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Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

ESPN's direct-to-consumer offering, ESPN+, has seen a dip in subscriptions from 25.3 million in the prior quarter ending April 1 to 25.2 million subscribers as of July 1
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Fox executive chairman and chief executive officer Lachlan Murdoch has emphasised the value of the pay-TV structure that Fox operates under but has not ruled out a direct-to-consumer plan down the road…
Multiple Sports
Sports Betting

ESPN and Penn Entertainment have announced plans to launch ESPN Bet in a $2bn (€1.82bn) deal as competition in the United States sportsbook market intensifies.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Paramount's revenue decreased two per cent year-over-year to $7.62bn (€6.93bn) in the second quarter as advertising revenue in the television segment declined 10 per cent but direct-to-consumer streaming revenue rose sharply.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Sports retail and collectibles company Fanatics has responded to collectibles company Panini America's lawsuit against the company with a countersuit that calls Panini's claims "baseless"
Football
Finance & Law

US investment fund Ares Management has injected another $75m (€68m) into Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and has held discussions with Chelsea FC over an investment in the English Premier League c…
US College Sport
Governance

The Pac-12, one of the Power Five conferences, has been left with just four teams after a series of re-alignments in college sports
Gymnastics
Sponsorship & Marketing

USA Gymnastics has announced a new five-year sponsorship with Nike that is the largest in the governing body's history
Multiple Sports
Media

Warner Bros. Discovery chief executive officer David Zaslav says that news and sports will soon be joining the company's rebranded streaming service Max
US College Sport
Media

The Pac-12 Conference is considering a streaming-centered media-rights deal with Apple amid a number of departures from the conference
American Football
Media

Paramount-owned CBS Sports and Nickelodeon have announced that they will broadcast a children-centric, family-friendly simulcast of next year's Super Bowl, marking the first time an alternative telecast…
Boxing
Media

Former YouTuber Jake Paul and veteran MMA fighter Nate Diaz's co-promoted boxing event will appear on ESPN+ pay-per-view in the US on August 5, as Paul's Most Valuable Promotions company looks to widen distribution amid concerns about the event's presales.
Basketball
Sponsorship & Marketing

The National Basketball Association’s San Antonio Spurs are set to end a two-year search for a new arena naming rights sponsor via a deal with Frost Bank, according to reports. 
Multiple Sports
Media

Former Disney executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs are returning to work with the US media giant on the future strategy of ESPN
Multiple Sports
Sports Betting

Flutter Entertainment and Fox Corporation have announced the closure of sports betting platform Fox Bet as competition in the burgeoning US sports gambling market intensifies
Motorsport
Media

Nascar's decision to sell Xfinity Series rights on a standalone basis demonstrates a clear change in the stock car series' domestic media strategy from 2025, as it seeks greater exposure for the teams and drivers in its ecosystem.
Football
Media

The United States women's national team's 1-1 draw with the Netherlands at the Fifa Women's World Cup set a group stage viewership record on English language broadcaster Fox in the US, with 6.43 million viewers and a peak of 8.45 million, while Telemundo's Spanish language broadcast attracted a non-World Cup final record 1.51 million viewers, making for a total of 7.94 million.
Multiple Sports
Media

Comcast president Michael Cavanagh has said that it is "very improbable" that the company would look to secure a minority stake in ESPN, which is 80-per-cent owned by Disney