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Liberty Media is looking to combine the Liberty SiriusXM tracking stock group with US radio broadcaster Sirius XM to form a "new, consolidated public company"
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

CBS Sports have announced that chairman Sean McManus will retire in April 2024 and be replaced by David Berson after a 27-year run leading the division
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Poland’s broadcast regular has invited the general public to canvass their opinions on proposed changes to the country’s listed events legislation.
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Industry Moves

Gernot Bauer, head of sport at Warner Bros. Discovery Germany, is leaving the media giant to join commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1
American Football
Sports Betting

Genius Sports is to leverage its landmark betting video and data rights contract with the National Football League by launching streams that allow customers to place bets within a live video player and…
Football
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The German Football Association (DFB) is to launch a free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel in the next few months, which will carry men's and women's domestic club competitions, as well as some…
Football
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Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS has retained its position as the home of the women's national team, after securing rights to the inaugural Uefa Women's Nations League and Fifa World Cup qualifiers
Football
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France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has insisted that its invitation to tender is fully compliant with competition legislation following comments made by Canal Plus president Maxime Saada in a…
Football
Media

Lega Serie A has stepped up its internationalisation plans by teaming up with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Maeci) and the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) on a project promoting…
Football
Media

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have announced a new deal with Uefa for rights to Germany's men’s national team matches.
Football
Media

Canal Plus, the pay-TV broadcaster which has aired Ligue 1 action since 1984, has this morning informed the French Professional Football League (LFP) that it will not bid during its domestic rights tender
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Industry Moves

NBCUniversal has ended its search for a new president of its NBC Sports operation, promoting veteran executive Rick Cordella rather than choosing an outside hire
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UK-based streaming platform Recast is to enter administration after funding commitments from a major investor were not forthcoming
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DAZN Group is undertaking another swathe of redundancies primarily affecting staff in the UK and Amsterdam in the latest cuts to operating costs, SportBusiness understands
Football
Governance

Premier League clubs will meet next week to vote on the number of games to be sold in the next domestic TV packages starting in 2025, and are moving closer to a deal with the English Football League (EFL)…
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has hailed the importance of the English Premier League to its audience, after retaining exclusive rights in France just as domestic rights to Ligue 1 are on the market
Cricket
Media

Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has secured exclusive Board of Control for Cricket in India rights in a deal brokered by the Pitch International agency, SportBusiness understands
Wrestling
Media

World Wrestling Entertainment's showpiece Friday Night Smackdown programming is to move from Fox back to USA Network after a five-year exclusive rights deal was struck with NBCUniversal