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Esports

Epic Games, developer and publisher of the Fortnite game franchise, has appointed the IMG agency to produce and distribute the first Fortnite World Cup esports competition
Multi-sport

The International Paralympic Committee have added a further five sports to the roster that will be broadcast live from the Tokyo 2020 summer Paralympic Games, bringing the total number to 19 sports, encompassing…
Tennis

US franchise-based competition World TeamTennis has detailed a raft of broadcast and digital media agreements for its 2019 seasons, including a first streaming deal in China
Multi-sport

The Olympic Channel, an OTT platform operated by the International Olympic Committee, has reached agreements with six more international governing bodies to collaborate on live event coverage
Football

Aggregate sports media rights revenue has hit its peak, according to global sports media consultant Phil Lines
Cycling

The Amaury Sport Organisation, which organises cycling’s Tour de France and Vuelta a España, has signed a content-focused partnership with technical solutions provider Globecast.
Basketball

OTT platform and betting services company Sportradar and sports tech provider PlaySight have signed a deal with Belgium’s top-tier EuroMillions Basketball League to produce, augment and distribute its c…
Multi-sport

As TikTok has grown into one of the world's most popular social-media apps during the past year, the short-form video-sharing platform has become an important tool for sports rights-holders to expand and engage their fanbases. 
Golf

US commercial and pay-television broadcaster NBC Sports Group has formed a global digital media partnership for golf’s Ryder Cup with the PGA of America and European Tour.

Wasserman Media Group is reportedly in talks to acquire rival agency Lagardère Sports and Entertainment.
Football

Poland's top-tier Ekstraklasa has announced the launch of an OTT platform to provide coverage in select international markets and a new media-rights deal with Telekom Austria-owned broadcaster Planet …
Multi-sport

Inside this issue: 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
Tennis

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.
Tennis

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.
Tennis

In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the tennis media-rights landscape in 2019.

US media group Discovery has appointed Andrew Georgiou to lead its Eurosport subsidiary with additional sports rights responsibilities across the wider group
Motorsport

The Formula One motor-racing series has expanded its global partnership with social media platform Snapchat
Multi-sport

Inside this issue: 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