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TENNIS: Perform makes last-ditch attempt to outbid IMG for ATP Tour betting, data rights
TENNIS: French Open tender gambit unlikely to boost FFT revenues
Perform makes last-ditch attempt to outbid IMG for ATP Tour betting, data rights
Digital and data specialists Perform Content wrote to tennis’s ATP Tour this week to say the company is prepared to make a larger offer than that currently on the table from IMG for the betting and data rights to ATP World Tour events, SportBusiness Media understands.
EXCLUSIVE: ATP World Tour on verge of $1bn, 10-year betting rights deal with IMG
The IMG agency is close to agreeing a 10-year, $1bn (€884m) deal for betting streaming and data rights to the ATP World Tour, SportBusiness Media understands.
FREE | Tennis Data Report, 2019
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the tennis media-rights landscape in 2019.
Discovery appoints Andrew Georgiou as Eurosport head
US media group Discovery has appointed Andrew Georgiou to lead its Eurosport subsidiary with additional sports rights responsibilities across the wider group
Snapchat adds race highlights to F1 deal
The Formula One motor-racing series has expanded its global partnership with social media platform Snapchat
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MULTI-SPORT: Facebook sees non-exclusive rights as gateway to digital audience growth
FOOTBALL: Canal EPL sublicence deal in France linked to Altice carriage agreement
Tennis Data Report, 2019
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the tennis media-rights landscape in 2019.
Professional Squash Association links up with Dailymotion
The Professional Squash Association, global governing body for the men’s and women’s game, has agreed a long-term partnership with video-sharing platform Dailymotion.
Peter Hutton, Facebook’s global director of live sports partnerships and programming
Peter Hutton talks about Facebook Watch's recent performance, partnership agreements, and the ‘experimental’ purpose of its traditional rights deals.
Facebook sees non-exclusive rights as gateway to digital audience growth
Social media giant Facebook’s challenges around its Copa Libertadores coverage in Latin America have convinced it that non-exclusive rights models form “one of the best ways” of breaking into markets where entrenched viewing habits restrict the potential for exclusive rights to grow engagement with the platform.
Reddentes to market 2019 AFF U-18 Championship rights
Singaporean agency Reddentes Sports has partnered with agency Next Media to sell the broadcast rights for the upcoming Asian Football Federation's U-18 Championship outside of host nation Vietnam
French court rules Saudi-based Arabsat carries beoutQ signal
A French court has ruled that regional satellite provider Arabsat distributes Saudi-based pirate broadcaster beoutQ on its satellites, something that Arabsat had denied
IMG to market rights to Freeride World Tour
The IMG agency has agreed a three-year deal to distribute international media rights and sell sponsorship packages for snowboarding and skiing series the Freeride World Tour.
Wanda Sports set for US IPO
Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group has filed for a US initial public offering of its sports unit, which includes the Infront agency
J1 League to anchor launch of Rakuten Sports
Japanese ecommerce and internet company Rakuten launched a global live streaming and video on demand sports platform on Tuesday that will have the J1 League, the top tier of domestic club football, as…
Spring Media to market global rights to Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour
Abu Dhabi Jiu-Jitsu Pro Tour (AJP) has appointed the Spring Media agency to market global broadcast rights to its Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour
IAAF to rebrand as World Athletics
The IAAF Council has approved proposals to change the name of the governing body to ‘World Athletics’ and to introduce a new logo.