Media
Roger Hall: Industry’s growing confidence in digital delivery heralds next phase for virtual advertising
uniqFEED's chief executive offers his thoughts on how the transition from linear to IP and OTT consumption will continue to change the broadcast and advertising business in 2022 and beyond.
Eurosport secures package of EHF Euro 2022 rights in Germany
Discovery-owned sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in Germany to selected matches from the European Handball Federation’s forthcoming men’s Euro 2022 tournament.
Fina president: ‘We are not promoting our sport as effectively as we should’
Husain Al-Musallam, president of the International Swimming Federation (Fina), has said that the federation is not promoting the sport as effectively as it should
Slovakia’s RTVS Sport launches with €11m budget
Slovak public broadcaster RTVS has expanded its sports offering with the addition of its new channel RTVS Sport, which will show hundreds of hours of top European football
777 Partners-backed Ata Football secures women’s Serie A in US, Canada and Germany
Atalanta Media-owned women’s football streaming platform Ata Football has signed a two-year deal to cover Italy’s top-tier women’s Serie A in the US, Canada and Germany.
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Sony India to complete landmark merger with Zee
Sony Pictures Networks India and Zee Entertainment Enterprises have signed definitive agreements to merge Zee "with and into" Sony, following three months of mutual due diligence
Burns, Hill, Hutton and Payne join UIPM working group
The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has named industry heavyweights Terrence Burns, David Hill, Peter Hutton and Michael Payne as members of its working group that will help shape the future…
Infront, Mediapro awarded Caf broadcast services contracts, RTS lands Afcon rights
The Confederation of African Football has appointed Infront France, AMP Visual, Globecast and Mediapro as broadcast services suppliers for its events in 2022 and 2023, while Senegalese public-service broadcaster…
Sportradar renews Bundesliga global betting data and streaming rights deal
Betting data services company Sportradar has agreed a five-year extension to its international betting data and streaming rights distribution agreement with Germany’s Bundesliga.
Squash Media & Marketing to support growth of England Squash events
Squash Media & Marketing, the commercial arm of the Professional Squash Association, has agreed a deal with England Squash to manage the event delivery, marketing, promotion and broadcast of both the British…
Pixellot rolls out AI production in UAE with Cam Plus Sport
Automated sports broadcast production and analytics company Pixellot has expanded into the United Arab Emirates through an agreement with Dubai-based sports broadcast system integrator Cam Plus Sport
Bandeirantes lands Club World Cup rights in Brazil
Brazilian media group Bandeirantes has acquired broadcast rights to the 2021 Fifa Club World Cup
Fiba nets another public-service broadcaster in SVT deal
SVT, Sweden’s public-service broadcaster, has secured rights to International Basketball Federation (Fiba) events and qualifiers until 2025.
Rai and Discovery ‘agree terms’ on Olympics rights deal
Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has reached an agreement to extend its sublicensing pact for Olympic Games rights with Discovery, it is claimed
Competition watchdog asks RFEF to modify media rights sales proposals
Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has said that some Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) proposals for the commercialisation of broadcast rights fo…
Record-breaking Foxtel audience for emphatic Australian Ashes win
A record-breaking average national audience of 440,000 viewers watched Australia romp to victory in the second Ashes Test on pay-television broadcaster Foxtel and Foxtel-owned streaming service Kayo, according…
New sports director in Denmark for TV3 Sport, Viaplay
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has named Benjamin Munk Lund as the new sport director in Denmark for TV3 Sport and Viaplay, its subscription streaming service
L’Équipe maintains biathlon commitment with IBU rights extension
Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union consortium of free-to-air broadcasters, has agreed a four-season extension to its rights deal with French digital-terrestrial television…