Nørrelund makes swift return to Viaplay under Lindemann’s leadership
Peter Nørrelund has returned to the role of Viaplay’s chief sports officer just two and a half months after resigning from the position.
Sport1 stalwart Schröder leaves in major ‘reshuffle’
Olaf Schröder, chief executive of Sport1 Medien, is leaving the Highlight Communications-owned German media group with immediate effect amid a restructuring of operations.
PIF-backed Gulf International Bank named Al-Nassr sponsor
Gulf International Bank (GIB), the banking group in which Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund holds a 97.2-per-cent shareholding, has been named a silver sponsor of Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr.
PGA Tour’s commercial merger with LIV faces US Senator probe
Richard Blumenthal, chairman of the US Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, has opened an investigation into the commercial merger between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fun…
Canale 5 nears 9m viewers for Champions League final, French and German figures drop
Saturday evening’s Uefa Champions League final registered the highest free-to-air audience in Italy since 2017 as Inter Milan lost out to Manchester City.
Cosmote TV’s Michalakis issues warning over sports rights inflation
The current level of spending on sports rights in Greece cannot be maintained, according to Dimitris Michalakis, the long-serving executive director of Cosmote TV, the pay-television arm of the Greek telco
EXCLUSIVE: Centralised betting rights offered to WBSC competitions, domestic baseball leagues
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has pooled together the betting video and fastpath data rights to its own competitions plus those of baseball’s confederations and selected leagues in L…
Deltatre appoints Trudu as chief revenue officer
Sports broadcast technology provider Deltatre has named Nicola Trudu as its chief revenue officer
HBA Media adds Hong Kong racing, Triple Crown to international portfolio
The HBA Media agency has added more events to its international horse racing portfolio with deals to distribute the rights to the Hong Kong International Races and the Triple Crown, the US thoroughbred…
Date set for Ligue 1 domestic rights tender
The domestic broadcast rights auction for French football’s Ligue 1 from 2024-25 onwards is to launch on September 12 after the date was approved today (Wednesday).