WarnerMedia

Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Warner Bros. Discovery has outlined its new leadership team in India, Southeast Asia and Korea following the $43bn (€40.6n) merger between media conglomerates WarnerMedia and Discovery earlier this year.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Susanne Aigner, managing director of Discovery in Germany and the Benelux region, is stepping down from the company following its merger with WarnerMedia
Golf
Media

Event marks unique collaboration between Turner Sports, international partners
Multiple Sports
Media

WarnerMedia-Discovery merger formally closes, creating one of the largest media entities based in the US
Multiple Sports
Media

Media group Discovery plans to combine its subscription streaming service, discovery+, with WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, once its planned merger with the AT&T-owned entity completes.
Football
Media

The United States Soccer Federation has secured an eight-year domestic English-language rights deal with WarnerMedia from 2023 through 2030, which is worth a reported $200m (€180m) or $25m a year.
Basketball
Media

WarnerMedia's Cartoon Network will present a half-hour, commercial-free special edition of this year's National Basketball Association All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, hosted by animated stars Teen Titans Go!
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Dave VanEgmond, founder and chief executive of Bettor Capital. Fisher and Russo also discuss the historic $75m capital raise for the Women’s National Basketball Association, the departure of WarnerMedia News & Sports chairman Jeff Zucker, mounting off-field issues for the National Football League ahead of the upcoming Super Bowl LVI, and the start of the Beijing Olympics.
Multiple Sports
Media

Media group Discovery has announced that the European Commission has granted unconditional antitrust clearance to the company’s proposed acquisition of telecoms giant AT&T’s WarnerMedia business.
Football
Media

NBC Sports faces a major battle to retain United States media rights to the English Premier League with ESPN, WarnerMedia, and CBS Sports all expected to bid for a new contract which will begin at the…
Football
Media

HBO Max, the WarnerMedia-owned subscription streaming platform, has acquired broadcast rights in Brazil and Mexico to European club football competition the Uefa Champions League as part of its wider rollout…
Finance & Law

In this week's episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Zack Weiner, co-founder and president of digital sports media network Overtime. Eric and Chris also discuss the landmark media merger between WarnerMedia and Discovery, the National Basketball Association’s development of its NBABet content initiative, a special financial distribution by college sports’ Southeastern Conference to its member schools, and Stanford University’s move to restore 11 varsity sports that had been discontinued.
Media

US telecoms giant AT&T has spun off its media arm, WarnerMedia, and merged it with media group Discovery in a major agreement announced today (Monday)
Football
Media

US-based media group WarnerMedia is expected to be awarded broadcast rights in Mexico to the Uefa Champions League from 2021-22 to 2023-24, SportBusiness understands
Industry Moves

Former NBA superstar to be involved across a wide range of company media assets
Basketball
Media

Acclaimed studio show to address both NBA's return-to-play plan and racial injustice across the US
Business

Executive was founding CEO of Hulu
Golf
Events

Golf superstars Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are reportedly in talks about a rematch of their 2018 head-to-head showdown for a high-profile event that will aid Covid-19 efforts