Media

Peter Moore has spent his career in video games with the likes of Sega and Xbox, and in football as the chief executive of Liverpool FC. His new role at 3D software developer Unity seeks to combine the two worlds, creating virtual recreations of real sporting events to democratise the viewing experience.

Czech public-service broadcaster Česká Televize has retained rights to Uefa men’s national team competitions during the 2022-28 cycle.

The England’s women’s rugby team’s four internationals this autumn will be broadcast live on BBC 2 on primetime Sunday afternoon slots. T

The Basketball Champions League has renewed a deal with Israeli artificial intelligence firm WSC Sports to deliver automated real-time highlights for the competition until 2024

Rick Parry, the chairman of the English Football League, has not ruled out an end to the 3pm blackout when the league’s next media cycle starts from 2024 onwards.

Sports-focused streaming service and channel aggregator fuboTV has secured a carriage agreement with regional sports network AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain ahead of the 2021-22 National Basketball Association …

Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has hit out at what it claims is Discovery Sports’ decision not to sublicense rights to International Ski Federation (FIS) ski jumping competitions, claiming the s…

Australia's Women's National Basketball League has renewed domestic media-rights deals with pay-television broadcaster Foxtel and public-service broadcaster ABC for the 2021-22 season

Brazilian media company Globo has reached an agreement for the broadcast rights to matches played by five Campeonato Brasileiro football clubs from 2022 to 2024

The Polish Ekstraklasa is preparing an invitation to tender for the sale of its domestic media rights from the 2023-24 season onwards, in a process that is scheduled to be completed by the end of next…

Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel will show all 59 matches of the Women's Big Bash League for the first time

Newly launched Slovakian pay-television broadcaster TV Joj has secured rights to the Spanish top-flight basketball league for the next two seasons

The National Hockey League has expanded and rebranded its "European Game of the Week" initiative to feed growing interest in the popular measure which showcases the league's biggest international star…

Singaporean telco Singtel has officially announced its carriage deal with SPOTV, the new pan-regional sports pay-television broadcaster in Asia-Pacific

Italy’s communications industry regulator AGCOM has called on multi-platform subscription broadcaster DAZN to take steps to ensure no further malfunctions during its coverage of football’s Serie A ami…

Aser Ventures-owned pay-per-view streaming platform LIVENow has partnered with pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia to offer coverage in Italy of this weekend’s bout between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder a…

Marc Watson has returned as chief executive of Eleven, replacing Luis Vicente in the role and as part of a wider management restructuring at the international pay-television and streaming business

Adam Kelly, co-president at IMG Media & Events, was among the speakers at the APOS 2021 virtual conference. Here Kevin McCullagh summarises some of the standout themes and ideas from the event