Global

Sailing

The America’s Cup Event Authority has launched a dedicated live streaming service for the sailing event.

WME/IMG is currently operating 12 to 18 months ahead of financial projections following its takeover and is now focused on broadening its content base, according to the agency’s co-chief executive, Ari Emanuel.

The Sportsman Media Group agency has appointed Giuseppe Sampino as its new director of media rights.

Football

The IMG Events & Media agency has agreed a deal to become the exclusive distributor of Barça TV, the official club television channel of Spanish Liga football club Barcelona.

Tennis

The Wimbledon tennis championships may be steeped in tradition, but the All England Lawn Tennis Club has adopted a forward-thinking and pragmatic sales approach which is reaping dividends.

Minor Sports

The International Federation of Sport Climbing has partnered with extreme sports media company Epic TV to produce monthly online climbing shows.

Cycling

The Velon umbrella group of WorldTour cycling teams has agreed a partnership with US camera manufacturer GoPro under which more on-bike footage will be provided from races, starting with the 2015 Tour de France.

Football

Sportfive is taking a colossal risk in signing a 12-year, $1bn (€888m) renewal with the Confédération Africaine de Football, according to local experts.

Ice Hockey

Medge Consulting Sports has ceased to exist as a media rights agency, and its rights to the National Hockey League have reverted to the league after it missed payments, TV Sports Markets understands.

American Football

The NFL’s deal with Yahoo for the 2015 International Series game earlier this month was driven by a desire to test the online waters.

Football

The bribery crisis engulfing world football looks likely to have a more profound impact on the sports marketing industry than the combined failures of the ISL agency in August 2001 and Germany’s KirchMedia in April 2002.

Football

International broadcaster Eurosport agreed a spate of rights deals late last week as it continues to invest heavily in locally-relevant content.

The early-morning raid on the Baur au Lac hotel in Zürich two weeks ago, and the subsequent indictments of senior Fifa officials, has taken the world by storm.

Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has announced that its EuroBasket Women 2015 international team tournament will be broadcast in 148 territories globally.

Football

Revenues for the 2015 International Champions Cup summer friendly competition are set to double as a consequence of expanding to three tournaments, and adding matches in Australia, China, England, Italy and Mexico to the US and Canada.

Athletics

Pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport took advantage of a lack of competition to secure live rights for the Diamond League athletics series in the key German and UK markets ahead of the 2015 season.

Athletics

Interview with Petr Stastny, general coordinator and chief financial officer of the Diamond League, about the recent broadcast deal with Eurosport for the athletics series in the UK and Germany.

Football

Interview with Oliver Duss, senior vice president of sales at the Catalyst Media agency, on the media rights strategy behind the International Champions Cup summer friendly competition for 2015.