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Football
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Public-service broadcaster YLE and commercial and pay-television broadcaster MTV3 have agreed to share rights in Finland to next year's Fifa World Cup, to be held in Qatar
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Daniel von Busse, chief operating officer at Sport1, is to succeed the retiring Michael Amsinck in heading up the management of the sports rights department at ZDF, the German public-service broadcaster
Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sports marketing consultant and former IOC marketing director Michael Payne argues political opposition to Tokyo 2020 failed to extinguish the event’s symbolism. In this extended piece, he also asks what commercial lessons can be learned from the event
Football
Media

French telecoms operator Free has been holding talks with France’s Professional Football League (LFP) about adding the ability to show social media clips of goals to its existing contract, it is claimed.
Golf
Media

Indian free-to-air news channel ABP has secured an agreement to become the become the digital media partner for the Professional Golf Tour of India
Multiple Sports
Media

NBCUniversal has announced that NBC Sports will shift a significant amount of premium sports content to cable channel USA Network from January 1, 2022, amid the imminent shutdown of NBC Sports Network
Football
Media

HBO Max, the WarnerMedia-owned subscription streaming platform, has acquired rights in Brazil to the Campeonato Paulista state football competition for four years
Cycling
Media

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has this morning announced a broadcast deal with Claro Sports in Latin America for coverage of its new Track Champions League competition
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has appointed Marco Zwaneveld as head of sports for its Viaplay subscription streaming service in the Netherlands
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Luis Vicente, who left his role as chief executive of pay-television and streaming broadcaster Eleven over the summer, has been named as chairman of APEX Capital, the investment and wealth management advisory…
Para Sport
Finance & Law

International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons has hailed a “herculean effort” that has allowed the organisation to finish the financial year with a balanced budget.
Esports
Host Broadcast & Production

US-based video games developer, publisher and esports tournament organiser Riot Games has launched a new production venture that will see three remote broadcast centres developed across the world, beginning…
Multiple Sports
Media

Newly-launched Slovakian pay-television channel Joj Sport has widened its reach as it has become available to subscribers of telco Orange
Football
Media

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has launched a tender process for host broadcast and television services for its events in 2022 and 2023
Basketball
Media

Euroleague Basketball has agreed a deal with social media platform Facebook to offer fans in the US live coverage of its top-tier club competition
Football
Industry Moves

The English Premier League has appointed Kaiyan Chen as head of media sales in the Asia-Pacific region, starting in December
Football
Media

Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) has confirmed the renewal of its exclusive linear television and digital rights in the Indian subcontinent for Uefa club competitions for the 2021-22 to 2023-24 cycle
Motorsport
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has secured exclusive rights in its European territories to the IndyCar motor racing series from 2022 to 2024