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Sport ‘resilient’ to economic downturn but ‘not crisis proof’
Sport continues to show strong resilience to negative macro-economic factors but is not entirely “crisis proof”, according to leading industry stakeholders.
NBA to stream Wembanyama French games on its app
The National Basketball Association announced that all Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92 games, which feature French star and top 2023 NBA Draft prospect Victor Wembanyama will be streamed for free on…
DAZN makes further redundancies at London headquarters
Global sports streaming service and media company DAZN Group is undertaking another round of redundancies at its London headquarters as it steps up recruitment across other operations under an increasingly…
ESPN sells controlling interest in X Games to MSP Sports Capital
ESPN and New York-based private equity firm MSP Sports Capital announced a sale of ESPN’s majority interest in the X Games to MSP Sports Capital, with ESPN continuing to own a minority, non-controlling p…
Bundesliga International CMO Naubert to assume Klein’s responsibilities
Peer Naubert, chief marketing officer at Bundesliga International, is to take over the responsibilities of Robert Klein, chief executive of the German league’s international rights sales arm, from the e…
EXCLUSIVE: Bundesliga International CEO Klein to join IMG in leading football role
Robert Klein, chief executive of Bundesliga International, is leaving the German league’s international rights sales arm to head up the football operations at IMG Media, SportBusiness understands.
World Squash Federation launches OTT platform with Sportall
The World Squash Federation (WSF) has teamed up with French multi-sport streaming platform and services provider Sportall to launch a new OTT service.
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IMG Replay renews Queensberry video archive deal
The IMG agency has renewed its worldwide video archive deal with Queensberry Promotions (QPL), the parent company of boxing promoter Frank Warren, through a permanent three-year rolling contract
Sportradar replaces Disney Streaming Services as NHL.TV operator
Sportradar and the National Hockey League have released a “refreshed” version of NHL.TV
Eliasch: FIS media rights centralisation is a question of when, not if
The centralisation of international broadcast rights to the FIS World Cup series is a question of “when, not if”, according to Johan Eliasch, the International Ski Federation (FIS) president, despite the…
EXCLUSIVE: Two Circles recruits Pulselive founder Richardson as group executive director
Sports marketing and data technology company Two Circles has recruited Wyndham Richardson, founder of Pulselive, as its group executive director in a technology-focused position
IOC reports 2.01bn unique viewers for Beijing 2022
The International Olympic Committee has said video media coverage of this year's Winter Olympics in Beijing had a total audience of 2
PFL, DAZN enter three-pronged agreement centred on European JV
DAZN and the Professional Fighters League have struck three separate agreements that will see DAZN become a minority equity holder in the PFL's new European mixed martial arts promotion, as well as a media…
Veritone launches AI-driven short-form sports video marketplace
Veritone, the US-based artificial intelligence technology company, has today (Thursday) launched a short-form video licensing marketplace for the sports industry
Athletic Sports Group becomes Spring Media’s latest acquisition
The Spring Media agency has acquired the Netherlands-based agency Athletic Sports Group (ASG), including its subsidiary Fight Globe
Infront splits CFO function in response to ‘challenging economic environment’
Infront has split the chief financial officer function and divided the duties in response to the “challenging economic environment and need to accelerate” the agency’s corporate development.
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Sportradar set to pay massive uplift for Libertadores betting rights
The global betting rights market continues to produce astounding increases across the board, with Conmebol becoming the latest beneficiary of aggression from the industry’s big players.
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MOTORSPORT: Sky agrees to pay extra in F1 extensions across UK, DACH and Italy
FOOTBALL: Pre-tender talks with UK players guide EFL to blackout challenge