Insider Sport’s 2025 editorial reflections
In this end-of-year reflections piece, Insider Sport’s editorial team looks back at the themes that shaped sports business over the past 12 monthsBy the...
12 Days of Christmas: A year in sport
A year defined by shifting power, new economics and unexpected upheavals, 2025 gave the sports industry no shortage of storylines. From governance shocks to...
From golden Lionesses to global streams: Sport’s defining year
PHA Group's Dan Funston walks through some of the biggest sports stories of 2025, reflecting on the rise of women's sports and how the...
Will 2025 go down as the year broadcasting changed?
Insider Sport revisits SPORTEL Monaco to see how technology, media disruption and global ambitions have influenced the industry this year.If the Insider Sport team...
The Commonwealth Games confirm sport’s paywall future
The Commonwealth Games’ move from the BBC to TNT Sports is yet another example of rights holders prioritising commercial certainty over free-to-air reachThe Commonwealth...
Warner Bros board urges shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance tender offer
Warner Bros directors argue the rival tender offer adds avoidable financing and break-fee exposure, while disputing claims that the Netflix deal faces materially higher...
CONMEBOL to enhance global viewership of Copa Libertadores with new packages
The 2025 Copa Libertadores may have concluded just three weeks ago, but CONMEBOL has already secured the competition's broadcast future in new and existing...
Paramount promises a better Warner Bros deal than Netflix, will they...
Friday saw the blockbuster announcement of Netflix’s agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, but Paramount are not lying down easily, and have made a...
ICC seeks new partner after JioStar heads for the door
JioStar’s decision to abandon its long term ICC deal has thrown the cricket body’s broadcast plans for the 2026 T20 World Cup into disarray.The...
HBO Max’s sports future unclear after Netflix acquisition
The Winter Olympics will be streamed across Europe with HBO Max coming to the UK, Germany, Italy, and other countries next year, but the...