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Inside this issue: FOOTBALL: FA’s WSL carve-out pays dividends in exclusive Sky deal FOOTBALL: Infront questions private equity as agency’s primacy in football threatened MOT
Multi-sport

As much of the Walt Disney Co. remains battered by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the company reported continued growth for its streaming operations during its most recent quarter
Football

OTT subscription service NetTV Plus is to stream all matches of the Greek Super League internationally following an agreement with Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova
Esports

The Global Esports Federation has unveiled International Sports Broadcasting, the host broadcast company founded by experienced Olympic broadcast producer Manolo Romero, as its broadcast, content and …
Football

Varavuth Jentanakul, founder and chief executive of Thai media company Zense Entertainment, explains the story behind his company’s landmark eight-year deal for Football Association of Thailand rights.
Multi-sport

Simon Thomas, the experienced sports marketing executive who recently exited his position as chief commercial officer at Fifa, football’s world governing body, has become a senior advisor to ColganBauer, t…
Multi-sport

Eleven, the Aser Ventures-owned international sports broadcaster, is to pivot its investment in live streaming company MyCujoo on a ‘freemium’ monetisation model.
Multi-sport

The digital archive of the International World Games Association, the governing body for the World Games, is to be housed by the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel.
Football

LaLiga, the governing body of the top two professional footballing divisions in Spain, has agreed to rebates worth around €100m ($118.4
Multi-sport

Live streaming company MyCujoo has been acquired by Eleven in a takeover agreement that the Aser Ventures-owned international broadcaster says will lay the foundations for “a new global Eleven service a…
Esports

US video game and software developer Epic Games is expanding its relationship with the Walt Disney Co
Triathlon

World Triathlon, the sport’s recently-rebranded global governing body, has agreed an eight-year extension to its media agreement with the Infront agency.
Football

The Infront agency has called into question the value for sports bodies of entering partnerships with private equity companies, arguing that such deals result in a “loss of control”.
Multi-sport

The Discovery-owned broadcaster Eurosport is to make 59 redundancies at its Paris headquarters as the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the media sector continues to take hold
Cycling

The International Cycling Union (UCI) and Eurosport Events have announced further details about their new elite level track cycling competition
Football

Hernan Lopez and Carlos Martinez, two former executives at US-based media group 21st Century Fox, have failed in their attempts to have a separate trial from sports marketing agency Full Play as part of…
Cricket

The Spring Media agency has secured international broadcast distribution for the European Cricket League through an agreement with the OTT operator Sports Flick that includes exclusive global rights with…
Football

Thai media company Zense Entertainment and international broadcaster Eleven Sports are discussing the creation of a linear and digital media platform for Thai domestic football in the wake of Zense’s landmark eight-year rights deal with the Thai FA.