How to Use sublicense in a Sentence

sublicense

verb
  • Content and other revenue rose 4% on higher sports sublicensing revenue.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Mattel had agreed to sublicense the Bild Lilli patent for just $2,000 a year—a fraction of what Barbie made in a month.
    Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The previous sublicensing deal involved the CBC not receiving any ad revenue from broadcasts, but also not having to pay for the rights to the broadcasts.
    Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
  • Explicitly authorized to do with your data, including model training, sublicensing and downstream resale.
    Matthew Sole, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • In 2024, Turner cut a deal with ESPN to sublicense early round College Football Playoff games.
    Alex Sherman, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Broadcast flagship Univision has also sublicensed Spanish-language rights to Super Bowl LXI next February in a deal with Disney.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 12 May 2026
  • The company said about $90 million of that gain came from sublicensing World Cup rights in other Latin American countries, as well as the expansion of the premium tier of streaming flagship Vix and higher linear distribution revenue.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 July 2026
  • Under a sublicensing agreement with ESPN, the CW airs 13 Atlantic Coast Conference football games each year, but the network often airs games that ESPN would rather not broadcast.
    Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The sublicensing arrangement with Canadian telecom and media giant Rogers Communications will put 26 regular season games in English and French on Prime in Canada, starting on September 30.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 28 July 2026
  • Approximately $90 million in revenue came from sublicensing the company’s FIFA World Cup rights to media properties in other Spanish-speaking Latin American countries.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 July 2026
  • As part of a sublicensing deal with Rogers, CBC continued to air the English-language broadcast of Hockey Night in Canada and Stanley Cup playoffs to ensure the NHL games reached the widest possible number of Canadians.
    Brooks Decillia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 May 2026
  • For the first time since inking a five-year pact (2024-28) to sublicense a slate of College Football Playoff games from ESPN, TNT Sports has been given the green light to sell the advertising inventory in and around those telecasts, according to a source involved with the deal.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026

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