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Lopez, Full Play convicted in football rights bribery case, Martinez acquitted
Hernan Lopez, the former chief executive at Fox International Channels, has been convicted of participating in a scheme to pay bribes to South American football officials, while the Full Play agency has…
Trial of former Fox executives and Full Play agency delayed until January
The impending trial of former 21st Century Fox executives Hernan Lopez and Carlos Martinez, and the Full Play agency, on charges related to the US Government investigation into corruption in world football…
Competition regulator backs Mediapro’s deal for Fox Sports channels in Argentina
The Argentinian competition regulator has given the green light to the Mediapro agency’s acquisition of Fox Sports channels in the country.
Argentinian regulator spells out Disney-Fox sports broadcast conditions
Argentina’s competition regulatory agency, the Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia, has set out a number of conditions the Walt Disney Company must fulfil in order to address competition co…
Ex-Fox executives denied in bid to be tried separately from Full Play
Hernan Lopez and Carlos Martinez, two former executives at US-based media group 21st Century Fox, have failed in their attempts to have a separate trial from sports marketing agency Full Play as part of…
Ex-Fox and Full Play executives plead not guilty to corruption charges
Two former executives at US-based media giant 21st Century Fox and South American sports marketing agency Full Play have pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in New York as part of the long-running corruption…
Mexican regulator gives three-month extension for Fox Sports divestment
Mexico’s telecoms regulator, the Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT), has handed Disney and 21st Century Fox a three-month extension to divest the Fox Sports channels in Mexico.
Ex-Fox duo Lopez and Martinez, plus Romy and Full Play, indicted in Fifa DOJ probe
Two former 21st Century Fox executives have been charged with allegedly paying millions of dollars in bribes to help Fox Sports win the lucrative United States broadcasting rights to the 2018 and 2022…
Disney handed six-month extension to sell Fox Sports’ Mexican arm
The Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), Mexico’s antitrust regulator, has agreed to hand Disney and Fox Sports a six-month extension to sell its sports assets in Mexico.
Ineos seals takeover deal for Team Sky
Pan-European pay-television broadcaster Sky, and its parent company 21st Century Fox, have today (Tuesday) confirmed the sale of its eponymous UCI WorldTour cycling team to UK petrochemicals manufacturer…