Media
VBTV to offer global home for Japan’s new SV.League
Japanese volleyball's new-look SV.League has struck a partnership with Volleyball World, the sport's commercial vehicle, as it seeks to elevate its brand globally as part of ambitious growth plans.
Bids due month-end for Fifa World Cup rights in Turkey
Turkey is the latest market in which Fifa has launched an invitation to tender for media rights to the next two editions of the men's Fifa World Cup.
WBD renews AEW deal with expanded streaming
All-Elite Wrestling (AEW) has agreed to a multi-year extension with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) in a broader media rights deal as the competition looks to bring back its once-high viewership figures
BeIN extends NBA rights in Mena with days to spare
BeIN Sports has signed a new deal to show the 2024-25 National Basketball Association season live in the Mena region, announced three days before the first pre-season game.
Pac-12 adds Gonzaga in boost to conference value
Conference realignment in the US college sports world continues apace as the rebuilding Pac-12 made another move that will potentially bring an uplift to any future media rights revenue
AFL Grand Final tops Aussie audience charts in 2024
Commercial broadcaster Seven Network has claimed a year-to-date audience best in Australia, after 6.1 million people watched its coverage of the AFL Grand Final.
ITV keeps Premiership Rugby rights to 2026
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has signed an extension with Premiership Rugby to show live matches on linear television for the next two seasons.
NBA lands last-minute beIN renewal in France
The National Basketball Association is thought to have struck a new deal with beIN Sports that allows the league to continue to be aired in France for another season.
Dyn to show German teams in Fiba Europe Cup
German streaming platform Dyn Media has added more basketball rights to its portfolio in a deal to exclusively show the matches of German sides Ludwigsburg and Braunschweig in the second-tier Fiba Europe Cup.
Duro to head up Telemundo’s sports arm
Telemundo, the Spanish-language network of USA's NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, has announced a leadership change at the helm of its sports division
DAZN, Sky share CEV rights in Italy
The men's and women's CEV Champions League will have two live broadcasters instead of one in Italy over the next two seasons after both DAZN and Sky Italia agreed rights deals with Infront.
Greek Basketball League stays FTA in ERT renewal
Greek public broadcaster ERT has extended its broadcast rights deal with the Greek Basketball League for another three seasons
DAZN adds SLB, LBA to global basketball output
DAZN has added Great Britain’s Super League Basketball and Italy’s Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) to its portfolio of basketball broadcast rights and properties streamed globally.
Liga ACB returns to territory-by-territory LatAm TV deals
Liga ACB’s series of individual non-exclusive rights deals in Latin America represents a departure from the Spanish basketball league’s previous pan-regional agreement with ESPN and a bid to boost exposure.
Sport TV challenges RTP use of football clips
Sport TV has challenged Portuguese public broadcaster RTP over its use of highlights clips from Primeira Liga and Serie A matches in complaints made to the Portuguese media watchdog.
GXR clinches long-term European league deals in India
Esports, gaming and media company Galaxy Racer (GXR) has announced that it has secured broadcast rights to three of Europe’s top football leagues on the Indian subcontinent in deals ranging from four to six seasons.
SuperSport, SABC strike late PSL sublicensing deal
The South African Premiership will remain on free-to-air television during the 2024-25 season after a late sublicensing deal was struck between rights-holder SuperSport and public broadcaster the SABC.
Pac-12 embarks on costly rebuild
A year on from dropping to just two member universities that threatened its very existence, the Pac-12 Conference has announced the addition of four schools from the Mountain West from 2026-27.