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Netflix joins NFL streaming party with Christmas Day offering
Netflix has made its first move into live American football and struck its first agreement with a major sports league, today (Wednesday) announcing a three-season deal with the NFL
WBD shifts Uefa finals from YouTube to discovery+
The finals of this season’s Uefa club competitions will be streamed for free on discovery+ as Warner Bros. Discovery seeks to generate more subscriptions for the platform, with the matches to no longer be shown on YouTube.
Pac-12 football signs CW, Fox Sports deals
The Pac-12 Conference, now down to just two teams, has announced a broadcast rights agreement with the CW Network and Fox Sports for its 2024 football season
Paramount turns to Uefa final again to entice OTT subs
The Paramount+ streaming platform will be showcased at next week’s Uefa Europa League final thanks to a short-term shirt sponsorship with Italian club Atalanta which echoes a similar deal last year with Inter Milan.
MLB, clubs raise concerns over ongoing absence of Diamond-Comcast deal
Ahead of today's meeting between Diamond Sports Group and its bankruptcy judge, Major League Baseball and its clubs have expressed their disappointment with Diamond's failure to secure a distribution deal…
Bundesliga builds up local presence in Apac, India with key hires
Bundesliga International has made a trio of executive hires and promotions across Asia-Pacific and India, as it looks to further build the league's exposure on the ground with media rights deals already locked in across much of the region for the long term.
Pragosport ties down Czech league international betting streaming rights
Czech agency Pragosport has been awarded the international betting video rights to the top two Czech football leagues from 2024-25 to 2028-29
Nascar unveils in-season tournament with new broadcasters TNT, Prime
Nascar is following the example of the National Basketball Association and Major League Soccer by unveiling an in-season, bracket-style tournament for its Cup Series to begin in 2025
Swiss Super League retains free-to-air window with Blue Sport, SRG deals
In opting for the status quo by awarding its new domestic rights contracts, the Swiss Football League will continue to receive blanket pay-television coverage on Swisscom’s Blue Sport and valuable exposure f…
MLB games to stream free on Roku in exclusive Sunday package
Major League Baseball and Roku have signed an exclusive, multi-year rights deal for Sunday live games, which will stream free on the Roku Channel beginning on May 19
Regional court upholds DAZN, TIM antitrust fines
An administrative regional court has confirmed the fines issued to DAZN and Telecom Italia (TIM) regarding antitrust complaints related to their distribution agreement put in place prior to the 2021-22…
IMG Arena upheaval continues as Wright leaves amid OpenBet restructure
The merging of Endeavor’s OpenBet and IMG Arena has led to a high-profile casualty as Max Wright, who has been with IMG for 11 years, negotiating various betting rights deals with sports bodies, leaves the company.
Ecuadorian clubs issue GolTV with deadline to pay debts
GolTV, the pay-television broadcaster that holds domestic rights to Ecuador’s top-tier Serie A, has been given 15 days to pay clubs what they are owed, or facing losing the lucrative contract.
Tanenbaum’s KSV to shell out $50m for WNBA expansion franchise in Toronto
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is to expand into Canada for the first time in 2026, when Toronto joins as the 14th team
Atalanta’s progression secures free-to-air coverage of Europa League final in Italy
The Uefa Europa League final will be shown by Italian public broadcaster Rai, after Atalanta’s semi-final win against Olympique Marseille triggered a ruling that provides free-to-air exposure for the match should an Italian team be involved.
WBD’s Zaslav ‘hopeful’ of retaining NBA up against NBC competition
Speaking on the back of Warner Bros. Discovery's latest financial results, CEO David Zaslav claims to be "hopeful" that it will retain NBA domestic rights in a deal "that makes sense for both sides" with the broadcaster holding a matching right clause.
World Rugby eyes full unbundling of women’s rights but some joint deals ‘still make sense’
World Rugby is increasingly looking to unbundle commercial rights to the women’s game, following similar steps taken by Fifa and Uefa in recent years, but believes that bundled rights deals “still make sense” in certain markets.
Endeavor Q1 loss exceeds $300m ahead of Silver Lake takeover
Endeavor's Owned Sports Properties was the entertainment giant's sole business unit to show revenue growth in the first quarter of 2024, aided by last year's acquisition of WWE, as the wider group swung to a net loss.