Media Rights

Coverage of the major deals surrounding sport media rights

Premiership Rugby CEO Darren Childs departs for CVC

Premiership Rugby’s Chief Executive, Darren Childs, is set to step down from his role to take up a new position at private equity firm,...

Tony Cairoli: Red Bull docu-series is ‘crucial’ to expansion of motocross

With the popularity of Formula One’s ‘Drive to Survive’, in its wake, the Red Bull racing team announced the launch of its own documentary...

Matchroom Boxing agrees ‘record-breaking’ DAZN switch

Matchroom Boxing has agreed a ‘record-breaking’ deal with digital sports streaming service DAZN to replace Sky Sports as the promotion company’s exclusive UK broadcast...

Club competitions make up lion’s share of UEFA revenue amid €3bn...

UEFA saw its revenues dip to €3.04 billion for 2019/20, falling by €819 million from the revenue posted for the previous year, as a...

UK women’s sport forecast for £1bn revenue generation by 2030

Women’s sport within the UK could treble the revenue it generates and reach the £1 billion mark by 2030, new research by Two Circles...

ESL could cost Founding Clubs €2.5bn, new study finds

The European Super League’s (ESL) Founding Clubs could lose a combined brand value of €2.5 billion, a figure that could potentially rise to €4.3...

Barry Hearn entrusts Matchroom chairmanship to son Eddie upon retirement

Barry Hearn is set to step down as Chairman of Matchroom Sport, almost four decades after founding the company, he announced this morning at...

Fitzboydon: European Super League could open up a ‘football civil war’

The formation of the new European Super League (ESL) could provoke a ‘football civil war’, with UEFA no longer holding a ‘monopoly’ on the...

Sky Sports provides ‘certainty’ to fans with SPFL streaming tie-up

Sky Sports has finalised a new deal with the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) that will allow clubs to broadcast all 228 matches to...

How will the European Super League affect sponsors and rights-holders?

Alliances between top European clubs and sponsoring brands could be ‘seen as even more of a premium’ following the formation of the European Super...