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Motorsport

Formula 1 has overhauled its over-the-top streaming service, F1 TV, as it prepares to go live in three new markets ahead of the motor racing championship’s 2021 season.
Multi-sport

Graham Fry, the experienced production executive, is to finish his career at the IMG agency after taking on the position of executive chairman, production
Football

Italian football’s Lega Serie A has made alterations to the countries and regions on offer in some of its international rights packages as it invites agencies and broadcasters to increase their bids.
Multi-sport

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Rugby Union

An experimental deal between New Zealand Rugby and digital platform RugbyPass has underscored the difficulty the Sanzaar alliance and its member rugby unions have had selling international rights for the 2021-25 cycle.
Cycling

The IMG agency’s decision to sublicense to US media giant Discovery in near entirety its renewed Giro d’Italia international rights was a pragmatic move on the part of both parties to avoid a potentially damaging bidding war, industry experts have told SportBusiness Media.
Multi-sport

Kevin Mayer, a former leading executive at Walt Disney Co. and TikTok, has been appointed to the role of chairman at DAZN, the global sports subscription service and media company
Golf

Golf’s PGA Tour has become the latest sports property to team up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in a deal that names the company as the official cloud provider of the organisation.
Multi-sport

LIVENow, the streaming platform launched by Aser Ventures, has recruited the experienced sports media rights executive Peter Leible as head of sport
Multi-sport

LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has signed up pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports México as the latest client for its anti-piracy venture, while Belgium’s Pr…
Basketball

Sports data company Sportradar has agreed a multi-year data and media rights deal with Australian second-tier, semi-professional basketball league NBL1
Golf

In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the golf media-rights landscape.
Football

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Sailing

Melissa Payne, formerly vice-president and head of technical services at the IMG agency, has taken up a role as chief executive officer, media for sailing’s Ocean Globe Race and Golden Globe Race.
Cricket

The International Cricket Council and the IMG agency have signed off on an agreement that will lead to 541 ‘ICC Pathway’ events being streamed globally in a major step-up in broadcast coverage of matches fea…
Basketball

Twitch, the Amazon-owned online streaming platform, has signed its first agreement with a major international federation in a ‘multi-year’ agreement with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).
Triathlon

Public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights in the UK to Super League Triathlon’s London event.