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Multi-sport

Sports media rights valuations have reached a “high water mark” according to 83 per cent of respondents in a new survey.
Motorsport

The International Automobile Federation (FIA) is to launch a tender process to find a new promoter of the World Rallycross Championship as it continues negotiations with IMG about the early termination…
Horse Racing

This weekend’s British Champions Day horse-racing event at Ascot will enjoy international broadcast exposure, with US network Fox Sports and sub-Saharan pay-television operator SuperSport among the broadcasters t…
Women's Football

Uefa’s first-ever sale of centralised global media rights to the Women’s Champions League is thought to have drawn bids from at least four established sports-rights agencies, one new-entry agency player and one media group.
Multi-sport

Inside this issue: AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL rights fee falls in France in beIN renewal FOOTBALL: Uefa makes huge national team gains in Finland amid fierce competition
Golf

IMG Arena, the sports betting unit of the IMG agency, has soft-launched its in-play betting golf product outside of North America on the Bet365 platform at this week’s Shriners Hospitals for Children O…
Swimming

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired multi-territory rights to the second edition of the International Swimming League
Motorsport

The Extreme E electric off-road motorsport series has named UK-based production companies Aurora Media Worldwide and North One as host broadcasters of the competition in a multi-season deal
Motorsport

The IMG agency is in negotiations with the International Automobile Federation (FIA) about potentially ending its deal to promote the World Rallycross Championship
Tennis

The Stockholm-based Spring Media agency will continue to sell the international broadcast rights to tennis’ Tie Break Tens in 2021 after being reappointed to the role.
Cricket

The International Cricket Council has appointed the experienced Sunil Manoharan from India-based pay-television broadcaster Star TV to a leading media rights position
Multi-sport

Buzzer, a new mobile platform for live sports founded by Twitter’s former head of live sports rights acquisition, Bo Han, has advanced its development plans by closing a $4m (€3.4m) seed funding round.
Motorcycling

The Eurosport Events arm of international sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a 10-year deal to become the global promoter of all speedway events organised by the International Motorcycling Federation…
Multi-sport

Wanda Sports Group, the sports marketing entity that houses the Infront agency, has received an offer from a subsidiary company of Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda, the Chinese multinational conglomerate, t…
Boxing

IMG Replay, the archive footage arm of the Endeavor-owned sports marketing agency, has struck a deal with the Frank Warren-led boxing promoter Queensbury Promotions to digitise and market an archive of…
Football

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has widened its tie-up with TikTok, the short-form video platform owned by Chinese technology group ByteDance, to drive further engagement with fans domestically a…
Multi-sport

Inside this issue: RUGBY UNION: Amazon’s Autumn Nations Cup swoop triggers speculation over rugby intentions FOOTBALL: Premier League sees steep discount in short-term China deal A
Power Boating

Details of an electric powerboat championship backed by Alejandro Agag, the founder of electric vehicle racing series Formula E, and Rodi Basso, former director of motorsport at McLaren, have been announced,…