Media Rights

Coverage of the major deals surrounding sport media rights

Netflix secures Canelo vs. Crawford broadcast in a blow to DAZN 

The confirmed superfight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford set to take place on September 13 will be streamed globally on Netflix. The boxing bout...

TNT Sports posts over 1 million viewers for historic French Open...

The 2025 French Open final between winner Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner attracted a record UK viewership on TNT Sports. The five-and-a-half hour grand slam...

TNT Sports and Discovery+ to form new WBD company

Streaming & Studios and Global Networks to operate independently from 2026Warner Bros. Discovery has announced plans to separate into two independent, publicly listed companies...

FIFA Club World Cup: How partners are building anticipation for a...

The newly reformed FIFA Club World Cup kicks-off in two weeks, but how do commercial sponsors and broadcast partners tackle marketing, sponsorship and coverage...

Amazon’s sports strategy is starting to look serious

It started with Thursday Night Football. Now, it’s a full-on global blitz.Jay Marine, Vice President and Global Head of Prime Video Sports, spoke recently...

Net Insight’s Jonathan Smith on the automation-led sports broadcast sector

In only the last several years, sports broadcast rights have ballooned in value, setting record-high TV deals, particularly the NBA’s $76bn and the English...

DAZN 1 lands on FuboTV while Fubo Sports integrates into DAZN

DAZN and FuboTV announced on 3 June that they have entered into a new partnership that will see both sports streaming platforms distribute their...

Mike Tindall R360 rugby league to give sport its “Super Bowl...

Rugby Union is learning of more revelations to form a breakaway league led by Mike Tindall (MBE) and investors who seek to awaken the...

NBC’s Peacock the foundational platform for US darts growth? 

The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) confirmed on 29 May that its competitions will be streamed in the US by NBC Sports’ Peacock.The first PDC...

Premier League US viewership drop suggests less entertaining season

The Premier League continues to grow in the US, maintaining an average audience of 500,000+, for a fourth consecutive year, but NBC Sports’ average...