Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery has registered a narrow loss in the first quarter, with total revenues down to $8.98bn (€7.95bn) compared to $9.96bn this time last year.

The men’s March Madness championship game averaged 18.1 million viewers on CBS, the highest rating for the final since 2019. 

English-language coverage of the Fifa Club World Cup in the United States later this year will be available on Warner Bros. Discovery networks following a sublicensing deal with DAZN.

Warner Bros. Discovery has underlined its position as the home of winter sports in Europe, striking a deal to showcase Shaun White's new Snow League, while extending Finnish ice hockey rights, a rare Nordics retention.

The Swedish government has launched an investigation into illegal streaming and piracy, targeting Swedish football viewership in particular. 

CAA Sports has announced the appointment of Lucy Englander, the former commercial director for Saracens, and one-time Eurosport and Discovery executive Jonathan Davies to its property sales and executive search divisions respectively.

Jannik Sinner’s Australian Open win on Sunday drew record audiences in Italy across Warner Bros. Discovery's channels.

WBD has struck a digital rights deal for its Bleacher Report website and House of Highlights social media brand that brings NFL footage back onto the network

Venu Sports, the highly-anticipated joint venture streaming service between Warner Bros. Discovery, ESPN and Fox, has been scrapped without ever going live.

The PGA Tour will be shown on Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max streaming service in Spain this year, ending six years of sublicensing to Movistar Plus.

Sky has extended and expanded its licensing deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, indicating the latter's Max OTT platform will not offer all-out competition to the UK pay-television operator when it launches in the territory in early 2026.

ServusTV will continue to sublicense media rights for tennis's Australian Open and French Open in Austria from WBD for the next two years.

SailGP has announced new, or extended, broadcast rights deals across Australia, Brazil, Germany and New Zealand ahead of a 2025 season which it expects to provide “significant further growth” in terms of its audience reach.

Warner Bros. Discovery has settled its lawsuit against the National Basketball Association, bringing an end to the legal saga spurred by the league’s new domestic broadcast deals.

Warner Bros. Discovery has registered a $135m net profit in Q3, despite total revenues falling four per cent, aided by a record growth in DTC subscribers amid the Olympic Games

The European Broadcasting Union's new Tour de France deal will continue to ensure free-to-air coverage in 13 countries, but Warner Bros. Discovery is set to enjoy UK exclusivity as long-running coverage by EBU member ITV comes to an end.