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Amazon to test sport fit with Thursday Night Football deal
Digital rights to Thursday Night Football will again be a test bed for the NFL and a new entrant in 2017, after Amazon acquired the package won by Twitter last year.
Fight Globe seeks to “own the niche” as bigger agencies circle
The Fight Globe agency, founded in 2012 by Sabine Kesseler and Nino Ockhuysen, is attempting to bridge the gap between broadcasters and combat sports promotions.
Bundesliga goes it alone, takes international rights in-house
Germany’s Handball-Bundesliga has eschewed offers from multiple agencies for its international media rights in order to sell market-by-market itself.
Team Dignitas signs Facebook partnership
Esports franchise Team Dignitas has agreed a streaming deal with social media platform Facebook.
Facebook to stream World Snooker Championship
This year’s World Snooker Championship will be made available throughout the Americas and the Indian sub-continent via social media platform Facebook.
AEG delves into content market with new division
Sports and entertainment giant AEG has launched an in-house branded content division.
BeIN Media Group signs up partner to combat piracy
BeIN Media Group has linked up with TMG, a provider of compliance and anti-piracy services, to combat online piracy of its content.
IWWF teams up with Olympic Channel
The International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation has become the latest global sporting body to agree a content partnership with the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel.
SNTV launches live content platform
Video sports news agency SNTV has launched a new live sports video platform entitled SNTV Live.
Lagardère Sports to market Thai football rights
The Lagardère Sports agency has agreed a deal to distribute global media rights to events organised by the Football Association of Thailand.
Juventus launches on-demand service for overseas fans
Italian Serie A football club Juventus has launched an on-demand video platform for its international fan base.
Olympic Channel lands 50th partner through IWGA link-up
The International World Games Association has become the latest global sporting body to partner with the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel.
PA Group acquires majority stake in StreamAMG
PA Group, the parent company of the Press Association news agency, has agreed a deal to acquire a 61-per-cent stake in video streaming company StreamAMG.
Highlight moves to defend against hostile takeover bids
Highlight Communications has said it has taken measures to ward off hostile takeover attempts as the dispute with its parent company, German media company Constantin Medien, continues.
World Rallycross Championship secures new rights deals
The World Rallycross Championship has agreed rights deals in a host of territories ahead of the start of the motor-racing series’ 2017 season tomorrow (Saturday).
McLaren-Honda signs up with Amazon Prime, Star Sports
Formula One motor-racing team McLaren-Honda has entered into content partnerships with Amazon Prime, the subscription service operated by e-commerce and media company Amazon, and Indian pay-television broadcaster Star Sports.
F1 head of media rights stays on under new regime
Ian Holmes has been appointed as the new global director of media rights at the Formula One motor-racing world championship.
World Bodyboarding Tour secures global coverage
Australian live-streaming platform Epicentre.TV has agreed distribution deals in 22 countries around the world for the Association of Professional Bodyboarders’ (APB) 2017 World Bodyboarding Tour.