Media

Tennis
Governance

The ATP and WTA are understood to have reached consensus on key issues that would enable the two entities to combine their commercial interests, paving the way for a historic merger.
Football
Media

Fifa has launched a tender process in Indonesia for media rights to the next two men’s and women’s World Cups, with the country optimistic about its qualification for the 2026 edition after defeating Vie…
Football
Media

DAZN’s longstanding strategy of showcasing top European football leagues in its major markets has been maintained through its retention of LaLiga rights in both Italy and Portugal for five more seasons.
Football
Finance & Law

Plans to list FC Barcelona’s Barça Media business in the US will be shelved at the end of this month if the Spanish club does not receive the €40m ($42.5m) it is owed from such a deal, following further renegotiations to the agreement.
Football
Media

Eclat Media Group will enter its fifth consecutive Uefa club competitions rights cycle after renewing its exclusive broadcast rights in South Korea following a recently issued tender process
Football
Media

Lega Serie A continues its piecemeal international rights sales strategy, picking off markets in direct deals, and has now issued an RFP in Poland, SportBusiness understands.
Multiple Sports
Media

EMedia states it is "satisfied that our perseverance to stop MultiChoice’s anti-competitive behaviour has paid off" following the Competition Tribunal ruling.
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

A new, five-year deal between IMG and the English Football League will facilitate a sizeable jump in broadcast production specification for matches that currently go out on the iFollow streaming service
Football
Media

Disney's entry into the Nordics rights market, landing the Uefa Europa League and Conference League in Denmark and Sweden, enables it to secure locally relevant content ahead of a more potentially heavyweight rights spend.
Basketball
Media

The Women's National Basketball Association plans to negotiate its future media rights deals in partnership with the NBA, the league confirmed at the WNBA Draft
Multiple Sports
Media

Brandon Foot has been hailed by his former colleagues and industry peers as generous, empathetic and hugely passionate about sport as tributes pour in for the vastly experienced South African sports media…
Multiple Sports
Events

France's President has identified the Trocadéro and Stade de France as backup options should ambitious plans for the Olympic Games fail to come to fruition due to security concerns.
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

Host Broadcast Services has sought to diversify its portfolio by adding the 2024 Copa América to the list of top-tier football events it is the host broadcaster for.
Motorsport
Media

The final eight races of Nascar's Xfinity Series will exclusively air on The CW Network this season, accelerating the network's seven-year deal that was set to begin in 2025
Cricket
Media

MTV Channel (Private) Limited has acquired rights in Sri Lanka to International Cricket Council (ICC) competitions until the end of 2025, leaving New Zealand as the only main market where a deal is yet to be announced for the current cycle.
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

MotoGP will continue to be run as a separate business to Formula 1 and there is unlikely to be any bundling of the media or sponsorship rights to the two properties following Liberty Media’s acquisition of the motorcycling series.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Alex Kay-Jelski, a UK football journalist and editor, has today (Thursday) been named director of sport at the BBC, an appointment likely to be viewed as a surprise choice given his lack of sports media rights buying experience.
Football
Media

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky and public broadcaster the BBC have finalised their short-term domestic rights extension for the Women's Super League, covering the 2024-25 season only