Interview

Interview with Nick Davies, deputy general secretary of the International Association of Athletics Federations, on the IAAF’s decision to sign a new 10-year deal with Japanese marketing agency Dentsu between 2020 and 2029.

Interview with Michele Criscitiello, director of Sportitalia, on the acquisition of the rights to the Fiba World Cup and the channel’s re-launch.

Interview with Claudio Aspesi, senior research analyst at Bernstein, on pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus’s recent deal for European Qualifiers rights in France.

Interview with Michel Masquelier and Ioris Francini, chairman and president of IMG Events & Media respectively, on the WME/Silver Lake takeover of IMG and the creation of a new IMG division covering events and media.

Interview with Peter Nørrelund, head of sport for commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group, on the broadcaster’s deal for Danish Superliga football rights from 2015-16 to 2020-21.

Interview with Claus Thomsen, chief executive of the Divisionsforeningen, the body which sells Danish Superliga rights, on the league’s six-year deals with Modern Times Group and SBS Discovery Media.

Statement from Søren Bo Rasmussen, head of the media division at the Danish Competition Authority, the Konkurrencestyrelsen, on why the regulator allowed six-year domestic broadcast deals with Modern Times Group and SBS Discovery Media for the Superliga.

Interview with Will Moerer, vice president of Dutch pay-television broadcaster Sport1, on the renewal of its NBA basketball rights.

Interview with Jan Pommer, chief executive of the Basketball Bundesliga, on the league’s four-year domestic deal with telco Deutsche Telekom.

Interview with William Field, founder of Prospero, the media and technology consultancy, on the return of telcos to the sports-rights market.

Interviews with Matt Brabants, senior vice president of global media distribution and business operations, and Elsa Memmi, vice president of global media distribution across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, on the NBA’s global media rights strategy.

Interview with Peter Hall, Fina’s head of marketing TV, on the federation’s new deal with commercial broadcaster TV Asahi in Japan.

Interview with Timo Lumme, the IOC’s managing director of television and marketing, about its new deal with NBCUniversal.

Interview with Arne Rees, chief operating officer of RSE Ventures, on the International Champions Cup friendly tournament

Interview with Gerard Romy, managing director of Mediapro, following the company’s Formula One rights deal in Central and South America, and the Caribbean

Interview with Carlos Martinez, president of Fox Latin America, on the broadcaster’s deal for the Formula E motor racing series