Wrestling
WWE buoyed by media growth, return of live event touring
Company reports 19 per cent revenue growth during the second quarter
Foxtel appoints Woods to run PPV business
Australian pay-television group Foxtel has appointed Conor Woods as head of its pay-per-view business, taking charge of the long-standing Main Event brand
WWE extends long-running rights deal with Foxtel
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has signed a multi-year extension to its rights agreement with World Wrestling Entertainment
SRG SSR retains Swiss wrestling rights for six more years
SRG SSR, the Swiss public broadcaster, has retained its rights to the sport of schwingen, the folk wrestling native to Switzerland, for six more years
Allegiant Stadium to host 2021 WWE SummerSlam
Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium will become the first National Football League stadium to host World Wrestling Entertainment's SummerSlam in August
WWE hires former DAZN executive Horowitz to key development and digital role
Former DAZN, Fox Sports, ESPN executive finds new position
WWE returning to live event touring
Shift comes as fan attendance grows across US sports industry
WWE appoints long-serving Fox executive Lilien to SVP, sponsorship sales role
World Wrestling Entertainment has appointed Claudine Lilien, a long-time executive at media group Fox, as senior vice-president and head of global sales and partnerships
Peacock deal boosts WWE earnings
President and CRO Khan predicts partner NBC Sports will not renew NHL deal
WWE flagship programming launched in Finland in MTV deal
Commercial broadcaster MTV Oy has secured rights in Finland for WWE's weekly shows
Talpa acquires WWE rights in the Netherlands
Dutch media company Talpa Network has reached an agreement to broadcast WWE's weekly flagship programmes Raw and SmackDown in the Netherlands
DraftKings, WWE strike deal based on free-to-play games
Agreement arrives in advance of WrestleMania 37 next month
WWE signs Irish rights deal with Virgin Media
US wrestling promotion WWE will receive coverage through an Irish broadcast platform for the first time after agreeing a deal with Virgin Media, the telecoms operator, commercial and pay-television broadcaster
Snickers becomes presenting partner of WrestleMania for sixth consecutive year
Mars Wrigley chocolate brand Snickers will become the presenting partner of WrestleMania for the sixth consecutive year.
TV3 lands WWE rights in the Baltics
Baltic media group TV3 has agreed a ‘multi-year’ rights deal with World Wresting Entertainment.
StarTimes strikes content deal with Impact Wrestling
Pay-television broadcaster StarTimes has acquired rights in sub-Saharan Africa to content from the Impact Wrestling promotion
FloSports acquires Trackwrestling from SportsEngine
Sports streaming service FloSports has acquired wrestling event management platform Trackwrestling from NBC Sports Group subsidiary SportsEngine, including all of the company’s assets and existing broadcast r…
United World Wrestling switches World Championships host after Russia ruling
United World Wrestling (UWW) has moved to switch the hosting rights to its 2022 and 2023 Senior World Championships in order to fall in-line with the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) ruling on t…