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Heaselgrave leaves World Rugby after 18 months
Richard Heaselgrave has left his role as chief revenue and fan engagement officer at World Rugby just over 18 months after taking up the post, SportBusiness understands
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Inside this issue:
FOOTBALL: Sky Italia doubles down on Uefa club comps ahead of Serie A negotiations
GOLF: PGA Tour opts for peace dividend as door opens to PIF control
LaLiga aligns with Play Anywhere to provide interactivity to broadcasters
LaLiga has agreed a deal with US-based sports technology company Play Anywhere Holdings which promises to provide interactive elements to broadcasters of the top two divisions of Spanish club football…
DAZN adds more Muay Thai, turns to Bild for PFL exposure
DAZN has further added to its combat sports portfolio by signing a deal with Muay Thai organisation Rajadamnern World Series (RWS)
Clubs take control of Euroleague as Glickman concedes the fight
With Jordi Bertomeu long gone and an interim solution found to be unsuitable, Euroleague Basketball’s entire commercial roadmap for the next decade and beyond hangs in the balance.
Stewart replaces Sullivan as NEP CEO
Experienced media executive Martin Stewart has been promoted to the role of chief executive at outside broadcast service provider NEP Group
In Focus: Uefa club competitions
SportBusiness Media takes a deep dive into the numbers driving Uefa club competitions' commercial success.
EXCLUSIVE: Centralised betting rights offered to WBSC competitions, domestic baseball leagues
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has pooled together the betting video and fastpath data rights to its own competitions plus those of baseball’s confederations and selected leagues in L…
FIH eyes more free-to-air deals as profits grow
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) wants to prioritise media rights deals with more free-to-air broadcasters in a bid to grow exposure for the sport, after the governing body recorded a second consecutive…
IMG faces competition as Saudi Pro League expands search for global rights partner
The Saudi Pro League has approached a small number of sports marketing agencies and asked them to bid for a one-year contract to distribute its international rights, SportBusiness Media understands.
HBA Media adds Hong Kong racing, Triple Crown to international portfolio
The HBA Media agency has added more events to its international horse racing portfolio with deals to distribute the rights to the Hong Kong International Races and the Triple Crown, the US thoroughbred…
PGA Tour opts for peace dividend as door opens to PIF control
The PGA Tour and LIV Golf had been in bitter conflict until yesterday's announcement. SportBusiness Media examines the key reasons for the about-turn.
DAZN adds women’s Bundesliga rights in international markets
Subscription sports streaming broadcaster DAZN has acquired exclusive rights in Italy, Spain, Japan, Canada and Brazil to the Frauen-Bundesliga, the top tier of women’s club football in Germany.
PGA Tour, DP World Tour and PIF agree bombshell commercial merger
The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) are to merge commercial operations under common ownership in a shock tripartite agreement that ends all pending litigation r…
WWE returns to Twitch with channel reboot
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is returning to streaming platform Twitch in a multi-year partnership that will also see the rebooting of the official WWE channel
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FOOTBALL: Serie A fishing for clues with eight-model domestic rights tender
FOOTBALL: DFL on collision course with investors over ‘red line’ conditions
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Tight turnaround may hinder LatAm quartet’s collective sales ploy
A quartet of South American football associations have banded together to sell media rights to their home 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers, in what experts regard as a step in the right direction for the region’s international football rights market.
DAZN eyes commercial premises growth with hiring of CNN’s Peterson
DAZN, the international sports streaming service and media company, has today (Thursday) announced the appointment of Rachelle Peterson as senior vice-president of global commercial distribution