Tebas: We’d want fan data from Amazon in any LaLiga rights deal
Javier Tebas, the president of LaLiga, has underlined the need for online retail giant Amazon and other major streaming platforms to provide consumer data details as part of any rights agreement
IMG’s Wood lands Amazon sports role in Europe
Online retail giant Amazon has recruited Tim Wood, a long-serving executive at the IMG agency, as its head of business affairs, sport at Prime Video Europe
Uruguayan Football Federation ‘receives two bids’ for domestic rights
The Uruguayan Football Federation (AUF) has received two bids for the domestic broadcast rights to its national team’s qualifying games for the 2022 World Cup, according to media reports in the country.
Strich joins Hoffenheim as DFB recruits DFL’s Blask to head commercial operations
Denni Strich, the former commercial director at the German Football Federation (DFB), is to take up a position with Bundesliga side TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
L’Équipe to broadcast Federer-Nadal charity tennis match
A charity tennis match between stars Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will be shown in France by L'Équipe, the free-to-air digital terrestrial broadcaster.
Tischler to oversee integration of Gravity Media assets in UK
Gravity Media, the broadcast production and outside broadcast services company, has promoted Ed Tischler to the position of acting managing director
Murray Neto quits as Brazilian Olympic Committee ethics council chair
Alberto Murray Neto, the outspoken Brazilian lawyer and Olympic sports administrator, has resigned as the chairman of the ethics council at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB)
Ex-Discovery executive Osmanbegovic leads Swedish production firm’s sports move
Emir Osmanbegovic, the sports media executive who previously headed up Eurosport’s international sports production activities, is to lead a newly-created sports arm at Nexiko, the independent production c…
Bayern Munich drive off with lucrative Audi renewal
German car manufacturer Audi has signed off on a four-year sponsorship renewal with Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich in a deal thought to be worth between €50m ($54.8m) and €60m per year.
Sky NZ to show US Masters and trio of amateur events
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand is to broadcast the Masters, golf’s first major of the year.