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DAZN has retained exclusive Uefa club competition broadcast rights in Canada for another three seasons in a renewed commitment to the market by the subscription streaming broadcaster
Multiple Sports
Host Broadcast & Production

Global sports and entertainment investment company Bruin Capital has made a significant investment in Box to Box Films, the UK production company behind the array of popular Netflix sports docuseries
Tennis
Media

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV will continue showing the Australian Open until 2026, a significant deal for the grand slam given it is the only one of tennis’s four majors which is shown in a convenient t…
Football
Media

The German Football League (DFL) has asked prospective bidders for domestic Bundesliga rights from 2025-26 to 2028-29 to register for the forthcoming invitation to tender
Football
Media

Fifa has gone to market in five Central Asia countries with media rights to the men's World Cup in 2026, as well as this year's Futsal World Cup taking place in the region
American Football
Finance & Law

Disney and the National Football League have held "advanced talks" over the latter taking an equity stake in ESPN, it has been claimed
Football
Media

Global streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in Spain to the country’s second-tier football competition, the Segunda División.
Mixed Martial Arts
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Viaplay has renewed its Ultimate Fighting Championship rights in its home Nordic markets in a ‘multi-year’ agreement that will bring over 40 live events to the broadcaster each year.
Hockey
Sports Betting

Spring Media has made one of its biggest moves to date in the betting video rights space in a deal with the International Hockey Federation (FIH)
Multi-sport
Media

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has significantly loosened its restrictions around athletes' use of social media during the Olympic Games following discussions with media rights-holders, albeit…
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Iris Sport Media, the company set up by Ioris Francini and his former IMG colleagues Floris Weisz and Luca Baldanza, has recruited Graham Wallace as chief corporate and financial officer
Football
Media

The Football Association has issued its domestic media rights invitation to tender, inviting broadcasters to submit offers for four seasons, from 2025-26 to 2028-29, SportBusiness understands
Football
Media

The German Football League (DFL) has voiced its opposition to the type of revenue-sharing deal recently agreed between subscription sports broadcaster DAZN and Italy’s Serie A as it continues to prepare t…
Basketball
Media

France’s importance to the NBA is growing with a media tie-up in the country among the latest initiatives off the back of an annual regular-season game and the success of French rookie Victor Wembanyama’s debut season.
Multiple Sports
Host Broadcast & Production

EMG and Gravity Media have announced a merger deal which they state will create one of the world’s largest and most significant broadcast technology and production companies.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Roger Lodewick, president of sports games at esports’ ESL FACEIT Group and previously of Team Marketing, has been recruited by Viaplay to lead its operations in the Netherlands.
Football
Media

SuperSport, the dominant pay-television broadcaster in sub-Saharan Africa, today (Wednesday) announced an agreement to show every match from the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), less than a week…
Cricket
Media

Media group ARY, which owns pay-television broadcaster A Sports, has secured exclusive linear rights to the Pakistan Super League in 2024 and 2025 after outbidding its rivals at an auction and agreeing…