Warner Bros. Discovery

The new joint venture streaming service of ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery today (Friday) named Pete Distad, the experienced media, sports and technology executive, as its chief executive.

The BBC has reached a preliminary agreement with TNT Sports for sublicensed free-to-air rights to the FA Cup from 2025-26 to 2028-29.

Warner Bros. Discovery's impending new sports streaming service with ESPN and Fox will put the power back in the consumer's hand, but will have little to no impact on the trio's cable subscriber numbers, WBD chief executive David Zaslav has declared.

Fubo is suing Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery over their recently announced joint venture sports streaming platform, calling the move an "extreme suppression of competition in the US sports-focused streaming market", according to a copy of the lawsuit.

The United States Justice Department (DOJ) is planning to scrutinise the new sports streaming service that Disney's ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery plan to launch later this year over potential antitrust breaches.

ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery have announced plans to launch a joint venture streaming service later this year in a major consolidation of the US market

Warner Bros. Discovery chief executive David Zaslav and Paramount Global chief executive Bob Bakish have met to discuss a potential merger between the two media giants, according to multiple reports

The Hexagon Cup, the newest addition to the padel calendar, today (Friday) announced its first media rights deal, a pan-Europe and Asia agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery

Uefa's media rights sales process for its club competitions has closed in Brazil, with incumbents Warner Bros. Discovery and commercial broadcaster SBT joined by fast-growing streaming platform CazéTV for the 2024-27 cycle.

Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK has reached an agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery to show live coverage of all athletics events during next year’s Olympic Games in Paris.

Warner Bros. Discovery is to shut down GCN+ and the GCN App, the direct-to-consumer cycling platforms, in its latest restructuring move in the digital space

Warner Bros. Discovery has reported third-quarter net losses of $417m (€390m) after a decline in advertising revenue, a drop in streaming subscribers, and what president and chief executive David Zaslav called a “generational disruption” as the company’s stock tumbled by 19 per cent.

Swedish public broadcaster SVT has secured highlights rights to the 2024 Paris Olympics, after striking a deal with media group Warner Bros. Discovery

Two of Houston's top sports franchises, Major League Baseball's Astros and the National Basketball Association's Rockets, have acquired AT&T SportsNet Southwest, one of Warner Bros

Gernot Bauer, head of sport at Warner Bros. Discovery Germany, is leaving the media giant to join commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1

Warner Bros. Discovery Sports has unveiled a Bleacher Report (B/R) Sports add-on tier to its rebranded US streaming service Max

Sports content from Eurosport will continue to be available to all DAZN subscribers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland under the terms of a new sublicensing agreement

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