Media

Hong Kong’s government has gone back on a promise to steer clear of the country's media rights market, stepping in to acquire exclusive rights to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

In November, Premier said that it had “agreed to take back control of the business” in a deal subject to competition approval after completing its July 2022 takeover.

TV 2 Group managing director and editor in chief Olav Sandnes said in a press release the media group had faced “strong competition” and that Champions League rights “are not sold on the cheap”.

LiveMode has been renewed as Fifa’s exclusive media rights sales agent in Brazil for the men’s World Cup, providing the agency with a far more attractive package of rights for the 2026 tournament than it sold in 2022.

WWE has announced that WrestleMania XL has become the most-successful and highest-grossing event in company history.

GolTV's troubles in Ecuador continue to mount as five LigaPro clubs revealed they have not been paid by the pay-television broadcaster for the last six months.

A broadcast rights deal between Brazil's biggest football clubs and Globo is reported to contain clauses that limit the amount the broadcaster can pay for the rights of other clubs - a stipulation that would preserve the financial status quo in Brazilian football.

The NCAA women's basketball championship game drew a record-shattering 18.7 million viewers, peaking at 24 million as South Carolina won a second title in three years.

DAZN has continued in its attempts to carve out a niche in golf in a deal for exclusive rights to golf’s 2024 US Masters in the Middle East and North Africa.

The Women's National Basketball Association has extended its domestic broadcast deal with Amazon Prime Video for two years, with the platform airing 21 WNBA games each season, including the WNBA Commissioner's…

TNT Sports has acquired rights to the Autumn Nations Series, replacing Amazon as the rights-holder in the UK in a strengthening of the pay-television broadcaster's rugby union portfolio.

DAZN has continued its pivot towards free, advertising-supported content with the appointment of Elena Novokreshchenova as its first ‘global chief executive of freemium’.

The Paris 2024 host broadcast will feature automated production of highlights from 14 sports, 3D replays in certain disciplines for the first time and an opening ceremony dubbed the “largest live broadcast production ever”.

Zeus Sports Marketing and 1190 Sports are halfway to securing international betting and media rights to the Brazilian Série A in 2024, having agreed deals with 10 top-tier clubs for the upcoming season.

US digital media company Greenfly has announced the closing of equity investments of $14m, highlighting the growing importance of short-form digital content tech suppliers in the sports media sector.

Starzplay has secured an exclusive multi-year deal for UFC rights in the Middle East and North Africa, a region in which the mixed martial arts behemoth has cemented its position over recent years