Warner Bros. Discovery

Speaking on the back of Warner Bros. Discovery's latest financial results, CEO David Zaslav claims to be "hopeful" that it will retain NBA domestic rights in a deal "that makes sense for both sides" with the broadcaster holding a matching right clause.

FuboTV, DirecTV and Dish Network are among a group of eight media entities in the United States that have urged Congress to conduct a hearing into the sports streaming joint venture proposed by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery.

England’s Football Association is understood to have secured an important uplift for domestic FA Cup rights in its new deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, but has sacrificed exposure for income at a time when finances are more important than ever to the governing body.

MotoGP’s FTA rights fee in Spain has decreased, while its deal with WBD in the US is only for one year as new owner Liberty Media plans F1-style growth in the Americas.

WWE’s one-year extension in the UK with TNT Sports kept both sides happy as the promotion prepares for a near-global media rights deal with Netflix.

The new joint venture streaming service of ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery today (Friday) named Pete Distad, the experienced media, sports and technology executive, as its chief executive.

Pay-television broadcaster TNT Sports secured rights in the UK and Ireland to all India home matches from January 2024 to March 2028 after facing minimal competition for the rights.

The BBC has reached a preliminary agreement with TNT Sports for sublicensed free-to-air rights to the FA Cup from 2025-26 to 2028-29.

Warner Bros. Discovery's impending new sports streaming service with ESPN and Fox will put the power back in the consumer's hand, but will have little to no impact on the trio's cable subscriber numbers, WBD chief executive David Zaslav has declared.

Fubo is suing Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery over their recently announced joint venture sports streaming platform, calling the move an "extreme suppression of competition in the US sports-focused streaming market", according to a copy of the lawsuit.

The United States Justice Department (DOJ) is planning to scrutinise the new sports streaming service that Disney's ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery plan to launch later this year over potential antitrust breaches.

The streaming platform that Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery will jointly launch later this year is, experts say, effectively a part-migration of the bundle from cable to streaming.

The National Basketball Association’s next round of domestic rights deals seems certain to look very different to those of the last two decades, as streaming technology and changing user behaviour drive change in the US media market at an unprecedented pace.