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BR Newsmedia’s acquisition of international rights to Brazil’s Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was finalised on Tuesday despite the warnings of the Brazilian football federation

The Havas Sports & Entertainment agency has been appointed as the international media rights and commercial partner of the upcoming ‘Fight of Champions’ boxing clash between Manny Pacquiao and Lucas Matthysse.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has heralded a “step change” in its digital media strategy through a new two-year partnership with Little Dot Studios.

Lachlan Murdoch will replace his brother James as chief executive of 21st Century Fox when the media company finalises a deal to offload its television and film assets to Walt Disney.

A proposal by a new company, BRnews, to acquire the international rights for Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the top division of football in Brazil, has been approved by the competition’s clubs, according to reports.

Formula One has apologised after viewers experienced a number of problems in trying to watch the newly-launched F1 TV OTT service at the weekend.

The RDA agency has been appointed as the exclusive agent for international distribution rights to the Super League, the top tier of club rugby league in England.

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has teamed up with the IMG agency to launch what it claims is the first OTT digital streaming platform in the history of the sport.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has awarded the Infront agency the contract to market all media and commercial rights to the Alpine World Ski Championships and the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2023 and 2025.

The Formula One motor-racing championship has resurrected its partnership with FanVision, an interactive services company that provides at-track content and technology to fans.

UK telco BT, which operates pay-television broadcaster BT Sport, has today (Thursday) announced plans to cut around 13,000 jobs over the next three years as it admitted its structure is too complex and “overweight” when compared to rivals.

Digital sports content and media group Perform has today (Tuesday) signalled its intention to step up its global expansion plans by hiring John Skipper, formerly president of US sports broadcaster ESPN, as executive chairman.

BT, the UK telco that operates the BT Sport pay-television sports broadcaster, is set to announce plans to cut 6,000 jobs worldwide next week.

Organisers of the Giro d’Italia have said the 2018 edition of the cycling ‘Grand Tour’ event will receive record coverage as it prepares to commence outside European borders for the first time in its history.

Technology companies NextVR and Oculus have struck a partnership to bring live virtual reality events to Oculus Venues, a new app designed to allow people to watch live sporting events, as well as other entertainment events and concerts.

Twitter has unveiled a raft of new content partnerships, including significant new deals in the sports sector with Disney and Formula One.