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Football

Italian football’s Lega Serie A has awarded its betting video and data rights to Stats Perform, the sports data and technology company, in a three-season deal that represents a marked increase on the v…

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Football

A court in Switzerland has rejected Fifa’s request to reopen an investigation into its former president Sepp Blatter over a case relating to a 2005 media-rights deal struck with the Caribbean Football U…
Counter Strike: Global Offensive

The company staged the most-watched CS:GO matches of all time in January this year, twice exceeding the existing record during its Blast Premier Global Final.
Football

Italy’s Serie C, the third tier of club football in the country, will be broadcast globally during the 2021-22 season as part of a deal with streaming service 196 Sports.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Company chairman and CEO touts organic growth across multiple operating units
Motorsport
Media

Discovery’s five-year-renewal for media rights to the FIA World Endurance Championship, which includes the 24 Hours of Le Mans, has seen a slight fee uplift despite challenging pandemic-related economic conditions.
Lacrosse

Athletes Unlimited, the start-up network of professional sports leagues, is significantly expanding the reach of its inaugural lacrosse league with a series of international and domestic media rights …
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Mediapro, the international broadcast production group and rights agency, claims to have “recovered quickly from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic” after reporting revenues of €669m ($795.2m) i
Football

The English Football League has issued its Request for Proposals for international broadcast rights from the 2022-23 season onwards
Multi-sport

H.I.G. Capital, the international private equity and asset management firm, has become the sole owner of the Sportfive agency, acquiring the 24.9-per-cent stake it did not already own
Multi-sport

Fledgling UK-based direct-to-consumer video platform Recast is close to striking deals with subscription broadcasters to help them monetise not only short highlights, but also live content
Olympic Games

Early results show sharp drops compared to Rio and London Olympics
Motorsport

Pay-per-view and subscription-based sports streaming service Fanseat has bolstered its speedway rights portfolio through a wide-ranging deal with the French Motorcycling Federation (FFM)
Multi-sport

The impact of the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on the International Olympic Committee’s finances has been laid bare in its latest financial statements, with the organisation declaring revenues o…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

LiveU, the live video streaming and remote production technology provider, has been acquired by Carlyle, the global investment firm
Cricket

Marron Media, the Australia-based sports media agency co-founded by former International Cricket Council media rights manager Lara Richards, has been appointed to distribute the international broadcast…
Action Sports

John Grabowski has left the IMG agency to take up a position as commercial director at Move.ai, the London-based technology company that delivers AI-generated 3D animations