Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry. 

This week, Jonathan Rest kicks off the podcast with key insights into how Apple TV will broadcast MLS in what remains of its deal, plus rejigged fees and match calendar, the next tender and winter weather.

Faaez Samadi brings fresh insight into sponsorship in tennis with an overview of the SportBusiness Sponsorship tennis data snapshot and the latest new deals.

We also take a look a look at the Müller v Son show headlining this weekend’s MLS Conference semi-finals, with a quick quiz on previous head-to-heads and results, industry news on Paramount Skydance’s WBD bid and the “burger curse” in Formula 1 sponsorship... 

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Host: Catherine Davies 

Contributors: Jonathan Rest, Faaez Samadi

Editor: Lumi Lehmuskallio

Sources: 

1. MLS closes Season Pass, shifts season schedule

2. MLS, Apple lift additional paywall for play-offs

3. Saudi funding boosts tennis tours, Davis Cup seeks title sponsor

4. Broad appeal, premium feel key to tennis sponsorship growth

5. Paramount swoops for UCL rights in UK, Germany 

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Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry. 

This week, Matthew Glendinning and Martin Ross join to discuss the importance of the DP World Tour’s title sponsorship renewal, alongside its new deal with AWS, plus Dubai’s links to the Tour.

Joseph Perry brings back fresh insight into the NFL’s Global Markets Program from Berlin where he attended the NFL International Series match.

Finally, Catherine Davies and Joseph analyse the outlook for LaLiga as it looks to extract maximum value from the domestic market for its pay-TV media rights – in competition with UC3 and its own ongoing Spanish auction.

We also reflect on the marketing gold of that “icicle” kick in a snowy Canadian Premier League final, a barking mad football fan banning order in Scotland, the upcoming Ashes and dancesport rights fees!

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Host: Catherine Davies

Contributors: Matthew Glendinning, Martin Ross, Joseph Perry

Editor: Lumi Lehmuskallio

Sources: 

1. DP World secures early European Tour extension

2. AWS adds DP World Tour to PGA Tour tie-up

3. Franchises, league call for patience as NFL hits Berlin

4. EXCLUSIVE: LaLiga goes early with domestic tender

5. El Clásico remains key as LaLiga brings forward domestic tender

6. Cricket Australia strikes stopgap Ashes deal as demand in UK stalls

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Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry.

This week, Ben Cronin and Jonathan Rest analyse Heineken’s sponsorship wins and losses as the Dutch brewer renews with Formula 1 and faces the end of its decades-long Uefa Champions League partnership.

Martin Ross joins Jon to parse the third-quarter financial results of TKO, parent company of UFC, WWE, IMG and hospitality giant On Location.

We also look at record Game 7 audiences from MLB’s World Series, Atlético Madrid’s Canadian franchise securing its place in a snowy CPL final and modern pentathlon piracy!

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Host: Catherine Davies

Contributors: Ben Cronin, Jonathan Rest, Martin Ross

Editor: Lumi Lehmuskallio

Sources:

1. Heineken boosted by F1 renewal ahead of expected UCL loss

2. AB InBev poised to land Uefa beer category deal

3. RFP beefs up partnerships unit as first sponsor nears

4. Seasonality prompts TKO’s third-quarter revenue drop

5. Blue Jays’ heartache pulls in huge Sportsnet ratings 

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Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry.

This week, Frank Dunne joins the podcast to discuss key points from SportBusiness’ latest in-depth industry report, Platform Wars: The Third Era of Private Equity Investment in Sport, which tackles the question: Is sport delivering the returns that investors expect?

Matthew Williams lends his insight into the NFL’s latest forays in the fashion industry, through sponsorship and licensing deals with popular brands Lululemon and Abercrombie & Fitch. And Maria Kholodova offers sharp analysis of the NBA’s landmark media rights deals which have had a knock-on effect on international rights sales.

Plus, a look ahead to Fubo’s upcoming financial results as Disney completes its acquisition, and a nod to record World Series ratings in Canada, where the Blue Jays are looking to win their first crown since 1993. 

