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Baseball
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The KBO League, South Korea's professional baseball league, is to get free global exposure on new streaming platform SOOP in a three-year international rights deal
Skiing
Finance & Law

The Austrian Ski Federation claims to be facing seven-figure damages as it readies legal action over the process by which media rights centralisation was voted through by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) council.
Sailing
Media

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and New Zealand's news media website Stuff have teamed up to acquire rights to Emirates Team New Zealand's defence of the upcoming America's Cup.
Football
Media

Lega Serie B has revamped its domestic rights offering less than two months before the start of the 2024-25 season with a new sales strategy based on product as opposed to broadcast platform
Football
Media

Canadian Soccer Business (CSB) and the Mediapro Canada agency have claimed an end to their legal dispute that left the future of the Canadian Premier League hanging in the balance.
Basketball
Fan Engagement

Nearly 70 per cent of the NBA's social media engagement across central, team and player accounts comes from outside the United States, with its roster of international stars making the league a truly global…
Football
Media

Megogo, the over-the-top streaming platform, has retained exclusive rights in Ukraine to all Uefa club competitions in the new three-year cycle
Football
Media

BeIN Sports is close to finalising a deal that would see it hold Uefa club competition rights in all its active Asian markets, SportBusiness understands
Ice Hockey
Sponsorship & Marketing

The German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) will be able to source potential sponsors in-house as part of a revised and extended exclusive marketing agreement with the Infront agency
Multiple Sports
Media

Diamond Sports Group, the owner and operator of 19 regional sports networks (RSN) in the United States, has asked the federal bankruptcy court in Texas overseeing its case to hold an emergency hearing…
American Football
Media

Sports data and betting services company Genius Sports is bringing its augmented broadcast technology to the Canadian Football League, airing live streams exclusively on Bell Media's TSN+
Football
Media

Brazilian football giants Corinthians is said to be closing in on an agreement to join the Liga Forte União (LFU) collective, in what would represent a major financial blow to the rival Libra body.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Andrew Corser, one of the remaining top senior executives at IMG Arena, is set to be the latest exit from the data and betting division of the Endeavor-owned IMG agency, SportBusiness has learned
Aquatics
Sponsorship & Marketing

Swimming Australia has appointed the Sportfive agency to an exclusive, multi-year commercial rights representation deal in a bid to increase the sport’s profile in the long build-up to the Brisbane 2032 O…
Football
Industry Moves

Zarah Al-Kudcy, the commercial director for reigning WSL champion Chelsea Women, is leaving the club to become the chief revenue officer for NewCo, the independent body set up to run the top-flight women’s league and the second-tier Women’s Championship.
Multiple Sports
Media

On-demand and short video rights in China to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have been secured by Kuaishou, a highly significant deal given the increasing importance of licensing sports media rights specifically…
Football
Media

The Ecuadorian Pro League has said it is focused on securing a new domestic broadcaster when Serie A gets back under way in August, as a war of words escalates with its former media rights partner GolTV
Football
Media

German fans tuned in in their millions to watch the hosts thrash Scotland in the Euro 2024 curtain-raiser, which drew a 10-year audience high in the UK for a tournament-opener