Industry Moves
Bańka formally elected Wada president
Witold Bańka, Poland’s Minister for Sport and Tourism, has today (Thursday) been formally elected as the next president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) stating he will “always build bridges” with s…
Sharman to become StreamAMG chief executive
Live video and OTT services provider StreamAMG has promoted Hugo Sharman to become the company’s new chief executive.
Serie A appoints GroupM’s Ciccarese as marketing director
Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has appointed Michele Ciccarese as its new marketing and commercial director.
The Story Mob appoints NBA’s Matischak to aid European growth
Esports communications consultancy The Story Mob has appointed Maik Matischak as head of European sports and partnerships
Twitch hires Nascar’s Garate to new sponsorship sales role
Online streaming platform Twitch has hired Lou Garate, a long-time executive with US motor-racing series Nascar, as its first global head of sponsorship sales
NBC’s Olympics production chief Bell to exit
Jim Bell has announced he will leave his role as president of the NBC Olympics Production and Programming division of NBCUniversal less than a year before the US media company prepares to cover the 2020…
Nine’s sport director Malone moves on to radio role
Australian free-to-air commercial broadcaster Nine has announced that its director of sport, Tom Malone, will move to a new role as managing director of radio
Morgenbesser named Servus TV sports rights chief in latest Sky Deutschland exit
Servus TV, the Red Bull-owned free-to-air television network in Austria, has appointed David Morgenbesser, a sports rights executive at German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland, as its head of sports…
WME recruits leading basketball coaching agent
The WME agency has joined forces with leading coaching and front office agent Bret Just as it seeks to build up the coaching representation side of its business
Indonesian football association elects police commissioner as chief
The Football Association of Indonesian (PSSI) elected Mochamad Iriawan, the commissioner-general of the country's National Police, as its new leader during a congress in Jakarta on Saturday
Ex-FA executive James joins ECB as sales and marketing director
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has appointed Russell James, a former digital and marketing executive at the Football Association, as sales and marketing director
Former FA executive Brown named permanent COO at RLWC2021
Rugby League World Cup (RLWC2021) has named Stephen Brown as its permanent chief operating officer and made four new staff appointments in preparation for the event in England in 2021
Former FIH broadcast director Oram named World Bowling CEO
Andy Oram, the former TV and broadcast director at field hockey’s FIH, has been named as the new chief executive of World Bowling, the international federation for ten pin bowling.
Nent Norway head of sport among exits in group restructuring
Anne Tufte, head of sport in Norway at the Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, is to leave the broadcaster as one of 45 announced job losses
Barry Frank, iconic US Olympic TV rights negotiator, dies aged 87
Barry Frank, a leading US television executive and negotiator of Olympic broadcast deals in the US market for the IMG agency, has died aged 87
Connolly succeeds Adams as England Netball CEO
Fran Connolly has been appointed as the new chief executive of England Netball, replacing Joanna Adams in the role
Former Endeavor executive Raymond Tara joins AEG Global Partnerships
The AEG Global Partnerships division of sports and entertainment company AEG has named Nickole Raymond Tara as senior vice-president of its global portfolio
Long-serving Lagardère executive Schauz sets up sports recruitment consultancy
Bernd Schauz, a long-standing executive at the Lagardère Sports agency, has launched his own sports and entertainment executive recruitment agency and consultancy.