Perhaps one of the hottest business items in the sports industry this summer will be what the UFC will do with its media rights. Its run at ESPN ends at the end of the year, and there is speculation that the MMA promotion will command near $1B for its content. According to a recent Sports […]
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Report: AEW officially agrees to deal with WBD, to stream on Max
Variety reports that AEW has signed a multi-year multimedia rights deal with Warner Bros. Discovery. No financial terms were disclosed but sources from Variety stated that the deal is valued at upwards of $150 million per year. AEW shows “Dynamite” and “Collision” will remain on TBS and TNT. But starting in January 2025, subscribers to […]
WWE brokers deal with NBCU to broadcast Raw on USA Network for rest of the year
The TKO Group announced its earnings for the first quarter of 2024 on Wednesday. Results were better than expected raising expectations for the rest of the year. WWE announced that it extended its media deal with NBC Universal to air Monday Right Raw on the USA Network for the rest of the year. The agreement […]
WWE’s Raw heads to Netflix in Blockbuster Deal
Early Tuesday morning it was announced that WWE had agreed to move “Monday Night Raw” to Netflix in January 2025 for $5 Billion over 10 years. The moves indicates a monumental shift for not only WWE, but for online streaming platform Netflix as it starts to carry live sports. TKO Group Holdings Inc. filed a […]