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Tennis

Andrea Gaudenzi, the new chairman of the ATP tennis tour, has said the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the need for a more collective model in tennis, suggesting that tennis media rights are too “fragmented” and…
Multi-sport

Glen Killane has been promoted to the role of executive director of Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union, taking over from  the long-serving Stefan Kürten, who is to leave t…
Multi-sport

Barry Hearn, the event promoter and founder and chairman of the Matchroom Sport agency, is recovering after suffering a heart attack on Sunday
Football

Football streaming platform MyCujoo is offering pay-per-view coverage of today’s Belarus Cup semi-finals after striking a rights agreement covering 47 territories.
Football

The Lagardère Sports agency has teamed up with German agency arena11, which represents Sadio Mané, for the worldwide distribution of a documentary on the Liverpool and Senegal footballer.
Football

Twitch’s deal to acquire exclusive international rights to the National Women’s Soccer League suggests the Amazon-owned streaming platform has become a go-to partner for traditional sports leagues seeking younger audiences.
Multi-sport

SNTV, the sports video news agency that is a joint venture between IMG and the Associated Press, has closed down its New York-based US operation, SportBusiness understands
Multi-sport

UK-based media-rights agency RDA has secured exclusive global distribution rights to Whacked Out Sports, said to be the world’s largest independently-owned sports clips catalogue, amid the lack of live s…
Football

The IMG agency has withheld its payment to the Football Association for international rights to the FA Cup as rights-holders continue to feel the effect of the sports shutdown
Ice Hockey

London-based virtual sports video developer Highlight Games has signed a deal with the Infront agency for the use of archive footage from the IIHF World Championship
Esports

Esports organisations ESL and DreamHack are looking to the long-term as they continue to agree media rights deals with more traditional broadcasters.
Cricket

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Manu Sawhney has said the governing body is considering unbundling broadcast rights for its major women’s events on the back of record viewing figures f…
Multi-sport

The International Olympic Committee will look to find an “equitable solution” with rights-holding broadcasters over payment schedules for rights to the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games, according to Timo Lum…
Football

Highlight Communications, the Switzerland-based media company, has reported a 1
Multi-sport

Veteran media executive Jason Kilar has been named chief executive of US entertainment giant WarnerMedia
Boxing
Industry Moves

Fight Network, the international combat sports channel, has appointed Adrian Clark as a consultant as it seeks to develop new boxing programming and relaunch its mobile app to support growth on new platforms
Boxing

Fight Network, the international fight sports channel, has appointed Adrian Clark as a consultant as it seeks to develop new boxing programming and relaunch its mobile app to support growth on new platforms
Multi-sport

Sports streaming technology company Deltatre has launched mtribes, a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology that will allow media outlets running a multi-platform digital or OTT service to identify…