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The row between the DFL and its incumbent broadcaster DAZN has escalated after the latter vowed to take legal action over the Bundesliga domestic rights sales process, prompting a fiery response from the league.

The National Football League on Peacock, NBCUniversal's streaming service, has helped revenue for the service grow 54 per cent to $1.1bn (€1.03bn) in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in the previous year.

The National Hockey League is giving serious consideration to further changing its matchday scheduling at home to create more game windows for fans in Europe as part of internationalisation plans that are already proving fruitful. Shawn Meadow reports.

Mediaset España has again secured free-to-air rights to Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix in a deal negotiated with media group and subscription broadcaster DAZN.

The NHL has its first streaming only deal in Canada after Amazon reached a two-year rights deal with Rogers Communications to air Monday night games.

Seattle Kraken has becomes the first NHL team to strike a direct local media rights agreement with Amazon for the online retail giant's Prime Video streaming platform.

The Formula 1 Channel becomes the latest addition to F1’s portfolio of programming currently available for fans in the USA, supporting the core live offerings from ESPN and F1 TV.

Rights sales processes are being issued in Mena for WTA Tour and Fiba basketball, SportBusiness understands, as DAZN’s Broadcast Partnerships arm seeks to maximise the impact of major events in the region and end the Tour blackout.

Sports media rights executive Stew Walker has been recruited by Commercial Sports Media (CSM) as a consultant to work in the UK market

LaLiga is to have at least two English-language broadcasters in sub-Saharan Africa from next season, after non-exclusive rights were sold to pay-television's StarTimes and Tanzania-based Azam Media.

Pascal Fratellia, the European Broadcasting Union’s director of Olympics and head of football rights for close to 15 years, is leaving the free-to-air broadcasting consortium.

Two Circles, the data-driven sports marketing and sponsorship sales agency, has been unveiled as a key strategic partner in the new fan-focused track league created by four-time United States Olympic champion Michael Johnson.

Viaplay’s sublicensing of sports rights and non-sports content helped to generate close to six-per-cent organic growth in its core markets during the first quarter as the broadcaster recognises that i…

Football’s world governing body Fifa and tech giant Apple are in advanced stages to seal an agreement for global media rights to the revamped Club World Cup.

The Professional Fighters League has hired World Wrestling Entertainment executive Emilio Revelo to a senior role overseeing the global distribution of its Bellator brand as well as developing the growth of the company's Hispanic audience.

LiveMode has taken on strategic investment from US growth equity firm General Atlantic and Brazilian financial services company XP Investimentos, backers of one of two groups bidding to control commercial operations in Brazilian football.

The Brasileirão Série B 2024 kicked off with all matches shown live over the weekend, after a late completion of the broadcast picture in the country.

The Euro 2024 deal comes with rights on the market for in-flight and in-ship broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions from 2024-25 to 2026-27