Broadcast Rights

Serie A stays with CBS one more year, plans U.S. bid after World Cup

CBS keeps Serie A's 420-match U.S. package for 2026-27 at reportedly flat money, with Serie A planning a post-World Cup return to market, per SBJ.

Sports rights deals are being won with data and distribution, not bigger checks

New survey data and fresh rights moves show platforms are negotiating for reach, data and packaging, while local carriage deals get more targeted.

24 million Spanish-language World Cup viewers are changing how sports content gets made

Rights holders are treating translation, clipping and metadata as production infrastructure, not an add-on, to reach new markets and monetize beyond the live fe

Apple’s 5-year U.S. F1 deal treats sports rights like a product bundle

Apple’s five-year U.S. F1 package starts in 2026, and it’s priced like a rights deal but built like a product bundle.

NFL rights talks are quiet, but ad sales and carriage fees still set the schedule

Fox says it won’t amend its NFL deal through 2029. For media ops teams, the bigger story is how $6.26B in NFL ad sales and retrans fees keep driving programming

As World Cup arrives in the US, creator-access clauses reshape broadcast rights deals

FIFA secures broadcast deals in 220+ territories, embeds creator access into rights frameworks, and strikes a YouTube live-streaming partnership for the 2026 Wo

As the World Cup hits US soil, creator-access clauses move into broadcast rights deals

FIFA's decade-old concession to Fox locked in $485M for rights experts value at up to $1.5B, reshaping how sports media rights are negotiated.

Tailoring Sports Content to Meet Fans Where They Are: From Radio to Streaming with Stephi Blank

Sports leagues that adapt their content strategy across platforms see stronger fan engagement and loyalty