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Adam Kelly, co-president, IMG Media & Events
Adam Kelly, co-president of IMG Media & Events, speaks to SportBusiness Media about the past, present and future of the company.
Kelly: IMG’s days as “transactional buyer and seller” are over
Now in his third decade at the agency where he started his career, Adam Kelly feels he has put his stamp on IMG Media & Events and is ready to tell the world.
Fifa+ adds Japanese, Korean, Italian and Bahasa to language options
Fifa+, the ad-funded streaming service from world football's governing body, has added Japanese, Korean, Italian and Bahasa to its language options, with Arabic to follow soon
EPCR settles international rights strategy with appointment of Infront, River Media
European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) has finalised its international media rights sales strategy for the next three seasons after appointing the Infront agency and River Media Partners, the UK-based…
Religion of Sports completes $50m Series B fundraising
Media production firm created in part by Brady, Strahan looks to accelerate growth
ELF strikes streaming deals with Eleven in Italy and Southeast Asia, iQiyi in China
The European League of Football (ELF) has announced media rights agreements with Chinese streaming platform iQiyi in China and international streaming platform Eleven across Italy and Southeast Asia
Fiba strikes spate of multiyear deals for ‘3×3’ events
After spending years on the development of its ‘3x3’ events, the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has signed several multi-year deals over the past few months.
LIV Golf completes streaming pacts with YouTube, Facebook
Noted commentator Arlo White to serve as lead play-by-play voice
Volleyball World taps LiveU to provide broadcast feeds using IP connectivity
Volleyball World, the commercial rights-holder for all International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) properties, has appointed LiveU, the live video streaming and remote production technology provider, to…
ATP Media income up 87 per cent as events return, profit hits $6.3m
Income at ATP Media, the ATP Tour’s international media rights sales and broadcast production arm, recovered to $160.6m (€150m) in 2021 as a near-full tennis calendar took place.
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Sunset+Vine awarded contract to bring back World Sailing Show
Sunset+Vine, the UK-based sports production company, has been appointed to a two-and-a-half-year contract to produce World Sailing’s monthly magazine programme.
Eurosport extends commitment to cycling’s Coupe de France
International sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a five-season extension to its domestic and global rights deal for road cycling series the Coupe de France
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FOOTBALL: Conmebol wins big in new Libertadores and Sudamericana deals
FOOTBALL: Viaplay makes first big UK splash with Uefa national team deal
Re-elected Eliasch promises FIS rights ‘consultation’ but remains dogged by legal claims
Johan Eliasch, the Swedish businessman re-elected overwhelmingly as president of the International Ski Federation (FIS), has promised a period of “consultation” over plans to centralise commercial rig…
Eleven secures global rights to Thai Women’s League
Eleven has secured exclusive worldwide rights to matches from the Thai Women’s League.
DAZN to make around 50 redundancies at London headquarters
Global sports streaming service and media company DAZN Group is expected to make around 50 redundancies at its London-based headquarters
Veritone to provide AI video search technology at Nürburgring 24 Hours
Veritone, the US-based artificial intelligence technology company, has signed up motor racing’s ADAC TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Nürburgring as its latest client.
World Lacrosse secures expansive global ESPN rights deal through 2023
World Lacrosse has secured an expansive international rights deal with global sports network ESPN, which covers a total of 246 games across three major championships through 2023.