Media

DAZN and Telecom Italia are thought to have renewed their Serie A distribution agreement, a key deal for the rollout of the subscription broadcaster’s live coverage of the Italian top flight.

England's Premier League finished 2023 by securing a small domestic media rights increase, capping an eventful year for the world's richest football league

SportBusiness takes a look at 12 months of Formula 1 deals and developments covered by our team of reporters.

Viaplay Group has instigated price increases in two of its core markets as it bids to turn the tide after a turbulent 2023 dominated by huge financial losses, share sales and workforce cuts

Team Marketing has kicked off the sales processes in Turkey for broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions, stealing a march on the Turkish Football Federation before it issues the Turkish Süper Lig tender.

The National Hockey League and Diamond Sports Group (DSG) have reached an agreement to keep 11 NHL teams on Bally Sports regional sports networks (RSNs) through the end of the season

A new commercial television channel is to launch in Germany at the start of 2024 offering sports output until now showcased by ServusTV and also on the back of a content agreement with DAZN

Fifa and Uefa acted unlawfully when they threatened to ban clubs and players joining breakaway competitions like the European Super League (ESL), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled

Warner Bros. Discovery chief executive David Zaslav and Paramount Global chief executive Bob Bakish have met to discuss a potential merger between the two media giants, according to multiple reports

RTL, the French-language free-to-air broadcaster in Belgium, is to succeed public-service rival RTBF as the domestic rights-holder of the Flanders Classics, the country's leading road cycling events

German media group RTL has secured rights to Formula 1, the German 2. Bundesliga and the English Premier League as part of a wide-ranging content sharing agreement with pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland

The Spanish government has agreed a deal to acquire up to a 10-per-cent stake in Telefónica, in a move that will counterbalance investment in the telecoms operator from Saudi Arabia’s STC Group.

Warner Bros. Discovery-owned Eurosport has finalised its ATP Tour rights renewal in France across the 2024-26 cycle

DAZN recorded an operating loss of $1.06bn (€969m) in 2022 on the back of increased rights fee commitments but higher direct-to-consumer revenues helped to reduce the figure by 22 per cent year-over-year, SportBusiness understands.

The National Hockey League (NHL) has become the fourth North American major sports league to align with Deltatre, with the sports technology company introducing a new digital experience.

The UK-based Aurora Media Worldwide has today (Tuesday) been named as the host broadcast company for padel’s Hexagon Cup.

Technology company Amazon is in talks with Diamond Sports Group over a potential investment and streaming partnership deal with the regional-sports broadcaster.

Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has requested that LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of club football in the country, does not exclude free-to-air broadcasters in the marketing of television rights for the top tier.