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Dorna prioritises exposure over rights fee in NBC deal
Formula One closes North American rights cycle with Canadian fee rise
ESPN continues football spending spree with Copa del Rey acquisition
Uefa benefits from US digital battle as club competition values soar
Bundesliga agrees big fee rise in US with ESPN, but takes exposure gamble
ESPN ‘seeks free broadcast rights’ to Korean baseball
Fox Sports asks top talent to take temporary pay cuts
WWE shows surprising strength in latest earnings
NBC to broadcast inaugural virtual Kentucky Derby
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BeIN’s embattled US operation pays premium to secure marquee LaLiga rights
Tour de France OTT play in Canada may pave way for more fully-exclusive deals
Ryan Fenton, director of global rights acquisitions and partnerships at FloSports
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Lucy Rutishauser, Sinclair Broadcast Group chief financial officer
CBC deal provides visibility and credibility for inaugural Canadian Premier League season
Chris Benyarko, NBA senior vice-president of direct to consumer
Football incubator project gives Mediapro calling card to lucrative Canadian market
US sports media market will be worth $22.42bn in 2019 according to latest SportBusiness Global Media Report
DC United leverages twin impact of Audi Field and ‘Rooney effect’ into new deals
Hutton: Facebook spending on rights will remain highly targeted
US boxing landscape transformed by new deals, but broadcasters more cautious than advertised
ESPN doubles down on football to bolster ESPN+ offering
DAZN buys Bellator and WBSS rights but retains flexibility
DAZN has agreed two more combat sports deals since its joint venture with Matchroom Boxing, but all three deals contain clauses that would allow the Perform-owned streaming platform to quickly shift its content strategy
Free-to-air Telemundo deal will help with Copa sponsorship sales
Telemundo’s deal for Spanish-language rights to the 2019 Copa América ensures most matches will be shown free-to-air in the US – a key consideration for MP & Silva and Conmebol ahead of sponsorship sales around the tournament
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SportBusiness International spoke to leaders representing Europe's top three courses about how they are staying ahead of their rivals from across the continent.
ESPN takes UFC exclusively as Fox opts for WWE rights instead
Doubling up with ESPN will earn the Ultimate Fighting Championship $300m (€258m) per year from media-rights sales from 2019 to 2023 – a good result given the absence of aggressive bidding from incumbent Fox.
Uefa earns modest increase for club competitions in Canada
Uefa has earned a decent increase in the value of its club competition rights in Canada via a deal with Perform-owned streaming platform DAZN.