Media Rights

Coverage of the major deals surrounding sport media rights

Amazon invests in Diamond Sports to halt outlet’s collapse

Amazon will form a partnership with US sports broadcaster Diamond Sports Group subject to approval by the bankruptcy court. The largest regional sports network will...

British & Irish Lions announce major expansion for women’s rugby

The British & Irish Lions rugby union touring team has announced the addition of a women’s side for the first time in its 136-year...

DAZN removes women’s football paywall to maximise visibility 

DAZN has lifted its paywall of all live women’s football coverage and associated content in a bid to increase the sport’s exposure and growth. The...

Georgia first stop as SMH Sports takes La Gazzetta to Eurasia

SMH Sports, the flagship brand of sports media and management company SMH Global, has become the exclusive licensee of La Gazzetta dello Sport in...

DFL begins tender process for Bundesliga broadcast rights

With the Bundesliga’s current domestic broadcasting rights deal set to expire at the end of the 2024-25 season, the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) has...

Report: NFL in “advanced talks” over ESPN equity stake

The NFL is edging nearer to acquiring an equity stake in ESPN which would see the league’s in-house media assets controlled by the US...

Peacock: NFL’s AFC Wild Card game “most streamed US live event”...

History was made during last weekend’s NFL Wild Card Weekend as Peacock announced that the AFC Wild Card game was the most-streamed live event...

Newcastle Utd records £73m loss for 2022/23 but commercial and media...

Newcastle United’s financial report has stressed great progress on-and-off the pitch, in both a sporting and commercial sense, but the group’s losses are hardly...

Arsenal vs Liverpool game breaks FA Cup viewership record

The BBC has reported that the FA Cup game between Arsenal and Liverpool broke a viewership record with 7.6 million viewers. Previously, the record for...

LeBron James among NBA stars to feature in Netflix docuseries

Netflix is reportedly working on a docuseries centred around the NBA and its stars in the same vein as its recent NFL centric show...