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Football
Sports Betting

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has sold its live betting video and data rights to Infront Bettor, the agency's betting-focused division, in a five-year deal.
Sailing
Media

The European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella body of free-to-air broadcasters, has acquired media rights in 39 European territories to the 37th edition of the America’s Cup, sailing’s blue-riband eve…
Football
Media

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has terminated its exclusive eight-year commercial rights contract with Football Marketing Asia and is poised to appoint a new special purpose vehicle likely to comprise…
Football
Media

The German Football Association (DFB) has four major contracts in place for international media rights to the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga, ahead of the start of the 2023-24 season later today (Friday)
Cricket
Media

The International Cricket Council has launched separate invitations to tender (ITT) in the Middle East and North Africa for media rights to men's and women's tournaments in the 2024-27 cycle
Basketball
Media

The Women's National Basketball Association set multiple records during the 2023 regular season, including drawing the league's best viewership in 21 years
Football
Media

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is set to go to market with its international rights at the start of next month, affording it time to meet with interested broadcasters and agencies at next m…
Football
Media

The Australian government has added Fifa World Cup matches featuring the Australian women’s football team to the country’s current ‘anti-siphoning’ list, which dictates sporting events that should be show…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Data, technology and broadcast services group Genius Sports has today (Thursday) announced the commencement of a public offering of 20 million ordinary shares by an affiliate of investment funds advised by Apax Partners, which acquired a majority stake in the company in 2018, at a price of $5.35 (€5.02) a share.
Football
Media

Dutch football’s Eredivisie is edging closer to signing off a renewal with incumbent domestic broadcast rights-holder ESPN but in a deal spanning five seasons and not 10 as initially envisaged.
Table Tennis
Media

A new global table tennis event featuring some of the sport's leading male and female players, and based loosely on golf's Ryder Cup, is to debut later this year
Multiple Sports
Media

Viaplay Group continues to dispose of more equity after Norwegian media group Schibsted secured a 10.1-per-cent shareholding in the financially troubled broadcaster. Viaplay has already sold a 6
Ice Hockey
Media

Switzerland’s second-tier ice hockey competition, the Swiss League, will be shown by pay-television broadcaster Sky and media group CH Media during the upcoming 2023-24 season.
American Football
Media

The return of the National Football League, combined with a strong slate of college games, drew major audiences across US television, including a record for Monday Night Football on ESPN
Multiple Sports
Media

IMG has this morning unveiled sweeping changes to its branding at its inaugural IMG Summit event in Oxfordshire, UK, modernising its logo and retiring the Seven League brand entirely in an attempt to offer…
Cycling
Media

Infront has struck an extensive five-year deal to commercialise the Tour of the Alps, the elite men's road cycling event on the second-tier UCI ProSeries
Football
Media

Details of the domestic invitation to tender for French football’s top two divisions were unveiled today (Tuesday) with league authorities hoping new five-year contract lengths and match scheduling can a…
Tennis
Sponsorship & Marketing

Switzerland-based UniqFEED has been selected to deliver its virtual advertising solution for this weekend’s Davis Cup tennis tie between Greece and Slovakia at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens.