Stats Perform adds darts and esports to Watch&Bet streaming
Sports data and technology company Stats Perform has secured additional content for the Watch&Bet streaming service that it offers to bookmakers worldwide
ATP Media revenues up 15 per cent after key European broadcast deals
Revenues at ATP Media, the ATP Tour’s international media rights sales and broadcast production arm, reached $139.5m (€128.6m) in 2019 thanks, in part, to new broadcast deals in France, Spain and the UK.
Altice suspends TV rights payments to Portuguese clubs
Altice, the telecoms operator, has warned that it is suspending its rights fee payments to clubs from Portuguese football’s top two divisions amidst the ongoing postponement of professional football i…
BNP Paribas Fortis ‘ends Anderlecht shirt deal’ in sports rethink
Financial services company BNP Paribas Fortis is to end its shirt sponsorship deal with Belgian club Anderlecht a year early, it has been reported
Israel to host its first-ever World Championships in gymnastics
Israel is to host its first-ever World Championships in any gymnastics discipline after being chosen to stage the 2024 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships
Sunset+Vine furloughs 100 staff, adapts production set-up in face of Covid-19
UK-based sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has furloughed around 77 per cent of its full-time workforce at it seeks to shield the business from the impact of the Covid-19 shutdown
Canal Plus and beIN reach payment accord over Ligue 1 and 2 matches already played
Canal Plus and beIN Sports, the pay-television broadcasters, have reached an agreement with France’s Professional Football League (LFP) over the payment for rights to Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches already p…
World Archery’s remote ‘Lockdown Knockout’ to be live-streamed
World Archery has unveiled details of its new “Lockdown Knockout” tournament involving eight archers taking part from remote locations and sending video streams from their smartphone, tablet or laptop.
Postponements become cancellations as EHF protects new TV deal and calendar
The European Handball Federation has today (Friday) cancelled various matches and events because of the ongoing Covid-19 shutdown, but has retained in the calendar the showpiece Final4 climax to the men’s a…
Proximus echoes Telenet calls for Pro League refund, ends club sponsorships
Proximus has joined fellow Belgian telecoms operator Telenet in calling for a repayment of a tranche of its broadcast rights fee if the country’s Pro League season is not completed.