Ex-Hamburg and agency stalwart Riepe joins Production Resource Group
Florian Riepe, the sports marketing executive who counts German football side Hamburg and the Lagardère Sports agency among his previous employers, has been named as head of sports at Production Resource …
beIN secures exclusive rights to Qatar’s Fifa Club World Cup
Exclusive broadcast rights to the 2019 and 2020 editions of the Fifa Club World Cup have been acquired by beIN Media Group, the Qatar-based pay-TV broadcaster, across the Middle East and North Africa
Tunisian Football Federation finally agrees domestic TV deal
Tunisian public broadcaster Télévision Tunisienne and the Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) have ended months of wrangling and signed off on a new broadcast rights agreement.
Riot Games in talks over first LEC presenting sponsor
Riot Games, the esports event organiser and video game developer, is moving closer to securing its first-ever presenting sponsor for the League of Legends European Championship (LEC)
Kowalski swaps athletics for esports in Global Masters festival role
Frank Kowalski, the German athletics executive who headed up the organising committee for Berlin’s 2018 IAAF World Athletics Championships, has become the managing director of Ally4Ever Event, the German e…
Long-serving Marte to leave Infront, retains motor sports consultancy role
Rainer Marte, an experienced rights and event management executive who has been with Infront since its creation in 2002, is to leave the Zug-based agency at the end of this year
Two bids for 2027 Cycling Words, UCI and organisers unite on 2023 sponsorship sales
The UCI, cycling’s international federation, said today that two candidate cities are vying to stage the 2027 Cycling World Championships.
Limited free-to-air linear rights on offer in Copa América rights tender
Free-to-air broadcasters in South America bidding for rights to the 2020 Copa América will be limited to showing a maximum of 11 matches on their linear channels, according to the terms of the recently …
BBC lands rights to ISL London, finals deal struck in Japan
This weekend’s final regular-season event from the International Swimming League, the new franchise-based competition, is to be streamed live by the BBC, the UK public-service broadcaster.
Sky Deutschland CEO Schmidt replaced by ex-Comcast executive Raj
Carsten Schmidt, chief executive of Sky Deutschland, is to leave his position at the end of this year and will be replaced by a Devesh Raj, a former executive at Comcast, the US-based media giant that…