Broadcast Rights

After its monster $5 billion rights deal with WWE struck in January, streaming giant Netflix has made its first significant move into "non-scripted" live sports. 

The NFL on Wednesday took another step toward its goal of making its games as widely available as possible by striking a three-year deal with Netflix. 

Netflix will be the global home of the NFL's two Christmas Day marquee games. The Pittsburgh Steelers will host the reigning two-time Kansas City Chiefs, while the Houston Texans will host the Baltimore Ravens in the two holiday games.

Jul 12, 2022 18:07
MUMBAI: Disney Star, Viacom18, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) and Zee Entertainment have reportedly raised concerns about the 'lack of transparency' in the bidding process for media rights to the International Cricket Council's next eight-year cycle of global cricket events.
Jun 29, 2022 14:06
LOS ANGELES: Sports and live entertainment company AEG announced Tuesday that IMG will sell the worldwide broadcast media rights to the Soccer Champions Tour.
Jun 29, 2022 13:06
MUMBAI: A tinge of Bollywood has been added to Ultimate Kho Kho with popular singer Badshah joining the league as co-owner of the Mumbai franchise alongside film producer, developer and sports enthusiast, Punit Balan. The Mumbai-based team completes the line-up for the inaugural edition of Ultimate Kho Kho, which will take off later this year.
Jun 28, 2022 20:06
MIES (Switzerland): The beIN Media Group has signed an extension to its partnership with FIBA so that beIN SPORTS continues its broadcasting of FIBA's major international and continental events until 2025 in the Middle East and North Africa.
Jun 27, 2022 16:06
LONDON: The All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) has renewed its broadcast partnership for Wimbledon with Sport 24, the IMG-owned live sports channel for the airline and cruise line industries, for a further three years until 2024. 
Jun 27, 2022 16:06
NEW DELHI: Esports Premier League (ESPL) has roped in gaming streaming platform Loco as its exclusive digital broadcast partner for the second season of the franchise based event. All matches of the second season will be live-streamed exclusively on Loco’s app and website (loco.gg).
Jun 27, 2022 05:06
DUBAI (June 08): The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed the playing window for the inaugural edition of its upcoming T20 tournament, which will be called the “International League T20” or “ILT20”. The ECB will conduct the six-team ILT20 between January 6 and February 12, 2023.
Jun 27, 2022 05:06
NOW THIS DID NOT age well at all. But surprised we are most definitely not! Just a day after yet another headline cropped up (many such have appeared over the last few months) on an impending face-off between Jeff Bezos and Mukesh Ambani over ownership of media rights for world cricket's most valuable property - the Indian Premier League - it can finally be laid to rest. 
Jun 27, 2022 05:06
MUMBAI (June 13): At the end of what has been a really topsy turvy day, the Indian Premier League's linear television rights have gone to incumbent Disney Star India (or maybe not?), with a winning bid of Rs 57.5 crore per game, while Viacom18 has secured the digital rights for a mind-boggling price of Rs 50 cr per game.
Jun 27, 2022 05:06
"DIGITAL IS IT! NOT IN THE NEXT RIGHTS CYCLE, BUT NOW!" That, in a nutshell, is the biggest takeaway from what has been an action packed three-day media rights e-auction for the world's most valuable cricket property.