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Netflix is looking to get off the bench and into the live sports game. Over the past few months, the streamer has been quietly looking into acquiring the rights to a number of leagues and events, Deadline can confirm. In particular, deals were under discussion for several tennis tours as well as a…

Formula 1 races will continue on ESPN Networks in the United States through the 2025 season. A new multi-year contract renewal was announced in Austin at the second of two US stops for F1 during the 2022 season. Under the renewal, at least 16 races will air on ABC and ESPN each season, more…

EXCLUSIVE: Bernie Ecclestone has slammed Formula 1 documentaries currently on the market and said audiences will prefer the “reality” of his upcoming series Lucky!, which Deadline can reveal has added a trio of broadcast and streaming partners. DAZN, Discovery+ and Star+/ESPN Latin America have boarded the…

U.S. media rights to Liberty Media’s rising auto racing circuit Formula 1 have reportedly been renewed by ESPN through 2025 after the Disney-owned sports operation outmaneuvered Netflix and other tech suitors. The pact is worth in the area of $75 million to $90 million a year, according to Sports Business Journal…

Formula 1 is back on familiar turf this weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix, a glamour-wrapped race that has been a fixture since 1929. While many of the track contours and Côte d’Azur vistas are little changed, the auto racing circuit itself has a decidedly revamped look. Earlier this month, it made a splashy debut in…

Apple TV+ has landed the rights to a new feature documentary about the groundbreaking life and career of seven-time Formula 1 World Champion, Sir Lewis Hamilton, who has broken both records and barriers to become one of the greatest Formula One drivers in history. The documentary will feature full access to Hamilton…

EXCLUSIVE: A feature doc on one of Formula 1’s most dramatic moments, the row between Ferrari drivers Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi, is the first project to emerge from Finding Jack Charlton producer Noah Media and Sky Studios’ multi-year partnership, with F1 driver Mark Webber set to exec produce. Villeneuve & P…

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said the company is more committed to “sports-adjacent” programming than acquiring live rights. The company has expanded its portfolio of documentaries and series about high-profile athletes and sports. Successful examples include Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance (which Netflix…

Sony Pictures Television has finalized a deal to take a minority stake in The Whisper Group, a sports production company that makes live coverage of Formula 1 racing for British broadcaster Channel 4. Sony will effectively replace Channel 4 as Whisper’s minority investor after the broadcaster first backed the company…

Sky and Channel 4 have cemented and extended their unusual content partnership in the UK. In September 2018, the two broadcasters agreed a groundbreaking deal under which Channel 4 got access to Sky original Tin Star and rights to motor racing sport Formula 1. In return, Comcast’s Sky was able to carry Channel 4 box…

Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey acknowledged the racing circuit’s digital efforts have been less spectacular than the sport’s technologically advanced vehicles. The OTT service rolled out by Liberty Media-controlled F1 has been beset by “more glitches than we hoped for,” Carey conceded during an appearance at Vanity Fair‘s…

Liberty Media, the company controlled by billionaire John Malone whose holdings include the satellite radio company SiriusXM, the Atlanta Braves baseball team and the Formula 1 racing circuit, reported revenue and earnings gains in it first quarter. The company reported earnings of $131 million, compared with a loss…