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Football
Industry Moves

The English Premier League’s head of media sales for Asia-Pacific, Michael Edelston, is leaving the organisation to take up a senior media-rights role at Formula E.
Football
Media

The English Premier League last week launched a media rights tender in Australia for its upcoming rights cycle, 2022-23 to 2024-25, with first-round bids due by November 15
Football
Media

Infront has submitted a proposal to Lega Serie A and its clubs that involves the payment of any shortfall in international media rights revenues during the current 2021-24 cycle and the agency becoming…
Football
Media

The Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) remains at odds with Tunisian public broadcaster Télévision Tunisienne over outstanding rights payments during the 2020-21 season.
Football
Media

The Disney media group has bolstered its football offering in Brazil by acquiring rights to the Conmebol's women’s Copa Libertadores, while Globo-owned pay-television broadcaster SporTV has agreed a d…
Football
Media

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has launched its tender process for pay television and pay-per-view media rights in sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Football
Finance & Law

The Ekstraklasa, the top tier of club football in Poland, posted record consolidated revenues of PLN328.4m (€71.9m/$83.4m) during the 2020-21 season, despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fan Engagement

How will sports entities make the most of the opportunity presented with the rapid emergence of social audio platforms? Senior executives from the National Basketball Association, Seven League, and Twitter join us to discuss.
Football
Media

Bidding for domestic broadcast rights to France’s national team matches from 2022 to 2028 has gone to a second round, it has been reported.
Motorsport
Sports Betting

Fubo Sportsbook, a subsidiary of United States-based, sports-focused streaming service fuboTV, is expanding its reach by becoming an authorized gaming partner of stock car racing series Nascar.
Multiple Sports
Media

China's state-run media organisation China Media Group is launching a linear and digital channel dedicated to the Olympics
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Daniel von Busse, chief operating officer at Sport1, is to leave the German sports broadcaster, it has been reported
Multi-sport
Media

Coverage of Beijing’s 2022 winter Olympics in India and across the Indian subcontinent looks set to be split across broadcasters’ linear and digital platforms, along with the International Olympic Com…
Cycling
Media

Media group Discovery has secured exclusive rights in over 50 markets to show the women's Tour de France until at least 2025
Multiple Sports
Media

Pacific Northwest regional sports network Root Sports has secured an 11th-hour carriage deal with satellite TV provider DirecTV amid the onset of the Seattle Kraken’s inaugural National Hockey League s…
Spelling
Media

ESPN has lost the rights to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, with organizers E.W. Scripps moving the competition to its own platforms ION and Bounce starting in 2022
Multiple Sports
Media

Baltic media group TV3 will broadcast its sports channels via the platforms of regional telco Tet, further growing the list of platforms that can air the channels
Multi-sport
Media

Last week’s Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram issues emphasise why it is important for sports rights-holders to develop audiences on owned-and-operated platforms, argues Johan Junker, chief executive and co-founder of fan development platform Antourage