now expected by year’s end
Talks with Apple potentially complicated by philosophical differences
Coupang Play acquires LaLiga rights in South Korea
South Korean e-commerce company Coupang has taken a significant stride in its sports broadcasting ambitions by securing rights to the Spanish LaLiga in a five-year deal covering 2023-24 to 2027-28
Viaplay strikes Swedish rights deal for Austria’s FIS World Cup races
Subscription streaming broadcaster Viaplay has acquired exclusive live Swedish broadcast rights to FIS World Cup events held in Austria in a deal with Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting…
L’Équipe posts record viewing figures for Benzema’s Ballon d’Or win
L’Équipe posted record audience figures on Monday evening as its coverage of the Ballon d’Or ceremony attracted an average viewership of almost 2 million people in France.
Amazon to stream newly created Black Friday NFL game in 2023
League extends its presence to yet another major American holiday
Infront splits CFO function in response to ‘challenging economic environment’
Infront has split the chief financial officer function and divided the duties in response to the “challenging economic environment and need to accelerate” the agency’s corporate development.
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Buzzer secures multiyear NBA, WNBA extensions
Live sports mobile platform Buzzer has secured multiyear partnership extensions with the National Basketball Association and Women's National Basketball Association to continue to distribute out-of-market…
ESPN expands NBA deal in Australia
ESPN has expanded its media rights agreement in Australia with the NBA to add two live games per week that were previously on free-to-air public-service broadcaster SBS, starting from the upcoming 2022-23…
NBA League Pass and NBA TV added to Verizon’s +play
Verizon has completed a deal in which NBA League Pass, the National Basketball Association’s live game subscription service, and the league’s television channel NBA TV have been added to the company’s +play…