Media

ServusTV will continue to sublicense media rights for tennis's Australian Open and French Open in Austria from WBD for the next two years.

The new-look Pac-12 Conference has appointed Octagon to lead its media rights negotiations, two years on from a failed broadcast deal and the fallout of the conference

New research carried out in the UK market has found that improvements have been made in lowering the latency for live sports streaming of major events this year

Warner Bros. Discovery has settled its lawsuit against the National Basketball Association, bringing an end to the legal saga spurred by the league’s new domestic broadcast deals.

Walt Disney’s streaming business continues to be profitable, partially offsetting a sharp fall in its linear networks' operating income in its fourth-quarter results.

Fifa has begun the sales process in the host country of Brazil for media rights to the 2027 Women's World Cup, in what is expected to be a highly competitive auction

Premiership Rugby, the top tier of rugby union in England, is to have its matches shown in France again after an absence of over two seasons via a deal with beIN Sports

Nelonen has acquired exclusive media rights in Finland to the 4 Nations Face-Off, the first broadcast deal done in Europe for the new ice hockey tournament.

Australian commercial free-to-air broadcaster Nine is to introduce advertising content across all of its platforms, including subscription streaming service Stan Sport. 

The Women’s National Basketball Association achieved record peak and average ratings with its five-game Finals this month.

Amid a turbulent time for sports television bundles in the United States, streaming platform Fubo announced today (Tuesday) that it is launching standalone subscription services

The French Rugby Federation handed rights to the Elite 1 league to Canal+ this season while also collaborating on its match scheduling.

TNT Sports has reached a multi-year media rights deal with Unrivaled, the new US women’s professional basketball league, investing in the league and becoming an equity partner.  

Fifa has launched an invitation to tender for media rights in Portugal to the 2026 Fifa World Cup, giving interested broadcasters just over a month to turn around their bids.

Boosted by growing Spanish-language audiences for the Super Bowl, Fox Deportes and Telemundo have announced that they will both be airing Super Bowl LIX in February 2025

Big Ten Network and Comcast have finally settled a carriage dispute that had prevented West Coast customers from accessing the network on Xfinity for the first five weeks of the new college football season.