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Thematic Analysis
FDI Trends in APAC (2025)
Overall, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region experienced significant growth in inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for 2024. This growth was primarily focused on sectors such as renewables, communications/media, and electronics, with the United States, United Kingdom, and France identified as major investors. In 2025, increasing trade barriers and geopolitical tensions are altering the landscape of APAC FDI. While protectionist measures and security-driven screening are redirecting some investments, such as semiconductors from Taiwan, towards the United States, resilient markets like India and...
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Analyst Opinions
Post Event Analysis - Women's Rugby World Cup 2025
An analysis of the recent 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup, including a look at its sponsorship portfolio, broadcasters, attendance and ticketing. The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup was the most watched Women’s Rugby Union tournament ever. ​A record peak audience of 5.8 million watched England’s victory over Canada in the final on Saturday, 27 September, across both TV and streaming.​ In France, commercial network TF1 drew 1.62 million for the final, while the third-place playoff between France and New Zealand...
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Analyst Opinions
Post Event Analysis - Ryder Cup 2025
An analysis of the recent 2025 Ryder Cup, including a look at its sponsorship portfolio, broadcasters, attendance and ticketing. In the UK, 5 million viewers in total watched the three-day event on Sky Sports. Key broadcasters for the 2025 Ryder Cup included Sky, BBC Sport, and NBC.​ NBC have retained broadcast rights of the Ryder Cup in the US since 1991.​ The tournament showed contrasting TV viewership on either side of the Atlantic; In the US, the final round bought...
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Case Studies
Post Event Analysis: La Vuelta 2025
An analysis of the recent 2025 La Vuelta, including a look at its sponsorship portfolio, broadcasters, attendance and ticketing. WBD, the pay-TV broadcaster, acquired the rights in Europe to cycling’s La Vuelta. Eurosport’s deal to broadcast the race in Europe also covers the Ceratizit Madrid Challenge, La Volta Catalunya, La Clasica San Sebastian and La Clasica San Sebastian Women races. The deal is worth an estimated $1.9 million annually. In Australia, SBS, the public-service broadcasters, acquired the rights to broadcast...
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Product Insights
The Business of the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A 2025
The "Business of the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A 2025-26" report is part of the GlobalData's 'Business of' series of sport competition profiles. The report takes a deep dive into the highest division of Brazilian soccer, and one of the biggest in South America. The report explores the biggest rights across the league, specifically looking at the main media and sponsorship rights attached, as well the biggest sponsorship rights and annual values of the 20 competing teams. The report also looks...
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Product Insights
The Business of La Liga 2025/26
Report Value Proposition – Why This Matters for You La Liga continues to strengthen its position as one of the world's most valuable football competitions through expanding media rights, premium sponsorship agreements, growing international audiences, and strong club-level commercial strategies. As competition intensifies across global sports markets, understanding the league's evolving business ecosystem has become essential for rights holders, brands, broadcasters, and investors. This report provides a comprehensive analysis of La Liga's commercial performance during the 2025/26 season, combining league-wide...
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Product Insights
The Business of the Premier League 2025-26
The "Business of the Premier League 2025-26" report is part of the GlobalData's 'Business of' series of sport competition profiles. The report takes a deep dive into the highest division of English soccer, a league regarded as the best in the world. The report explores the biggest rights across the league, specifically looking at the main media and sponsorship rights attached, as well the biggest sponsorship rights and annual values of the 20 competing teams. The report also looks at...
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Product Insights
The Business of the Serie A 2025-26
The "Business of Serie A 2025-26" report is part of the GlobalData's 'Business of' series of sport competition profiles. The report takes a deep dive into the highest division of Italian soccer, one of the 'big five' leagues in European soccer. The report explores the biggest rights across the league, specifically looking at the main media and sponsorship rights attached, as well the biggest sponsorship rights and annual values of the 20 competing teams. The report also looks at market...
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Case Studies
Post Event Analysis: Tour de France 2024
An analysis of the recent 2024 Tour de France , including a look at its sponsorship portfolio, broadcasters, attendance and ticketing. The estimated media revenue for the 2024 Tour de France was $23.85 million. The largest media deal in terms of annual value for the 2024 Tour de France was with Eurosport. In Australia, more than 7.7 million viewers tuned in on SBS. Over 57 million hours of Tour de France coverage was consumed across SBS TV and SBS On...
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Sector Analysis
Gambling and Betting Americas Sector Landscape 2025
A complete overview of the gambling & betting sector Americas sector. The report includes market insight and sector and brand analysis. Soccer leads in attracting sponsorship revenue from the gambling & betting sector across the Americas, generating an annual sum of $341.58 million. • GlobalData estimates there are 28 separate agreements in place worth over $4 million or more per year between gambling & betting companies and soccer products. • Basketball holds second position in terms of deal volume and...
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