Global

US media group Discovery has appointed Mike Rich to the new role of head of sports marketing solutions, with particular oversight of advertising sales at its international sports broadcaster Eurosport
Multi-sport

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Football

The Uruguayan Football Federation (AUF) has received three offers for its international rights to the national team’s qualifying games for the 2022 World Cup.
Urban Sports

The Olympic Channel, the International Olympic Committee’s OTT platform, has reached an agreement with the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) to stream live coverage of the i…

SNTV, the joint venture sports video news agency, has named James Dobbs as its new managing director
Cricket

The Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament has revealed details of its broadcast agreements in key markets around the world as the 2019 season gets underway today (Wednesday)
Athletics

Sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has been selected as the host broadcaster for Eliud Kipchoge’s attempt to break the two-hour marathon barrier in Vienna next month.
Boxing

OTT sports streaming service DAZN has acquired global rights to the upcoming boxing match between YouTube stars KSI and Logan Paul
American Football

League joins a fast-growing collection of major sports properties to align with short-form video platform

Endeavor, the talent agency and sports and entertainment group that owns IMG, has reported first-half revenues of $2.05bn (€1.8
Football

The Ekstraklasa, the top division of Polish club football, has struck a partnership with internet giant Google to promote the launch of its international streaming platform. Eksrtraklasa
Curling

The World Curling Federation has sought to further connect with the sport’s Chinese audience by launching its first social media channel on Sina Weibo, while it has stepped up a digital overhaul by relaunching i…
Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has announced plans to produce and broadcast in 4K for the first time during 3x3 events in Debrecen, Hungary
Multi-sport

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Football

Uefa will go to market later this year with the rights to the Champions League and Europa League under pressure from Europe’s top clubs to at least maintain the kind of growth it enjoyed in the current cycle. But there are reasons why that will be a massive challenge.
Football

The German Bundesliga’s international sales and marketing arm, Bundesliga International, is set for a busy 12 months of media-rights sales as the league approaches the conclusion of deals across the Americas, Asia, Middle East and North Africa.
Football

Germany’s Bundesliga is preparing itself to launch an over-the-top subscription service in certain international markets at the start of the 2020-21 season.
Football

The Ekstraklasa, the top division of Polish club football, has officially launched its new OTT platform for international markets, setting a price of €2.99 ($3.3