Media

Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

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.
Football
Media

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.
Basketball
Governance

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
Football
Media

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.
Basketball
Finance & Law

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.
Rugby Union
Media

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.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

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.
Professional Wrestling
Media

NBCUniversal has agreed a cut-price deal with World Wrestling Entertainment to continue showing 'Monday Night Raw' for the remainder of 2024, until the bumper 10-year global contract with Netflix kicks…
Football
Media

Streaming service U-Next is close to finalising a deal for exclusive media rights to the Premier League and FA Cup in Japan, SportBusiness understands
Multiple Sports
Media

Disney is confident of retaining its National Basketball Association rights ahead of a new deal that would begin in 2025, chief executive Bob Iger has declared
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Genius Sports’ first-quarter net loss remaining flat at $25.5m comes as improved revenue generation at its betting and media divisions underpinned the financial performance.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Matchroom Sport, the UK-based event promotions company and agency, has ended its search for investment by striking an equity agreement with Pitch International which includes "collaboration" with the agency on international media rights and sponsorship sales.
Motorsport
Media

Lando Norris' first Formula 1 victory at the Miami Grand Prix on May 5 drew the largest live audience for an F1 race in the United States with 3.1 million tuning into ABC's telecast
Multiple Sports
Media

Three Chicago sports teams — the National Basketball Association's Bulls, the National Hockey League's Blackhawks, and Major League Baseball's White Sox — are partnering with Standard Media Group to for…
Volleyball
Media

Sport1 is closing down its multi-sport streaming platform as it relinquishes the rights which have proved to be the backbone of the service
Cricket
Media

Sky New Zealand has renewed its International Cricket Council rights from 2024 to 2028, SportBusiness understands
Equestrian
Media

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has won back crucial broadcast exposure in a 75-territory deal with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) spanning Europe and parts of Asia
Multiple Sports
Media

FuboTV, DirecTV and Dish Network are among a group of eight media entities in the United States that have urged Congress to conduct a hearing into the sports streaming joint venture proposed by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery.