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K Madhavan becomes president of Disney and Star in India
K Madhavan has been appointed president of The Walt Disney Company India and Disney-owned pay-television platform Star India
NFL signs more than $110bn worth of domestic media rights deals
Set of five landmark pacts nearly double league's annual US media rights
Aser Ventures’ Massimo Marinelli on global investment trends
In this week's episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Massimo Marinelli, chief executive of global investment company Aser Ventures. Eric and Chris also discuss the National Hockey League's landmark media rights agreement with The Walt Disney Co., the XFL's potential collaboration with the Canadian Football League, and a $40m investment round for prominent esports organization Envy Gaming.
Landmark NHL deal amplifies strategic shift for ESPN, Walt Disney Co.
A new seven-year rights deal with the National Hockey League showcases the Walt Disney Co.'s heightened corporate priority on streaming, with ESPN+ and Hulu each playing crucial roles in the agreement and its planned distribution of games. SportBusiness' US editor Eric Fisher reports.
Disney+ hits 100 million subscribers
Fast-growing streaming service hits latest milestone
Argentinian league returns free-to-air under TV Pública-Disney deal
Argentinian club football will return to free-to-air television for the first time since June 2017 after public-service broadcaster TV Pública agreed a sublicensing deal with media group Disney.
Turner resistant to Argentinian government’s free-to-air Primera División plan
Media group Turner is pushing back against the Argentinian government's plans to put four top-tier Primera División matches on free-to-air television, a move that would dilute the broadcaster's exclusive …
Disney ‘pushing back’ on NFL desire to double rights fees
The Walt Disney Co. is reportedly pushing back on the National Football League's desire to charge domestic rights partners double the amount they have been paying to broadcast games
Chapek: Disney’s NFL rights bid must ‘make sense’
CEO signals some price sensitivity for upcoming negotiations with the league
Liga MX side Santos Laguna sues Disney over alleged contract breach
The Walt Disney Company is being sued by Mexican Liga MX club Santos Laguna over allegations of contractual violation as a by-product of Disney’s 21st Century Fox acquisition in 2019.
Disney ‘to stream England’s India tour in UK’
Rights to England’s forthcoming cricket tour to India will be retained in the UK by the Walt Disney Company to exploit itself, it has been reported.
ESPN’s Ravens-Titans Wild Card MegaCast to include ESPN+ betting-infused stream
ESPN's first National Football League Wild Card MegaCast, featuring the Baltimore Ravens-Tennessee Titans clash at Nissan Stadium on January 10, has been expanded to include a sports betting-infused stream…
Torneos and GSRM land Argentinian league international rights, Disney renews to 2030
Torneos, the Argentinian rights agency, and Global Sports Rights Management, the agency that holds international broadcast rights to the top two Brazilian football leagues, have formed an alliance to commercialise…
The Muppets integrated into ESPN’s ‘Monday Night Football’ broadcast
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NFL ‘poised to generate’ more than $100bn in new domestic rights deals
The National Football League is poised to generate more than $100bn (€82bn) in a series of new long-term domestic television rights deals, further highlighting just how powerful the sports property is t…
ESPN signs landmark rights pact with the SEC
Walt Disney Co. properties to take on key college rights currently held by CBS
ESPN+ to get integration into Hulu, Xfinity
Direct-to-consumer offering to see big boosts in exposure, functionality
Mexican regulator hands Disney new deadline for Fox Sports sale, Mediapro ‘interested’
The Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT), Mexico’s telecoms regulator, has set a March 2021 deadline for Disney’s long-anticipated divestment of its Fox Sports business in the country.