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Industry Moves

Åsa Edlund Jönsson, head of sport at Swedish public broadcaster SVT, has resigned from her position to become general secretary of the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK).
Football
Media

Fifa made the decision to move APAC media rights sales in-house earlier this year and is thought to have notified its two current sales agencies in the region, Infront and Dentsu, several months ago.
Motorsport
Media

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal for the domestic Championnat de France des Rallyes motorsport series
Football
Media

Fifa has warned broadcasters in Thailand that their 2022 World Cup rights are at risk over problems with signals leaking into neighbouring territories
Football
Media

Football fans in Lebanon have been left without free-to-air television coverage of the ongoing Fifa World Cup due to a state of political paralysis in the Middle Eastern country
Football
Media

Brazilian media group Globo has finalised the details of its 2026 Fifa World Cup rights package as part of its renegotiations with football’s world governing body over its deal for this year’s tournament in …
Multiple Sports
Media

LaLiga’s OTT platform, LaLigaSportsTV, has launched a new linear channel for LaLiga TV Bar, the service for public establishments featuring coverage from the top two Spanish leagues.
Multiple Sports
Media

German newspaper Bild has launched a new OTT streaming channel dedicated to sport. Bild Sport TV will initially launch through the Sportworld app provided by electronics manufacturer Samsung
Multiple Sports
Media

DAZN Group has announced distribution agreements with Hisense and Foxxum OS.  Hisense TV sets in Germany, Spain and Italy will now have the DAZN app pre-installed.
Football
Media

An average audience of 9.2 million people tuned into German broadcaster ARD’s coverage of the 2022 Fifa World Cup match between Germany and Japan amid new protests against Fifa’s ban on ‘OneLove’ armbands.
Mixed Martial Arts
Events

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) has announced that its 2022 World Championships will take place in Belgrade
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

Japanese streaming platform AbemaTV has extended its media rights agreement with mixed martial arts promotion ONE Championship to cover 2023. Abema will show live coverage of 60 events next year
Triathlon
Media

The Professional Triathletes Organisation has reached a programming agreement with Fox Sports to televise highlights of all PTO Tour races from its 2022 season across the USA next month.
Football
Media

Helbiz, the US-based micro-mobility company, has announced it is seeking partners for its media business, Helbiz Live, as it undertakes several measures to reduce costs
Cricket
Sports Betting

The Spring Media agency has launched a tender process for the centralised data and betting live-streaming rights to all competitions organised by European Cricket Network (ECN)
Football
Media

An average audience of 12.5 million people tuned into French free-to-air broadcaster TF1’s coverage of the 2022 Fifa World Cup match between France and Australia.
Basketball
Marketing

In contrast to Jordi Bertomeu’s careful, statesman-like aura, Euroleague Basketball’s new interim chief executive Marshall Glickman has all the hallmarks of a maverick.
Formula 1
Media

Unprecedented audiences further solidify historic year of growth for property