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Football

For Media Sports, the media-rights agency with offices in London and Dubai, is to sell the international broadcast rights to the Uefa Champions League third qualifying round match between Greece’s PAOK a…
Rugby Union

World Rugby has launched a fan survey in order to form a global rugby fan panel which aims to shape the governing body's broadcast, content production and social media rugby offering
Football

Simon Thomas, chief commercial officer at Fifa, has decided to leave the Zurich-based international federation after just 12 months in the role, SportBusiness can reveal
Cycling

Digital sports media company Play Sports Group (PSG) has further expanded its Global Cycling Network service with the launch of a second Italian-language channel, GCN Italia Racing
Martial Arts

Karate Combat, a two-year-old professional, full-contact karate league, has signed an international media rights agreement with global broadcaster beIN Sports covering 37 markets including the United States
Multi-sport

The sports shutdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a 75-per-cent fall in second-quarter revenues at Wanda Sports Group, the owner of the Infront agency, among other interests in sport
Football

The Asian Football Confederation and the Football Marketing Asia agency are to renegotiate the terms of their landmark, $2
Football

The National Women’s Soccer League has announced that every game of the NWSL 2020 fall series will be streamed globally thanks to an expanded partnership with Twitch.
Multi-sport

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Table Tennis

World Table Tennis, the new commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation, has developed its video archive in co-operation with Imagen, the UK-based video management platform business
Cricket

While Sri Lanka Cricket has closed a protracted sales process for its global media rights from 2020 to 2023, the board’s income for the period is yet to be fully determined and will be affected by a shifting international cricket calendar.
Football

Belgium’s Pro League saw a sizeable uplift in the value of its international betting streaming rights in its deal with sports data and technology company Stats Perform for the 2020-25 cycle.
Tennis

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has issued an invitation to tender for the provision of broadcast transmission and streaming services at its flagship French Open between 2021 and 2023
Golf

GolfTV displayed substantial growth in users and subscribers in July, with content featuring Tiger Woods, a global content partner of the Discovery-owned subscription streaming platform, a major contributor…
Skiing

The Infront agency has extended its global rights deal with the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) for a further five seasons, till 2025-26
Multi-sport

SportsTribal TV, a free, ad-supported sports streaming service that will use Red Bee Media’s OTT platform, is to launch later this year.
Football

German media company Sportainment Medien, the parent company of German subscription broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball, has developed a ‘dynamic live atmosphere’ generator to enhance television broadcasts of …
Cricket

Indian pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has acquired the exclusive global media rights for Sri Lanka Cricket in a three-year deal from 2020 to 2023