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Multiple Sports
Media

Diamond Sports Group, the owner and operator of 19 regional sports networks (RSNs) in the United States, has submitted its official re-organisation plan to the Houston court overseeing its Chapter 11 bankruptcy…
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has been awarded a clean sweep of Turkish Süper Lig rights but the scrapping of the initial tender has been met with strong resistance from Saran Media, which warns it will “take all legal steps”.
Football
Governance

Multi-club ownership (MCO) in women’s football is a necessity to growing the overall quality of the game and, eventually, commercial revenues, according to two leading protagonists.
Athletics
Finance & Law

Investment conversations that continue to be held by World Athletics are with global players and are being sparked by ongoing revamps to the sport to maintain its audience engagement, according to Sebastian…
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports and the Saran Media agency must deliver fresh bids for Turkish Süper Lig rights after the initial invitation to tender was scrapped by the Turkish Football Federation …
Motorsport
Media

Streaming platform FanCode has secured exclusive F1 rights in India for 2024 and 2025, after the open-wheel racing series went direct-to-consumer in 2023.  
Football
Media

Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, has reignited his war of words with A22 Sports Management, the backers of the proposed breakaway European Super League (ESL), claiming the organisation is attempting…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Paramount Global's streaming service Paramount+ added 4.1 million new subscribers in the fourth quarter, raising the platform's total to 67.5 million subscribers at the end of 2023 as the company's overall revenue dipped six per cent year-over-year for the quarter.
Motorsport
Finance & Law

Formula 1 has seen its annual revenue grow to $3.22bn (€2.97bn), with the impact of its new Las Vegas Grand Prix particularly impacting its fourth quarter results as operating income rose by 164 per cent year-on-year.
Multiple Sports
Media

Disney Star and Reliance Industries, majority owner of Viacom18, today announced the merger of their Indian television and streaming assets, creating an $8.5bn media behemoth.
Multiple Sports
Media

A US bankruptcy court has approved Diamond Sports Group's $495m (€456m) settlement from Sinclair and $450m debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing package, but plans of the National Hockey League and National B…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Endeavor, the sports and entertainment conglomerate, is continuing to explore "strategic alternatives” for its publicly listed stock, and as a result will provide no 2024 financial guidance it revealed today (Wednesday).
Mixed Martial Arts
Finance & Law

TKO Group Holdings, the Endeavor-owned public company created by the merger of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), has reported revenue for the 2023 financial…
Motorsport
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has agreed a 10-year deal for exclusive F1 rights across the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, five years on from dropping rights in the Mena region over piracy concerns.
Golf
Media

LIV Golf has moved to try and ease the problem of accessibility for its Friday action by adding the alternative viewing option of coverage on the streaming platform Caffeine
Football
Media

The United Soccer League has renewed its media rights agreement with ESPN through 2026 for the USL Championship and USL League One, SportBusiness understands
Football
Media

The Team Marketing agency is to go to market with Uefa club competition broadcast rights in the Baltic countries shortly after the exit of Viaplay from the region.
Football
Media

The Swiss Football League (SFL) has launched its domestic broadcast rights tender, working in conjunction with its appointed adviser T Squared, the entity set up by the Team Marketing agency to house its…