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Host: Catherine Davies

Contributors: Frank Dunne, Matthew Williams, Maria Kholodova

Editor: Lumi Lehmuskallio

Sources: 

1. Platform Wars: The Third Era of Private Equity Investment in Sport

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2. Lululemon furthers sports ambitions with NFL

3. Abercrombie deal boosts NFL’s ‘fashion vertical’

4. Sky Italia bolsters NBA offering for new season

5. DAZN Spain adds to basketball rights with NBA

6. Fubo, Disney close Hulu+ Live TV merger 

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Welcome to Inside the Deal, the podcast which gets under the hood of the most interesting deals taking place in the global sports industry.

This week, Frank Dunne talks to Ben Cronin about the new sponsorship deals between basketball’s Euroleague and Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism, for the brands Etihad Airways and Experience Abu Dhabi.

Ben Cronin provides a detailed breakdown of the deals and explains why the Euroleague decided to move away from having a single title sponsor to having two presenting partners, the so-called ‘flat-top pyramid’ structure. He also explains why the Abu Dhabi brands eclipsed the league’s long-term title partner, Turkish Airlines.  

The pair discuss how the new deals fit into Euroleague’s overall sponsorship portfolio and why brands from the booming tourism and travel sector are attracted to the league.

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Host: Frank Dunne

Contributors: Ben Cronin

Editor: Lumi Lehmuskallio

Sources:

1. EuroLeague sponsorship restructure bears fruit | SportBusiness Sponsorship
2. Euroleague Basketball in five-year Middle East play | SportBusiness Sponsorship
3. Dubai BC hires M+C Saatchi for EuroLeague | SportBusiness Sponsorship
4. Less is more for EuroLeague as Visa joins portfolio | SportBusiness Sponsorship
5. Tourism sector provides growth for sport in post-Covid boom | SportBusiness Sponsorship
6. IMG retains Euroleague business to 2036 | SportBusiness Sponsorship

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Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry. 

This week, Martin Ross, Jonathan Rest and Joseph Perry join for a special Sportel round-up edition where we bring you the latest nuggets of news and intel we uncovered from the 2025 convention in Monaco. Topics from the shop floor include:

• Talking points about the UC3 / Relevent Football Partners’ media rights tenders for the Uefa Champions League.
• That match in Miami – LaLiga’s first overseas regular-season fixture on hold, for now?
• LaLiga domestic rights tender moved up to coincide with Champions League rights auction.
• Conmebol and AFC rights sales.
• Iris picks up Giro d’Italia media rights.
• The latest on Olympics rights sales in India and elsewhere.
• Ekstraklasa’s plans to stir up competition ahead of its domestic rights tender.
• L-Frame advertising introduced to the Champions League, Six Nations.
• The first-ever SportBusiness Sportel mini-awards: Best dressed, best recovery, best freebie and more! 

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Host: Catherine Davies 

Contributors: Martin Ross, Jonathan Rest, Joseph Perry

Editor: Lumi Lehmuskallio

Sources: 

1. Postcard from Monaco

2. UC3 needs new and old media worlds to combine to surpass growth targets

3. EXCLUSIVE: Iris lands Giro international rights

4. DAZN appoints Foxtel’s McCloy to replace Watson

5. UCL/Six Nations L-Frame story

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Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry.

This week, Ben Cronin and Faaez Samadi kick off with a look at some of the key deals featured in SportBusiness’ two-part extended data snapshot of this season’s Premier League team sponsorship portfolios.

We also provide an overview of our Global Media Report 2025 - hot off the press, while Martin Ross and Jonathan Rest discuss the 2030 Commonwealth Games heading to Ahmedabad, India’s chance to redeem its hosting reputation 20 years on from Delhi 2010.

We also look ahead to Sportel Monaco and hear about some heavyweight issues for sumo wrestling at the Royal Albert Hall. 

