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Germany

WWE will broadcast its pay-per-view events in Germany exclusively on its OTT platform, WWE Network, in the 2020-23 rights cycle.
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Italy

Pay-television operator Sky Italia has dropped the wrestling entertainment series WWE after broadcasting it for 18 years. The decision follows similar choices by Sky’s divisions in the UK and Germany.
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Indian Subcontinent

World Wrestling Entertainment’s media-rights income from the Indian subcontinent has increased about 80 per cent in a deal being finalised with pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks, SportBusiness Media understands.
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United Kingdom

Channel 5’s free-to-air highlights deal with World Wrestling Entertainment will run for the same four-year period as WWE’s primary UK broadcast contract with BT Sport, SportBusiness Media understands.
Wrestling
United Kingdom

Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport took advantage of Sky’s long-running concerns over wrestling body WWE’s OTT service to grab WWE rights in the UK and Ireland from its rival at a steep discount, SportBusiness Media understands.

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USA

World Wrestling Entertainment showed surprising buoyancy in its first-quarter 2020 earnings, showing solid earnings and revenue growth despite issues early this year with executive departures and digital…
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Germany

Wrestling entertainment series WWE has secured a new pay-television rights deal with international streaming service DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Wrestling
Germany

Commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has agreed a multi-year deal to renew its free-to-air rights in Germany to the wrestling entertainment series WWE
Wrestling
USA

Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has finalised an extension and expansion to its rights deal in the Indian subcontinent with US-based wrestling organisation WWE, securing exclusive access…

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Wrestling
Malaysia

WWE’s value in Malaysia has stayed flat in a new deal with pay-television broadcaster Astro.

Wrestling
India

The New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion secured broadcast coverage in India for the first time via a deal with pay-television broadcaster DSport.

Wrestling
Sub-Saharan Africa

World Wrestling Entertainment has continued its transition into a pay-television property outside the US, moving away from free-to-air to sign a four-year deal with SuperSport in sub-Saharan Africa

Wrestling
China

WWE’s exclusive distribution deal with Chinese digital operator PPTV marks a step change in the wrestling promotion’s approach to the Chinese market.

Wrestling
China

Interview with George Barrios, WWE’s chief strategy and financial officer, on the promotion’s media-rights deal with digital operator PPTV in China.

Australian Rules Football

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Cricket

Media rights clips from August 27 to September 9

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Media rights clips from June 11 to 24

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Media rights clips from May 28 to June 10

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Media rights clips from March 26 to April 15

Wrestling
India

Indian pay-television channel Sony Six’s decision to extend its deal for TNA Wrestling last month is a strategic buy for a property the channel believes it can develop.

Athletics

Media rights clips From March 12 to 25

American Football

Media rights clips from February 26 to March 11

American Football

Media rights clips from November 13 to 26

Wrestling
Indian Subcontinent

WWE’s five-year extension of its partnership with pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports has made the Indian subcontinent the most valuable media rights market outside the US for the wrestling series.

American Football

Media rights clips from September 18 to October 1

American Football

Media rights clips from September 4 to 17

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Media rights clips from July 24 to August 20