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Varavuth Jentanakul – Zense Entertainment
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.
Ex-Fifa commercial chief Thomas becomes senior advisor at sports consultancy
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…
Eleven: ‘Freemium’ model will be key to monetising MyCujoo investment
Eleven, the Aser Ventures-owned international sports broadcaster, is to pivot its investment in live streaming company MyCujoo on a ‘freemium’ monetisation model.
Olympic Channel to house World Games digital archive
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.
LaLiga agrees broadcaster rebates of around €100m after Covid-19 hit season
LaLiga, the governing body of the top two professional footballing divisions in Spain, has agreed to rebates worth around €100m ($118.4
Eleven swoops for MyCujoo and its streaming technology
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…
Epic Games, Disney expand relationship to offer Fortnite players free Disney+ subscription
US video game and software developer Epic Games is expanding its relationship with the Walt Disney Co
Infront and World Triathlon extend OTT and media rights sales agreement
World Triathlon, the sport’s recently-rebranded global governing body, has agreed an eight-year extension to its media agreement with the Infront agency.
Infront questions private equity as agency’s primacy in football threatened
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”.
Eurosport to cut 59 positions at Paris headquarters
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
UCI, Eurosport Events adopt Champions League name in revised plans for track series
The International Cycling Union (UCI) and Eurosport Events have announced further details about their new elite level track cycling competition
Ex-Fox executives denied in bid to be tried separately from Full Play
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…
Spring Media secures ECL streaming internationally with Sports Flick deal
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…
Zense, Eleven plan Thai football broadcast overhaul after FAT tender
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.
Al-Khelaïfi acquitted, Valcke given 120-day suspended sentence in Fifa case
BeIN Media Group chairman and Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi has been acquitted of inciting aggravated criminal mismanagement while former Fifa secretary general Jérôme Valcke has be…
Spring Media secures Women’s Champions League international rights to seven clubs
The Spring Media agency has acquired the international media rights of seven high-profile European clubs to the Uefa Women’s Champions League for this season, it said on Friday.
HBA Media distributes Melbourne Cup rights in over 120 territories
Next week’s Melbourne Cup horse racing event will be aired in over 120 territories around the world, with first-time broadcasters to include Eurosport India and SuperSport, the sub-Saharan African pay-television o…
Record international exposure for USL Championship final after Sportfive-LIVENow deal
This Sunday’s USL Championship final between the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Phoenix Rising FC is to receive the widest-ever global exposure in the showpiece match’s history following a recent deal struck by …