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Technology

Improved monetisation and cost savings through smart stadiums, heightened use of generative AI by rights-holders and harnessing women’s sports properties’ underlying engagement are three of the main tre…
Cricket
Media

E-commerce giant Amazon has taken a major leap into cricket after securing exclusive media rights in Australia to International Cricket Council events from 2024 to 2027
Football
Media

Proximus has renewed an agreement for pay-television rights in Belgium to football’s Uefa Champions League, but it will no longer have exclusivity in the category after rival telco Telenet also secured rights for the 2024-27 cycle.
Football
Media

The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) is to launch a new broadcast tender after finalising plans for a new league format, including play-offs, following a five-month consultation process.
Football
Media

Fast-growing Brazilian streamer CazéTV has made its latest high-profile football acquisition in a deal for exclusive rights to 25 matches at Euro 2024.
Multiple Sports
Media

Viaplay Group has laid out plans for a “recapitalisation programme” that includes a SEK4bn (€350m/$382m) new equity raise and SEK14.6bn debt renegotiation package as part of measures designed to stave off insolvency and subsequent bankruptcy.
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

Disney-owned sports broadcaster ESPN has renewed its rights in the US to the Professional Fighters League mixed martial arts promotion
Football
Media

Uefa's media rights sales process for its club competitions has closed in Brazil, with incumbents Warner Bros. Discovery and commercial broadcaster SBT joined by fast-growing streaming platform CazéTV for the 2024-27 cycle.
Motorsport
Media

Nascar has signed seven-year domestic media rights contracts for its premier Nascar Cup Series with broadcasters Fox Sports, NBC Sports, Amazon Prime Video and TNT Sports that will begin in 2025 and run…
Football
Media

Streaming platform Fite has acquired exclusive rights in selected markets across Europe and Oceania to Portugal’s Primeira Liga until the end of the 2025-26 season.
Horse Racing
Media

HBA Media has retained one of its main distribution contracts in a new four-year international rights agreement with Ascot Racecourse.The new deal runs from the start of 2024 to the end of 2027
Multiple Sports
Media

UK-based streaming platform Recast has relaunched following its recent administration and takeover by Content Technology Partners (CTP), shifting away from being a content destination in itself
Multiple Sports
Media

Premier Sports, the pay-television broadcaster, is to return to UK homes early next year after announcing it has reached an agreement to buy back the business that it sold to Nordic media giant Viaplay…
Handball
Media

Every game from the upcoming EHF European Championships is to be shown live in the host country Germany by new streaming platform Dyn Media, it was announced today (Wednesday).
Karate
Media

The World Karate Federation has appointed the Mediapro agency as the host broadcaster of its leading events over the next two years while also returning to the Spain-based Simply Sport as its worldwide…
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

South African public-service broadcaster, the SABC, has appointed Nomsa Chabeli as its new group chief executive
Football
Media

Free-to-air Uefa Champions League rights have been sold in Belgium to incumbent commercial broadcasters RTL and VTM for the 2024-27 cycle
Motorsport
Finance & Law

Formula E has commenced legal proceedings against ProSiebenSat.1 following the German commercial broadcasting group's decision to walk away from the series, SportBusiness can reveal.