What the Women’s Champions League deal says about Disney and non-US sport

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.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: Frank DunneContributors: Imran Yusuf, Maria KholodovaEditor: Lumi LehmuskallioSources: 1 UWCL takes big stride forward with bumper European deals | SportBusiness Media2 UWCL to enjoy BBC exposure in core market | SportBusiness Media3 Disney+, EBU land UWCL rights deals in Europe | SportBusiness Media4 NWSL achieves huge uplift, though cash rights fee short of ’40x’ increase | SportBusiness Media5 Women’s Euro value up in first standalone EBU deal | SportBusiness Media6 US Women’s World Cup rights head to Netflix | SportBusiness7 ITV, BBC to follow Lionesses at 2027 WWC | SportBusiness Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.