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World Rugby’s revamped sevens series finds UK broadcast home
World Rugby has secured a broadcast deal in the UK and Ireland for its relaunched sevens series in a two-season agreement with TNT Sports
Nine deals with Tabcorp for Melbourne Cup free-to-air rights to 2029
The Melbourne Cup, Australia’s showpiece horse racing event, has a new free-to-air home after commercial broadcaster Nine Entertainment signed off a six-year contract with Victoria Racing Club (VRC) a…
Super Bowl ratings jump in NFL’s core international markets
Record UK viewing figures on Sky Sports for Super Bowl LVIII were among strong performing ratings across a variety of the National Football League’s target international markets.
NHL’s Coyotes launch D2C platform with Kiswe
The National Hockey League's Arizona Coyotes have announced a direct-to-consumer platform with video technology provider Kiswe giving local fans another place to watch in-market games through the team's…
DAZN names Daumin as first France CEO
DAZN has appointed former Canal Plus executive Brice Daumin to lead its French operation as it continues to target domestic rights to the country’s top football league.
IMG to make production redundancies, PLP and ETP unaffected
The IMG agency is undertaking a consultation process with staff with a view to making up to 35 layoffs at its studios business
PSL secures broad international coverage in major cricket markets
The Pakistan Super League secured broad exposure in key international cricket markets ahead of its 2024 edition, which began on Saturday
EXCLUSIVE: CPL set to continue on OneSoccer after Mediapro-CSB talks
Mediapro’s football streaming service OneSoccer looks set to continue offering live coverage of the Canadian Premier League (CPL) during the 2024 season after conciliatory talks were held with Canadian S…
FA Cup returns to pay TV in TNT Sports deal
England’s FA Cup is returning to pay television after the Football Association awarded a range of rights to TNT Sports from 2025-26 to 2028-29 with a “selected” number of matches to remain on free-to-air television.
Setanta renews Bundesliga in Eurasia, adds rights in Baltics
Pay-television broadcaster Setanta Sports has renewed its exclusive rights to the German Bundesliga across Eurasia and acquired rights in the Baltics previously held by Viaplay
US DOJ ‘to review’ ESPN-Fox-WBD streaming deal
The United States Justice Department (DOJ) is planning to scrutinise the new sports streaming service that Disney's ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery plan to launch later this year over potential antitrust breaches.
BeIN and Saran Media vie for Turkish Süper Lig
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) is to weigh up domestic rights bids to the country’s Süper Lig from pay-television operator beIN Sports and Saran Media, SportBusiness understands.
DR picks up Denmark’s qualifiers for next two major women’s tournaments
DR, the public-service broadcaster in Denmark, has struck a four-year deal with the Danish Football Association (DBU) covering rights to the qualifiers for the Uefa Women's Euro 2025 and the 2027 Fifa…
Sportfive to market Global Champions worldwide media rights
The Sportfive agency has been awarded a three-year contract to distribute international rights to Global Champions, the rights-holder to equestrian sport’s Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) and Global C…
World Curling makes StreamAMG appointment after cutting Recast ties
World Curling has turned to StreamAMG to provide the technology behind its relaunched live and on-demand streaming platform, The Curling Channel
FIG, Spring Media launch OTT platform for dark markets
The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has launched a pay-per-view live streaming platform with the Spring Media agency to show World Cup and World Challenge Cup action in markets where broadcast…
Increased visibility in Netball Super League deals with Sky, BBC
The UK’s Netball Super League (NSL) has landed a visibility boost in new rights deals with incumbent rights-holder Sky and public-service broadcaster the BBC.
DAZN Japan names Sasamoto CEO as price hike kicks in
DAZN has hired Yu Sasamoto as chief executive of its Japan business, one of the global subscription streaming service's most important markets