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Football

Sports technology company OZ Sports has joined forces with visual content studio RVX Productions to launch a new product designed to enhance broadcasts of sports events played out in empty stadia during…
Multi-sport

Endeavor, the US-based sports and entertainment group whose assets include the IMG agency and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), has finalised a $260m (€240.3
Football

Football-focused digital media company Dugout has teamed up with Verizon Media in a deal that will provide new exclusive advertising packages through the latter’s sales teams and “self-serve Demand Sid…
Ice Hockey

The International Ice Hockey Federation has announced plans to host its first Esports Fan Championship later this month
Multi-sport

Inside this issue: CYCLING: Prospect of virtual Tour de Suisse prompts rights wrangle FOOTBALL: Match TV fends off new entrants to retain Uefa club rights in Russia
Multi-sport

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has stepped up its offering of archive sports content during the Covid-19 shutdown of sports by launching the #UniSportsClassics venture
Multi-sport

Discovery, the US-based media group that owns pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport, has reported first-quarter revenues of $923m (€854.7
Multi-sport

London-based digital sports media company Snack Media has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Givemesport, the biggest global sports publisher on Facebook, from its previous owner, Bragg…
Football

The offer Brazilian football clubs accepted for their international rights from the newly-created GSRM agency is much more realistic than the outlandish valuations that characterised previous tenders, experts told SportBusiness Media.
Multi-sport

ESPN+ subscribers have largely leveled off after a period of marked acceleration, providing a window into how the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has battered many parts of the business of corporate parent The…
Esports

The NBA 2K League has signed a multi-faceted rights deal with ESPN, which includes the first linear broadcasts of the National Basketball Association’s esports property in the US.
Bowling

Chris Neilson, TV and broadcast director at the Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH), has taken up a position at World Bowling, the international federation for ten pin bowling.
Multi-sport

Sports data and AI technology company Stats Perform has joined forces with wTVision, a provider of real-time graphics, augmented reality solutions and playout automation, in a venture that seeks to deliver…
Cycling

The Tour de Suisse cycling race may be held virtually this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But it is not certain that the Infront agency, which distributes the media rights to the physical event, will have the rights to the e-cycling equivalent.
Ice Hockey

Broadcast rights income accounted for CHF3.94m (€3.74m/$4.08m) – or 29 per cent – of the total 2018 operating income of CHF13.54m a
Tennis

Tennis’ Tie Break Tens has launched a channel on social video platform Twitch, where all previous seven tournaments from the fast-paced, short-form competition will be available to stream.
Multi-sport

Brian Roberts, Comcast chairman and chief executive, said the US cable industry giant is talking with various American pro sports leagues about possible rights fee relief that could ideally be passed on…
Cycling

Discovery-owned international sports broadcaster Eurosport and Global Cycling Network have joined forces with online training and racing platform Zwift to launch a new exhibition racing series for the…