SportBusiness Media staff

Esports

US media company Turner Sports’ ELeague esports property has agreed a wide-ranging tournament and content distribution deal with Electronic Arts focusing on the games developer’s Fifa 20 football title.
Golf

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has continued its recent rights drive by securing an extended deal for coverage of LPGA golf events
NFL

New Zealand telecoms operator Spark has reached an agreement to stream coverage of the NFL until the end of the 2019-20 season
Multi-sport

Swedish cable television operator Com Hem has today (Thursday) claimed its carriage dispute with telco Telia “is not a matter of price”, after the country’s largest commercial broadcaster, TV4, and siste…
Multi-sport

Bruin Sports Capital, the private equity firm founded by former IMG and Nascar executive George Pyne, is exploring a sale for its sports streaming technology company Deltatre
Multi-sport

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has today (Thursday) appointed a new chief executive, naming Luis Vicente, who recently left his role as chief digital transformation and innovation officer…
Ice Hockey

The Infront agency has secured a fresh five-season extension to its contract as the exclusive media and marketing partner of European club ice hockey competition the Champions Hockey League
Multi-sport

UK telecoms operator BT has, for the first time, made its pay-television BT Sport channels available on a monthly basis without a contract
Paralympics

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will work with Japanese public-service broadcaster NHK to produce an official documentary film for next year’s Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
Handball

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has reached an agreement with Sportdeutschland