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Triathlon
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The IMG agency is to assist in the distribution of international broadcast rights to events run by the Professional Triathletes Organisation, including the Collins Cup, under a new agreement announced…
Industry Moves

Graham Fry, the experienced production executive, is to finish his career at the IMG agency after taking on the position of executive chairman, production
Cricket
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The International Cricket Council and the IMG agency have signed off on an agreement that will lead to 541 ‘ICC Pathway’ events being streamed globally in a major step-up in broadcast coverage of matches fea…
Motorsport
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Subscription broadcaster Eleven has secured exclusive rights in Portugal to US stock car racing series Nascar in a deal covering 2021 and 2022
Cycling
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International broadcast rights to the Giro d’Italia, one of cycling’s three Grand Tours, have been retained by the IMG agency in a new five-year agreement.
Cricket
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The IMG agency has emerged victorious in the International Cricket Council’s recent tender process for the production and distribution of live streams, along with commercial rights, to more than 500 I…
Football
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The broadcast feed for matches from Italian football’s Serie A has been pulled from PP Sports, the Chinese streaming platform owned by Suning Holdings, over non-payment of rights to the IMG agency.
Motorsport
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Electric off-road racing series Extreme E has reached a video news and highlights agreement with SNTV, the sports video news agency that is a joint venture between IMG and the Associated Press
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IMG has re-committed to Sport 24, its in-flight and in-ship channel business, in a long-term extension to its agreement with Panasonic Avionics Corporation, a subsidiary of electronics giant Panasonic,…
Triathlon
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The PTO 2020 Championship at Challenge Daytona, a triathlon event to be held at the Daytona International Speedway, is to be broadcast domestically by Comcast and NBCUniversal’s Peacock subscription s…
Swimming
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The International Swimming League is facing up to claims of more debts owed after it emerged that the IMG agency is awaiting full payment for broadcast production services provided during the inaugural…
Industry Moves

The Endeavor-owned IMG agency has announced new positions for Chris Guinness and Hillary Mandel, two of its leading media rights executives, with the duo both promoted to the role of executive vice-president
Tennis
Industry Moves

Kosmos Tennis, the investment group that backs the Davis Cup, has hired Enric Rojas, a senior media rights executive at the IMG agency, as its new chief executive
Winter Sports
Industry Moves

Wsportsmedia, the Sweden-based broadcast production and media-rights sales company involved notably in winter sports, has named IMG’s Patrik Bauer as the Pro Tour director for the Visma Ski Classics.
Boxing
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IMG Replay, the archive footage arm of the Endeavor-owned sports marketing agency, has struck a deal with the Frank Warren-led boxing promoter Queensbury Promotions to digitise and market an archive of…
Media

SportBusiness gathered a panel of experts at the All That Matters Online 2020 conference to discuss the challenges being faced in the sports media rights sector.
Industry Moves

Melissa Payne, vice-president and head of technical operations at IMG, has left the agency after two decades
Football
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Clubs from Italy’s top-tier Serie A today reiterated their desire to finish the 2019-20 season at a league assembly meeting, but doubts remain over the fulfilment of the league’s domestic and international bro…