IMG Media

Football
Host Broadcast & Production

IMG has widened its remit with the Saudi Pro League (SPL) in a five-season production agreement that adds to its existing role in selling the competition’s international broadcast rights.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Guillermo Santa Cruz and James Tree, two of IMG’s most senior executives in the Americas, are leaving the agency.
Tennis
Media

Warner Bros. Discovery has retained exclusive rights to Wimbledon in 11 European markets in a play designed to drive consumers to its new Max streaming service being rolled out across the continent
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

A new, five-year deal between IMG and the English Football League will facilitate a sizeable jump in broadcast production specification for matches that currently go out on the iFollow streaming service
Boxing
Industry Moves

Joe Markowski is leaving his role as chief executive of DAZN in North America with IMG’s Michael Ridout to take on certain duties heading up the broadcaster’s combat sports activities, SportBusiness can reveal.
Multiple Sports
Host Broadcast & Production

The IMG agency is undertaking a consultation process with staff with a view to making up to 35 layoffs at its studios business
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

The IMG agency has recruited James Clement from UK pay-television broadcaster Sky to lead technology and operations for its production studios business
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Tom Broom, one of the agency sector's most experienced media executives in the Asia-Pacific region, is to leave IMG after more than two decades at the Endeavor-owned company, SportBusiness has learned
Snooker
Host Broadcast & Production

IMG is expected to lose its long-running production contract with the BBC for host broadcast coverage of the World Snooker Championship, UK Masters and UK Championship, SportBusiness understands
Football
Media

IMG has won more business with the Confederation of African Football after securing the exclusive international broadcast distribution rights to major CAF competitions until 2025
American Football
Media

IMG has been awarded a three-year contract to exclusively manage the National Football League’s media rights in over 30 countries across Europe and Asia from 2024 onwards.T
Tennis
Media

Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has retained exclusive ATP Tour rights for another three seasons, strengthening its grip on the property until 2026
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

IMG has made two high-profile production hires with the appointment of Sally Brown and Steve Rudge to the newly created roles of vice-presidents and co-heads of the agency’s multi-sport content.H
Football
Industry Moves

Experienced agency executive Roland Nikolaou has joined IMG Media as vice-president, head of football in the Middle East and North Africa
Triathlon
Media

The Professional Triathletes Organisation, working in conjunction with the IMG agency, has finalised a string of new broadcast deals and renewals ahead of the start of the 2023 PTO Tour on Saturday
Football
Media

The IMG agency is looking to widen its work with the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation (AGCFF) beyond the existing remit currently focused on broadcast and sponsorship rights sales, according to Robert…
Football
Media

IMG’s Sport 24 has secured in-flight and in-ship rights to this year’s Fifa Women’s World Cup to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. A
Football
Media

The IMG agency is understood to have secured deals with 36 broadcasters since coming on board to sell the international rights to the Saudi Professional League (SPL) in the wake of Cristiano Ronaldo’s a…