IMG
Finance & Law

Credit ratings agency S&P Global this week downgraded Endeavor, owner of the IMG sports marketing agency and the Ultimate Fighting Championship, from "highly speculative" to "substantial risk"
Weightlifting
Events

This year’s World’s Strongest Man event in Bradenton, Florida has been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The event had been due to take place from May 20-24 but will now be held in November. Th
Media

SNTV, the sports video news agency that is a joint venture between IMG and the Associated Press, has closed down its New York-based US operation, SportBusiness understands
Esports
Events

The World Rallycross Championship (World RX) has become the latest motorsport championship to introduce an esports series to compensate for the lack of events during Covid-19
Finance & Law

Endeavor, the talent agency and sports and entertainment group that owns sports marketing agency IMG, has laid off around 250 staff as the sports and film industries continue to be on shut down amid the…
Industry Moves

Digital marketing and communications agency Unlimited has appointed Lee Gibbons, Northampton Saints’ former commercial director, to head up its sports and entertainment division, Sport Unlimited.
Football
Media

A fourth company has submitted a proposal for international rights to Brazilian football’s Campeonato Brasileiro Série A from 2020 to 2024, SportBusiness understands.
Football
Media

A proposal from the IMG agency for international rights to Brazilian football’s Campeonato Brasileiro Série A covers five seasons, from 2020 to 2024, but would provide no minimum guarantee payment to th…
Football
Media

The IMG agency is one of three companies understood to have been shortlisted ahead of the award of international rights to Brazilian football’s Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
Football
Media

SNTV, the sports video news agency, is to manage the new international YouTube channel for Japanese professional football’s J.League.
Rugby Union
Marketing

The French Rugby Federation (FFR) has struck a four-year deal with IMG for the agency to become its exclusive global licensing representative
Motorsport
Media

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the US stock car racing series Nascar for the next three years
Table Tennis
Business

The International Table Tennis Federation has decided against awarding its commercial rights wholesale to an agency in its next cycle, and will instead use a combination of in-house expertise and agency…
Football
Media

Subscription streaming service DAZN has added the Coupe de France to its football rights properties in German-speaking countries
Football
Media

The IMG agency has secured a discount on its payment for the international rights to Serie A worth €30m ($33.3
Motorsport
Media

Subscription OTT platform DAZN has agreed a deal to broadcast the top three levels of MotoGP racing for the 2020 and 2021 seasons
Tennis
Media

Italian public broadcaster Rai has acquired a free-to-air rights package for the ATP Finals from 2021 to 2023. The deal gives Rai the first pick of matches on each matchday
Industry Moves

Online retail giant Amazon has recruited Tim Wood, a long-serving executive at the IMG agency, as its head of business affairs, sport at Prime Video Europe