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Streaming surpassed cable and over-the-air viewership in the United States last month for the first time, equating to almost half of all media broadcast through television.

Australian media group Nine Entertainment has bucked the wider media trend of separating assets by announcing plans to bring together its broadcast and streaming divisions

Fox Corp has acquired Mexican sports streamer Caliente TV in a move that sees the US broadcaster double down on its commitment to the country, where it is engulfed in a legal battle with former business partner Grupo Lauman.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has renewed its rights to Wimbledon until 2030 and basketball’s Euroleague until 2027-28.

Netflix has made its first move into channel aggregation in a landmark agreement with TF1 to stream the French commercial broadcaster’s linear channels and on-demand content.

Greek commercial broadcaster Alpha TV is soon to be half-owned by United Media group in a consolidation of market power.

Dentsu has announced a significant expansion of its global sports and entertainment operations, with Yoshinobu Ise stepping in as new global head.

DAZN has entered the Greek market through a multi-year deal with the Antenna Group that starts with both media companies showing the Fifa Club World Cup, which begins tomorrow (Saturday).

New Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) president Ingmar De Vos has reiterated his predecessor’s call for a greater share of Olympic revenues after a figure of $590.1

Stats Perform has reacted to recent high-profile departures by recruiting Miles Watson from River Media Partners as vice-president of rights.

Warner Bros. Discovery has announced plans to split the company into two publicly-traded entities, separating its streaming and legacy media businesses

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has opted to alleviate some of the costs associated with acquiring rights to this year’s Uefa Women’s Euro and Women’s Rugby World Cup in a sublicensing deal with France Télévisions.

The BBC has begun testing low latency live streaming that it hopes will cut delays to between eight and ten seconds, a trial that will be keenly followed by the wider industry.

DAZN and FuboTV are to distribute their owned-and-operated linear channels on each other's platforms in the US, as part of a multi-year deal unveiled today (Tuesday)

Honda has been announced as the third ‘founding partner’ of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics and Paralympic Games in a deal that was facilitated by Toyota’s exit as a Worldwide Olympic Partner.

M&C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment has agreed a deal to acquire Middle East-based sports and entertainment agency Dune 23.

US-based sports marketing agency Elevate has expanded its operations to the Middle East through its acquisition of independent sports marketing consultancy Rise Group.

TGI Sport has struck yet another acquisition in the sports marketing and LED advertising space in a deal to buy Sporteo Int Sportmanagement, the Liechtenstein-based agency.