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Inside this issue: FOOTBALL: Mediapro’s minimum guarantee demand may scupper Téléfoot carriage talks GOLF: Fox eyes future renewals after parting ways with US Golf Association MOT
Motorsport

Liberty Media’s major investment into Formula One’s digital media operations has demonstrated its value during sport’s global lockdown, believes Frank Arthofer, the series’ global head of digital media and licensing.
Multi-sport

Content Arena, the online media rights trading platform, has made two new appointments, adding Lukas Zajancauskas as director of strategy and business development, and Harrison Hancock as director of business…
Multi-sport

A “cost-effective” proposal that stripped back unnecessary spending was one of the critical factors in Sunset+Vine being appointed host broadcaster of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, according to …
Motorsport

Formula E and Tencent-backed Chinese short video platform Kuaishou have announced the launch of a 'strategic alliance'
Equestrian

FEI
Multi-sport

UK-based production company Sunset+Vine has been named as the host broadcaster of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in a deal that could be extended to include the 2026 and 2030 editions of the…
Table Tennis

World Table Tennis, the new commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation, has appointed the IMG agency in a wide-ranging and long-term agreement that includes international media rights…
Multi-sport

DAZN’s launch of a global OTT streaming service initially focused on boxing is being readied, after the initial launch was postponed amidst disruption to the boxing calendar and impact of the Covid-19 p…
Football

The Spring Media agency has agreed a deal with the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) to sell international broadcast rights to the final of this season’s Taça de Portugal cup competition.
Tennis

The semi-finals and finals of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown, the innovative tennis event created by French tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou, will be shown by pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports across…
Motorsport

The Covid-19 pandemic and the need to operate Formula 1 races behind closed doors have sped up the motorsport’s transition to remote television production according to F1's head of commercial partnerships, Z…
Rugby League

A host broadcast services invitation to tender has been launched for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in England, with interested companies handed a bid deadline of August 13
Cricket

UK production company Whisper has agreed a deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to produce online highlights and clips of the latter’s events for the remainder of 2020.
Multi-sport

Ben Nicholas and Nick Chesworth, former senior media rights executives at the IMG agency, have joined together with Dominic Hayes, previously the commercial director at England’s Premiership Rugby, to f…
Multi-sport

Inside this issue: MOTORSPORT: F1 sees massive fee hike in Germany in shift behind Sky paywall FOOTBALL: Tough market weighs on DFL domestic rights income
Rugby League

RLWC2021, the organising committee of the next edition of the Rugby League World Cup in England, has struck an agreement with International Rugby League which will see the two parties work together on…
Multi-sport

Mediapro, the Spanish production group and media-rights agency, is close to securing a €55m ($61.7m) credit facility, plus a similar contribution from its shareholders, it has been reported.