The SportBusiness Podcast

Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry.  This week, we look at the decision to snub riches elsewhere and keep snooker’s World Championships at The Crucible and what the deal means for the sport.Jonathan Rest is back from Toronto, where he spoke to industry leaders about Rogers and its MLSE stake, the C$11bn NHL rights deal, big tech and the CRTC’s OneSoccer v Rogers ruling.We report from Sportel Singapore, as Joseph Perry offer insights into the latest media rights sector developments, and Ben Cronin weighs in from Spain on LaLiga’s Jornadas de Clubes. Plus, flying discs and the World Paint Drying Championships.You can subscribe to The SportBusiness Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube.Enter SBPODCAST30 at checkout for monthly and annual SportBusiness.com subscriptions for a 30-per-cent discount here. Host: Catherine Davies Contributors: Jonathan Rest, Martin Ross, Joseph Perry, Ben CroninEditor: Lumi Lehmuskallio  Sources: 1. Rogers ‘to shell out’ $7.7bn for NHL renewal2. EXCLUSIVE: CSME ‘open for business’ to investors3. Snooker Worlds remain at Crucible for the long term4. Regulator backs OneSoccer in Rogers carriage row5. Serie A, LaLiga exploring overseas match options6. AFC halts bidding for 2031, 2035 Asian Cups7. EXCLUSIVE: WFDF targets World Frisbee rebrand 

Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry. This week, Matthew Williams and Faaez Samadi join Catherine Davies to discuss the latest sponsorship trends in the Indian Premier League as the curtain rises on the latest iteration.Jonathan Rest looks at why IPL franchises are attracting billion-dollar bids and what this means for cricket’s future as a business. Lalit Modi, the league’s founder, also weighs in with his take on the next media rights cycle.Plus, we look ahead to what’s next for the US major leagues with on-the-ground observations from New York, and is latency killing the streaming star?You can subscribe to The SportBusiness Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube.Enter SBPODCAST30 at checkout for monthly and annual SportBusiness.com subscriptions for a 30-per-cent discount here.Host: Catherine Davies Contributors: Matthew Williams, Faaez Samadi, Jonathan Rest, Lalit ModiEditor: Lumi Lehmuskallio Sources: 1. Cricket the battleground in India’s AI arms race2. Gemini’s IPL deal follows ChatGPT’s WPL tie-up3. India leads the way as T20 nations split on shirt sponsorship strategy4. Sunrisers, Super Giants replace Dream11 on shirts5. Investors circle rare deals for IPL team stakes6. JioStar hits record revenues in first quarter7. BBC trial aims to shrink streaming latency8. Sky extends, expands Masters coverage 

Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry.  This week, Martin Ross and Joseph Perry join Catherine Davies to discuss the implications of the Premier League’s D2C launch in Singapore. Why now, what next and how do other major European leagues compare in the streaming space?Then, Martin and Joseph take a look at fiscal challenges for Europe’s public-service broadcast sector in the big tech era – in light of a decision by voters in Switzerland not to reduce their TV license fee payments.Plus, a lookahead to Sportel Singapore, mixed viewing figures for F1’s Drive to Survive and the winter Paralympics opening ceremony, as well as a novel sponsorship activation touching down in the Paulista state league final.You can subscribe to The SportBusiness Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube.Enter SBPODCAST30 at checkout for monthly and annual SportBusiness.com subscriptions for a 30-per-cent discount here. Host: Catherine Davies Contributors: Martin Ross, Joseph PerryEditor: Lumi Lehmuskallio Sources: 1. EPL makes long-studied Singapore D2C move2. EPL to have Olympia HQ for in-house production3. European leagues stumble towards D2C as market hardens4. SRG SSR delivered crucial licence fee backing5. Swiss sports bodies oppose TV licence fee cut6. Winter Paralympics: Rai ratings solid, RTVE meagre 

This month Inside the Deal tackles one of the biggest deals in the industry for years: the Paramount Skydance deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery.  The deal brings together two giants of the global media industry.  The podcast looks at the merger through a very specific lens: what it means for the sports media rights in Europe.  This involves assessing the combined sports rights portfolio of the two companies, and where that positions the new merged entity in the battle to be a dominant provider of sport globally. It looks in detail at Paramount’s recent surprise move on the rights in the UK and Germany to Uefa’s club competitions. And it examines potential targets for Paramount-WBD in the coming years, with a particular focus on the next domestic rights auctions of England’s Premier League and Germany’s Bundesliga. Frank Dunne, Editor-at-Large of SportBusiness, discusses these topics with Joseph Perry, Editor of SportBusiness Media, and Jonathan Rest, Chief Correspondent of SportBusiness.  You can subscribe to Inside the Deal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. Enter SBPODCAST30 at checkout for monthly and annual SportBusiness.com subscriptions for a 30-per-cent discount here. Host: Frank Dunne   Contributors: Joseph Perry, Jonathan Rest  Editor: Lumi Lehmuskallio  Sources:1 Battle for WBD reignites as Paramount talks resume | SportBusiness 2 WBD in line for full Paramount takeover | SportBusiness 3 WBD board, again, rejects ‘inferior’ Paramount bid | SportBusiness 4 Paramount ‘confident’ in NFL, UFC relationships | SportBusiness 5 WBD board rebuffs Paramount Skydance’s offer | SportBusiness 6 Paramount sues WBD amid takeover battle | SportBusiness Media 7 Big Five rise lays down marker for new Uefa era | SportBusiness Media 8 Paramount makes 10-figure bet on UCL breakthrough | SportBusiness Media 9 UFC on TNT? Paramount takeover creates flexibility | SportBusiness Media 10 Skydance inks protracted Paramount takeover | SportBusiness Media 

Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry.This week, Matthew Glendinning joins Catherine Davies to hone in on Chelsea’s third front-of-shirt sponsorship deal in as many years and why its leading shirt asset has been so hard to shift.Then Martin Ross looks at LaLiga and Serie A international media rights sales as league executives descend on the FT Business of Football Summit in London.We also shine a spotlight on the padel craze hitting Scotland, Olympic TV audiences in Canada and a Sunset+Vine production deal with a long tail. You can subscribe to The SportBusiness Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube.Enter SBPODCAST30 at checkout for monthly and annual SportBusiness.com subscriptions for a 30-per-cent discount here.Host: Catherine DaviesContributors: Matthew Glendinning, Martin RossEditor: Lumi LehmuskallioSources: 1. Chelsea signs IFS in latest short-term shirt deal 2. EPL clubs face more betting sponsor curbs 3. FPT sleeve deal kickstarts Chelsea’s on-kit sales 4. LaLiga invites media rights bids across the Nordics 5. Peak makes key APAC hire with Amazon’s Edelston 6. Bundesliga return for Fox in Mexico, Central America 

Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry.  This week, Martin Ross joins Catherine Davies to discuss Iris’ grab of in-flight and in-ship rights to the Olympics and what it means for a sector long dominated by IMG’s Sport 24 channels but now being disrupted by new tech.Matthew Glendinning digs deep into a proposal put to English Premier League clubs to adopt a central sponsorship model for perimeter advertising sales – and whether they could rival the Uefa Champions League for revenues from the sector.Plus, Olympic ice hockey audiences, and politicians going big on pay TV subscriptions in the halls of power.You can subscribe to The SportBusiness Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube.Enter SBPODCAST30 at checkout for monthly and annual SportBusiness.com subscriptions for a 30-per-cent discount here. Host: Catherine Davies Contributors: Martin Ross, Matthew GlendinningEditor: Lumi Lehmuskallio Sources: 1. Iris enters in-flight, in-ship space with Olympics deal2. Formula 1 returns to IMG’s Sport 24 in three-year deal3. IMG doubles down on Sport 24 business in long-term Panasonic deal4. EPL clubs mull central sponsorship proposal5. Uefa club competition revenue hits €4.4bn6. Uefa women’s football close to €100m sponsorship mark7. Voumard: TOP sponsor negotiations in good place

Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry. This week, Martin Ross and Jonathan Rest join Catherine Davies to break down the latest developments, departures and disclosures at Mediapro, the Spain-based global sports media rights and production agency.Ben Cronin provides an analysis of the Chinese EV industry’s rising influence in the sports sponsorship sector, in the week that Manchester City became BYD’s latest sponsorship interest.Also, a look at TOP sponsor branding and activations at the Milano-Cortina winter Olympics, and a broadside against ‘billion-strong’ audiences for sports events on TV.You can subscribe to The SportBusiness Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube.Enter SBPODCAST30 at checkout for monthly and annual SportBusiness.com subscriptions for a 30-per-cent discount here.Host: Catherine Davies Contributors: Martin Ross, Jonathan Rest, Ben CroninEditor: Lumi Lehmuskallio Sources: 1. NVP lays down local challenge to Mediapro2.  Heidenreich exit continues Mediapro exodus3. EXCLUSIVE: Seibert bows out in latest Mediapro exit4. Chinese EV brands search for affinity, creating big opportunity for sport5. BYD enters EPL with Man City training kit deal6. BYD joins Commonwealth Games sponsor line-up7. TCL sets out on premiumization trail at Milan Cortina 

Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry.  This week, Martin Ross and Jonathan Rest join Catherine Davies to discuss Milan-Cortina 2026 - the TOP sponsor drop-off, media rights sales, OBS broadcast tech and the winter Olympics future in 2030 and beyond.Ben Cronin and Joseph Perry send in their SpoBis insights from a snowy Hamburg, plus LIV Golf changes, the coldest-ever North American football match and how to streamline your ski suit.You can subscribe to The SportBusiness Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube.  You can subscribe to The SportBusiness Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube.Enter SBPODCAST30 at checkout for monthly and annual SportBusiness.com subscriptions for a 30-per-cent discount here. Host: Catherine Davies Contributors: Martin Ross, Jonathan Rest, Ben Cronin, Joseph PerryEditor: Lumi Lehmuskallio  Sources: 1. TCL sets out on premiumization trail at Milan Cortina2. EBU-Warner Bros. Discovery alliance lands Olympic rights in Europe to 20323. Winter sports want IOC over programme tweaks4. IOC weighs up January winter Olympics amid climate change5. OBS ups AI usage for Milan-Cortina 20266. Hyrox not ready for media rights deals, says CMO