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Viaplay Group's new tougher stance on business-to-business negotiations has paid off, after a carriage deal with RiksTV, the Norwegian pay-television operator, was extended after an intense round of talks
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Alan Fagan, previously a leading European rights executive at ESPN, has been hired by the EBU as managing director of its new sports streaming platform, replacing Jean-Baptiste Casta.
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Former Premier League media rights executive Michael Edelston has quit his role at Formula E to join the sports department at Amazon Prime Video
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The BBC has secured a wider package of Premier League radio rights after picking up exclusive rights to the Saturday 3pm matches for the new cycle, running from 2025-26 to 2028-29
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Endeavor-owned hospitality company On Location has renewed one of its key contracts, extending with the National Football League, its founder, until 2036
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Germany’s Sportdigital is closing in on an agreement to acquire the pay-television channels of Sport1 as the broadcaster now jointly owned by Turkey’s Acunmedya trims its sports content offering.
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The United States is looking to bring a British & Irish Lions match to the country for the first time, as part of a wider strategy to drive interest in the sport ahead of its hosting of the 2031 Rugby…
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The Indian Olympic Association has delivered a letter of intent registering the country’s interest in hosting the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Finance & Law Football

A series of raids have been undertaken in Paris this morning in relation to the conditions of CVC Capital Partners’ €1.5bn ($1.6bn) investment deal with France’s Professional Football League (LFP).
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The WTA Finals, the season-ending WTA Tour tournament, has returned to Chinese linear television for the first time since the Peng Shuai controversy in November 2021
Media Football

Women's World Cup media rights are being sold by Fifa on a standalone basis for the first time in the United States.
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The upgrade of the TCS Sydney Marathon to World Marathon Major (WMM) status is akin to “joining the Champions League” or becoming a Grand Slam tennis tournament, according to the Infront agency.
Media Football

JTBC's exclusive swoop for Fifa World Cup rights in South Korea has disrupted the joint pool strategy and only served to inflate costs, the country's leading free-to-air broadcasters have claimed.
Events Rowing

World Rowing has stepped up its association with rowing equipment manufacturer Concept2, with the extension of a longstanding partnership set to focus on developing indoor, ‘connected’ rowing globally.
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Liverpool has appointed Kate Theobald as the club's new commercial director, following Ben Latty's elevation to chief commercial officer.
Finance & Law Multiple Sports

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has continued its pivot towards domestic investment with a move to acquire 54 per cent of Saudi media group MBC.
Media Boxing

British boxing promoter Queensberry Promotions has signed a multi-year rights deal with DAZN, putting its fights on the same global platform as arch-rival Matchroom Boxing
Governance Basketball

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has extended its hosting agreement in Mexico City but remains “many years off” establishing a team in the most populous city in North America.
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The media agency operation formed out of Two Circles’ acquisition of Spring Media has no plans to put down large minimum guarantees and will focus on a “new era” of rights monetisation, according to leaders at both companies.
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Castore has blamed extraordinary expenses and challenging economic conditions after registering a £28.9m loss for the year ending February 2024.