Media
DFL ‘hires Deutsche Bank’ to aid media rights equity sale talks
The German Football League (DFL), organising body of the top two divisions of the domestic game, is reported to have engaged financial services group Deutsche Bank to lead the potential sale of a stakeā¦
Falcons to open in-house digital production facility
The National Football Leagueās Atlanta Falcons are building a multimillion-dollar digital production facility at its training complex, allowing the team to amplify the quantity and quality of its team-based cā¦
ICC ‘opens up on methodology’ prior to Indian tender deadline
The International Cricket Council is reported to have made its Indian media rights tender more transparent, making its financial goals known to potential bidders and clarifying the circumstances in which a second round of bidding would be called.
One Championship plans first US fights, talks up Amazon rights deal
Asian mixed martial arts promotion One Championship intends to host its first events in the US market next year
DAZN chooses UK for betting service soft launch
DAZN Group has launched a beta product for its new betting service in the UK as it begins to roll out and test the appetite for the service in different countries
49ers partner with Grupo Fórmula for Mexico radio rights
The National Football Leagueās San Francisco 49ers announced an agreement with Mexican radio giant Grupo FĆ³rmula to broadcast all 49ers games on Radio FĆ³rmula to 36 radio stations in 22 cities across Mexā¦
Ensslin and Gott spearhead Commercial Sports Media’s expansion into DACH
Sweden-based sports marketing consultancy Commercial Sports Media (CSM) has hired Holger Ensslin, a long-serving executive at Sky Deutschland, and Michael Gott, a media rights adviser, to head up its moveā¦
Jam TV takes charge of NBL production, replacing IMG
The Australian National Basketball League has announced a three-year production deal with Jam TV
IMMAF sells hosting and commercial rights to ISMM
The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) has appointed a company named International Sport Management and Marketing (ISMM) to oversee the distribution of the hosting rights for its Worldā¦
EBU flags strong European Championships viewing figures in eight key markets
Close to 170 million hours of live coverage of the 2022 European Championships were viewed in the first six days of the multi-sports event in Munich, according to early data reported by the European Broadcastingā¦
Paramount keeps hold of Uefa club competitions in landmark $1.5bn, six-year US rights deal
Paramount Global, owner of the CBS Sports Network and Paramount+ streaming service, has retained English-language rights to Uefa club competitions in a landmark six-year deal worth around $250m (ā¬248.6
Senegal’s RTS secures World Cup free-to-air rights
Senegalese public-service broadcaster RTS has secured exclusive free-to-air rights to the 2022 Fifa World Cup
Brazil’s RedeTV follows Super Bowl coverage with long-term NFL deal
Commercial broadcaster RedeTV has struck a three-year deal with the National Football League for free-to-air rights to the American football league in Brazil
Uefa, CAA Eleven retain agency strategy with Infront to sell national team rights in Indonesia
Uefa and the CAA Eleven agency have appointed Infront as exclusive media rights agent in Indonesia for national team competitions from this year until 2028
DAZN signs multi-fight agreement with Canada’s United Boxing Promotions
DAZN has secured more boxing content after agreeing a multi-fight domestic and international rights agreement with United Boxing Promotions, the Canadian boxing promoter
Fox to air USWNT game against England in October
Fox Sports will air the highly anticipated international soccer friendly between the reigning back-to-back Fifa World Cup champion United States Womenās National Team and European champions England on iā¦
Big Ten signs landmark media rights deals with CBS, Fox, NBC
Agreements are by far the most lucrative conference pacts in US college sports history
Singtel and StarHub in talks for World Cup rights, RTM secures deal in Malaysia
Singaporean telecoms operators Singtel and StarHub are in talks to acquire rights to the 2022 Fifa World Cup