Analysis
The backlash to the rights centralisation approval by the FIS council, which the federation claims will “pave the way” for an exclusive deal with Infront, has galvanised leading ski nations to pursue their own rights sales concept that would squeeze agency margins.
England’s Football Association is understood to have secured an important uplift for domestic FA Cup rights in its new deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, but has sacrificed exposure for income at a time when finances are more important than ever to the governing body.
Inside this issue we examine how the future of tennis, structurally and commercially, is being decided, with the ATP and WTA tours on one side and the four Grand Slams on the other. There’s also analysis of the new domestic agreement for the FA Cup, Dentsu’s deal with the Hong Kong government for rights to Paris 2024, and plenty more besides.
