Parmentier promoted to IOC’s vice-president of broadcast, media rights
Jérôme Parmentier is to be promoted to the role of the International Olympic Committee’s vice-president of broadcast and media rights when Anne-Sophie Voumard, the incumbent in the position, becomes man…
Sport ‘resilient’ to economic downturn but ‘not crisis proof’
Sport continues to show strong resilience to negative macro-economic factors but is not entirely “crisis proof”, according to leading industry stakeholders.
BeIN settles LaLiga rights payments but Tebas ructions persist
Pay-TV broadcaster beIN Media Group has said that it has settled its latest rights fee “obligations” to LaLiga “as scheduled” in the wake of the Spanish league’s move to secure a court order in a disp…
Eliasch: FIS media rights centralisation is a question of when, not if
The centralisation of international broadcast rights to the FIS World Cup series is a question of “when, not if”, according to Johan Eliasch, the International Ski Federation (FIS) president, despite the…
Poland’s handball Superliga working with Sportfive on domestic rights sales
The Polish Handball Superliga has initiated its domestic broadcast rights sales auction in a process involving Sportfive
EXCLUSIVE: Two Circles recruits Pulselive founder Richardson as group executive director
Sports marketing and data technology company Two Circles has recruited Wyndham Richardson, founder of Pulselive, as its group executive director in a technology-focused position
IMG strikes NBC deal for Austria’s FIS World Cup races
The IMG agency has negotiated a two-year US media rights agreement for FIS World Cup events held in Austria with NBCUniversal
Veritone launches AI-driven short-form sports video marketplace
Veritone, the US-based artificial intelligence technology company, has today (Thursday) launched a short-form video licensing marketplace for the sports industry
Viaplay strikes Swedish rights deal for Austria’s FIS World Cup races
Subscription streaming broadcaster Viaplay has acquired exclusive live Swedish broadcast rights to FIS World Cup events held in Austria in a deal with Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting…
Infront splits CFO function in response to ‘challenging economic environment’
Infront has split the chief financial officer function and divided the duties in response to the “challenging economic environment and need to accelerate” the agency’s corporate development.
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