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Host: Catherine Davies

Contributors: Ben Cronin, Faaez Samadi, Imran Yusuf, Martin Ross, Jonathan Rest

Editor: Lumi Lehmuskallio

Sources: 

1. The Premier League team sponsorship market: Arsenal to Fulham

2. The Premier League team sponsorship market: Leeds to Wolves

3. The Global Media Report 2025

4. Commonwealth Games set for India return in 2030

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Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry.

This week, Martin Rest and Frank Dunne bring their usual incisive analysis – this time on the subject of DAZN’s 2024 accounts. We crunch the numbers and gaze into the future for the would-be ‘Spotify of sport’.

Martin then turns his eye to finances and commercial momentum swings in golf, in light of the news that the PGA Tour’s shortfall funding to the European Tour exceeded £21m last year and LIV Golf’s international arm lost $462m in 2024.

We also hear from Jonathan Rest, who’s spent the week speaking to industry heavyweights in New York and we take a light-hearted look at a Champions League wedding, an AI fail and where Bad Bunny is at next...

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Host: Catherine Davies

Contributors: Martin Ross, Frank Dunne, Jonathan Rest

Editor: Lumi Lehmuskallio

Sources:

1. EXCLUSIVE: DAZN posts $878m loss for 2024

2. DAZN faces dilemma after success of hybrid CWC commercial model

3. If Murdoch is smart to exit Foxtel, why is DAZN buying in?

4. PGA Tour’s European Tour shortfall sum hits £21.5m

5. The Global Golf Report 

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Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry.

This week, Ben Cronin and Jonathan Rest start the ball rolling with a dive into tourism board sponsorship – and soft politics – in sport as Visit Rwanda crosses the Atlantic for the first time to seal deals with the NBA’s Clippers and the NFL’s Rams.

Matthew Glendinning joins in to discuss betting company Betano’s push into sponsorship in football – and whether its 11th hour regional sponsorships for the Fifa Club World Cup was such a “lose-lose” deal after all, in light of record audiences across Latin America.

Looking ahead, we discuss what not to say live on air when you’re cross-promoting the upcoming season of your network’s multi-billion dollar rights deal, how sticker shock is taking hold as ticket prices for next year’s Fifa World Cup are revealed and the octogenarian seeking another term at the helm of an Olympic sport’s federation.

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Host: Catherine Davies

Contributors: Ben Cronin, Jonathan Rest, Matthew Glendinning

Editor: Lumi Lehmuskallio

Sources: 

1. Visit Rwanda enters US with Clippers, Rams 

2. DRC follows Rwanda visibility path with AC Milan and Monaco 

3. Betano achieved regional uplift from Club World Cup 

4. Sporting remains central to Betano’s Portugal plans 

5. Betano replaces Pixbet at Flamengo 

6. Why early NFL rights talks could ramp up team sales 

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Welcome to Inside the Deal, the podcast which gets under the hood of the most interesting deals taking place in the global sports industry.

This week, Frank Dunne, Imran Yusuf and Maria Kholodova look at the recent Disney+ deal for the rights to the Uefa Women’s Champions League and ask what it means for the relative strategies of the media company and the governing body, and look at whether the fresh round of UWCL deals confirm the upward trajectory of media rights values for women’s football.

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Host: Frank Dunne

Contributors: Imran Yusuf, Maria Kholodova

Editor: Lumi Lehmuskallio

Sources: 

1 UWCL takes big stride forward with bumper European deals | SportBusiness Media

2 UWCL to enjoy BBC exposure in core market | SportBusiness Media

3 Disney+, EBU land UWCL rights deals in Europe | SportBusiness Media

4 NWSL achieves huge uplift, though cash rights fee short of ’40x’ increase | SportBusiness Media

5 Women’s Euro value up in first standalone EBU deal | SportBusiness Media

6 US Women’s World Cup rights head to Netflix | SportBusiness

7 ITV, BBC to follow Lionesses at 2027 WWC | SportBusiness Media

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