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IMG teams with Facebook for Stay at Home Slam
The IMG agency has united eight of its top tennis clients, including the Williams sisters and Naomi Osaka, with leading names from the world of sport, entertainment and fashion to launch a new virtual…
Wanda Sports reports full-year revenue dip, reiterates Covid-19 warning
Wanda Sports Group, the owner of the Infront agency, among other interests in sport, has reported revenues of €1.03bn ($1.16bn) in 2019, a 9-per-cent fall on 2018.
Stats Perform adds darts and esports to Watch&Bet streaming
Sports data and technology company Stats Perform has secured additional content for the Watch&Bet streaming service that it offers to bookmakers worldwide
ATP Media revenues up 15 per cent after key European broadcast deals
Revenues at ATP Media, the ATP Tour’s international media rights sales and broadcast production arm, reached $139.5m (€128.6m) in 2019 thanks, in part, to new broadcast deals in France, Spain and the UK.
ICC searching for media-rights manager after Dabas departure
The International Cricket Council has begun recruiting a media-rights manager after the shock resignation of Aarti Dabas late last year
ESL and DreamHack agree landmark exclusive multi-year Twitch deal
Esports organisations DreamHack and ESL have agreed a new three-year deal with Twitch, which will allow the Amazon-owned streaming platform to exclusively stream English-language coverage of ESL and DreamHack…
Tennis Channel launches global streaming service with initial German focus
Pay-television broadcaster Tennis Channel is moving outside of its US homeland for the first time with the launch of an international subscription streaming service
Sunset+Vine furloughs 100 staff, adapts production set-up in face of Covid-19
UK-based sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has furloughed around 77 per cent of its full-time workforce at it seeks to shield the business from the impact of the Covid-19 shutdown
Eurovision Services offers new world feed service for rights-free sports content
Eurovision Services, the media services arm of the European Broadcasting Union consortium of free-to-air broadcasters, has launched a new offering designed to help broadcasters easily gain access to a…
Eurovision Services offers new world feed service for rights-free sports content
Eurovision Services, the media services arm of the European Broadcasting Union consortium of free-to-air broadcasters, has launched a new offering designed to help broadcasters easily gain access to a…
Olympians host online Airbnb ‘experiences’
Olympic athletes are working with Airbnb to provide online experiences for fans, including goal-setting advice sessions and home workouts
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Inside this issue:
MULTI-SPORT: Sports-media industry braces for post-Covid 19 world
CYCLING: IMG closes in on Giro d’Italia international rights renewal
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World Archery’s remote ‘Lockdown Knockout’ to be live-streamed
World Archery has unveiled details of its new “Lockdown Knockout” tournament involving eight archers taking part from remote locations and sending video streams from their smartphone, tablet or laptop.
Sports-media industry braces for post-Covid 19 world
Trading in sports media rights has stopped. This has never happened before. The last time global sport came to a standstill was for the Second World War, some time before the sports-rights industry was born.
WWE shows surprising strength in latest earnings
World Wrestling Entertainment showed surprising buoyancy in its first-quarter 2020 earnings, showing solid earnings and revenue growth despite issues early this year with executive departures and digital…
CEV secures uplift for club betting, data rights in IMG Arena deal
The European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) secured an uplift for its club-competition betting streaming and data rights in its deal with the IMG Arena agency, but the valuation was still well below the rights-holder’s expectations for the property.
Eurosport Events swoops to end IMG’s long-standing FIM speedway relationship
The investment of Eurosport Events in global rights to the Speedway World Championships and Speedway of Nations series makes sense for the company on several fronts, independent experts say.
Lagardère: Sale of sports division to H.I.G. Europe now complete
Lagardère, the France-based conglomerate, has fully finalised the sale of its sports division to H.I.G. Europe, an arm of the international private equity and asset management firm.