SportBusiness Staff

English county cricket club Lancashire has furthered its India-focused commercial strategy by extending its relationship with JioTV.

ITV has claimed the biggest television audience of the year across all channels in the UK, with its coverage of the FA Cup quarter-final game between Manchester United and Liverpool topping off a strong period of sporting action for the commercial broadcaster.

Altice France has today (Friday) announced plans to sell Altice Media, parent of subscription broadcaster RMC Sport, to logistics company CMA CGM Group in a move that seemingly marks the final step in the telco’s move away from premium sports output in the country.
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The National Football League has bolstered NFL Network’s content line-up through rights deals with the Arena Football League (AFL) and Overtime’s OT7 league.
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Streaming and digital technology company Deltatre has hired Alex Gruber as its chief product officer.

Groupe L’Équipe has appointed Rolf Heinz as its new director general, with the news marking his return to the media sector.

The shareholders of Mountain & Co, the venture capital firm tasked with handling the US flotation of FC Barcelona’s Barça Media business, have voted to delay the deal with the LaLiga club by a further six months until November 9.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Corinthians now has three offers on the table for its broadcast rights, after the Brax Sports Assets agency made a proposal worth a basic R$240m (€44.2m/$48.2m) per year.

Public-service broadcaster RTI has acquired exclusive rights in the Ivory Coast to the 2024 Olympic Games.

The future of one of Netflix’s showpiece sports documentary series appears uncertain after it was revealed that production has ceased on a potential third season.