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The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has no plans to commercialise its betting rights at this stage after analysis performed by Sportradar did not uncover sufficient appetite among bookmakers

Lega Serie A has taken Stats Perform to court over its abrupt withdrawal from a lucrative betting rights agreement

Professional footballers will be able to be financially remunerated for the capture of their data, after global players' union Fifpro struck a deal with Sports Data Labs (SDL).

Major League Baseball has taken an equity stake in Sportradar as part of their new eight-year agreement, which has finally been signed off, more than a year after the two parties entered early renewal discussions.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has agreed an overarching digital content management deal with ScorePlay that it hopes will set a new industry standard across the sport

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has gone to market with an array of production, media distribution, betting and sponsorship rights to its cycle of ‘Pathway’ events between 2025 and 2027.

Engage Digital Partners, the UK-based sports marketing agency whose clients include the International Cricket Council and Real Madrid, has been acquired by digital media business Brave Bison

Hudl has announced a multi-year agreement with Football DataCo for the scouting rights to a raft of English club competitions as it seeks to build on a number of recent deals in Europe.

The Infront agency has teamed up with Genius Sports on its tracking technology to provide Ligue 1 international broadcasters and bookmaker clients with an improved product.

Stats Perform is attempting to suddenly withdraw from its agreement for betting rights to Italy's Serie A, shocking staff on both sides of the deal.

Two Circles is targeting further US growth after taking on investment from Otro Capital, the New York-based sports private equity firm, and David Blitzer, the American billionaire and multiple sports team owner.

Genius Sports has struck a new data insights deal with one of its main broadcaster clients in a long-term extension with US sports broadcaster ESPN

Sports rights costs continued to climb in the second quarter for Sportradar, but the ATP and NBA investments are paying dividends, according to the group, as it consolidated its market position.

Genius Sports’ second-quarter net loss has widened year over year to $21.8m (€20m) as the group says it will only target profitable betting rights acquisitions, having already sewn up English Premier League and NFL contracts to nearly the end of the decade.

Germany’s 2. Basketball Bundesliga has amassed a betting rights package of at least 720 matches per season in a request for proposal (RFP) process that also includes the global broadcast rights, SportBusiness understands.

The embattled IMG Arena has doubled down on cricket, striking an exclusive betting rights deal with Cricket South Africa in a rare piece of announced new business since the merger with the Endeavor-owned OpenBet.