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MULTI-SPORT: CVC’s Ligue 1 deal confirms fund’s reputation as sport’s biggest gambler
FOOTBALL: TVP goes big for Uefa national team rights in six-season deal
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OneFootball widens Serie B remit with global content deal
OneFootball, the football-focused media platform, has strengthened its relationship with Lega Serie B by signing a global content deal with the governing body for the second division of Italian club football
Musk makes unsolicited $43bn offer to buy Twitter
World's richest man looks to take prominent social media platform private
Eleven providing live matches for Fifa’s new streaming service
International subscription and streaming broadcaster Eleven is providing live content for Fifa+, the OTT streaming service launched this week by football’s global governing body.
Gai named Fifa’s chief business officer as Madati exits in latest commercial reshuffle
Romy Gai, a former commercial executive at Juventus, has been appointed as Fifa’s chief business officer with Kay Madati, the incumbent chief commercial officer, to leave in the latest personnel rejig a…
CVC’s Ligue 1 deal confirms fund’s reputation as sport’s biggest gambler
Frank Dunne takes a close look at CVC, which has become the sport's industry's go-to private equity partner due to its aggressive investment strategy and appetite for risk.
Fifa launches free D2C OTT service with over 40,000 live matches per year
Fifa, world football’s governing body, today (Tuesday) launched a free, ad-funded streaming service which will carry over 40,000 live international and club matches per year, all Fifa archive content a…
Warner Bros. Discovery formally starts post-merger operations
WarnerMedia-Discovery merger formally closes, creating one of the largest media entities based in the US
IMG selling global rights to Kambosos-Haney, Foxtel deal secured
IMG has been appointed by DiBella Entertainment to sell the global media rights for the forthcoming lightweight world title fight between George Kambosos Jr
DAZN names Tiku as CTO in latest Entain hire
DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, has today (Monday) appointed Sandeep Tiku as its chief technology officer
Nent, Polsat among first-time broadcasters of Grand National
This year’s Grand National will be shown by around 30 broadcasters across the world, with Eclat, Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group), Watch4 and Polsat among the outlets that will be showing the h…
BeIN to show World Rugby Sevens Series in Australia and Mena; CBC strikes deal in Canada
Pan-regional pay-television operator beIN Sports has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to the World Rugby Sevens Series in Australia and all 24 territories across the Middle East and North Africa
Sport must set an example on big issues, NBA’s Silver says
National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver told the SportNXT industry conference in Melbourne yesterday that sports leagues and athletes must accept their status as role models when it comes…
OneFootball to provide global footprint for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Media platform OneFootball has agreed a distribution deal to bring live Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football matches to its global user-base.
USL W League secures international broadcast coverage with Eleven deal
The USL W League, the United Soccer League's pre-professional women's league, has secured a global media rights deal with international sports broadcaster Eleven
Sports media rights enter ‘greatest period of disruption in their history’
Speaking at SportNXT, a three-day thought leadership summit in Melbourne, leading media executives urged a more symbiotic relationship between broadcasters and rights-holders to avoid being surpassed by…
F1 extends content partnership with Twitter
Formula One and Twitter have announced an extension and expansion of their partnership, which will see F1 content amplified across the social media platform