Media

Football
Governance

The Confederation of African Football opted for a slimmed-down, eight-team version of its proposed African Football League after expected funding from the Saudi Arabian Football Federation failed to materialise.
Archery
Data

World Archery has agreed a long-term betting data and video rights agreement with FeedConstruct as the international federation makes its first move in the developing space, SportBusiness understands
Multiple Sports
Media

Former Disney executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs are returning to work with the US media giant on the future strategy of ESPN
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Sports Betting

Flutter Entertainment and Fox Corporation have announced the closure of sports betting platform Fox Bet as competition in the burgeoning US sports gambling market intensifies
Handball
Media

United Media has secured exclusive rights to Germany’s Handball Bundesliga for its Sportklub pay-television channels in the Balkans.
Cricket
Host Broadcast & Production

UK-based sports production company Whisper has been named as the new production partner for the Caribbean Premier League ahead of the start of the 2023 season of the T20 cricket competition.
Multiple Sports
Media

UK pay-television operator Sky has been granted a High Court order that will require internet service providers to block access to illegal streams of its linear channels
Multiple Sports
Media

Czech investment company PPF Group has bought a 6.3-per-cent stake in Viaplay Group as the embattled streaming broadcaster continues to shift equity
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Allison Kirkby, the president and chief executive of Swedish telco Telia, has been named as the new chief executive of BT Group and will take up her new role by the end of January 2024 at the latest
Motorsport
Media

Nascar's decision to sell Xfinity Series rights on a standalone basis demonstrates a clear change in the stock car series' domestic media strategy from 2025, as it seeks greater exposure for the teams and drivers in its ecosystem.
Football
Media

Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM), the regulator and competition authority for the communications industry in Italy, has given the green light to block pirated websites within 30 minutes, …
Football
Media

Norwegian broadcaster TV2 suffered a deficit of NOK51.7m (€4.6m/$5.1m) in 2022 as the English Premier League disappeared from its schedules following the loss of the rights to pay-TV broadcaster Viaplay.
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Media

Vivendi-owned media group Canal Plus posted revenues of €2.96bn ($3.26bn) for the first half of 2023, a three-per-cent increase on the same period during 2022.
Football
Media

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) wants to give broadcasters the option of bidding for rights across five seasons when it issues its domestic tender on September 12.
Football
Media

The United States women's national team's 1-1 draw with the Netherlands at the Fifa Women's World Cup set a group stage viewership record on English language broadcaster Fox in the US, with 6.43 million viewers and a peak of 8.45 million, while Telemundo's Spanish language broadcast attracted a non-World Cup final record 1.51 million viewers, making for a total of 7.94 million.
Multiple Sports
Media

Comcast president Michael Cavanagh has said that it is "very improbable" that the company would look to secure a minority stake in ESPN, which is 80-per-cent owned by Disney
Multiple Sports
Media

US telecommunications and media conglomerate Comcast has blamed higher programming costs at NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock, as well as increased international sports programming costs, as its media division’s adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) dipped by 18.2 per cent for the second quarter of 2023.
Football
Media

Bids for domestic media rights to Serie A from 2024-25 have been improved but remain below the €1bn ($1.1bn) per season sought by the Italian league, chief executive Luigi De Siervo has revealed.