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Fifa will need more than eager investors to make new club competition work
Sports marketing companies and private equity houses bidding to become the vehicle for the delivery of Fifa’s new China-hosted club competition in 2021 will face the same challenge: the competition is only likely to be successful if a Chinese company is involved.
Sina and Mediapro land 3×3 basketball TV deals with 10 broadcasters
The Sina Sports division of Chinese internet operator Sina has, together with the Mediapro agency, reached agreements with broadcasters in multiple territories for the 2019 Sina Elite League (SEL), the…
Nugent: iX.co has attracted ‘sports adjacent’ clients since launch
The iX.co digital subsidiary conceived by the Infront agency has brought in new business from what it calls the “sports adjacent” sector after launching as a single entity in May.
Event Rider Masters engages Sunset+Vine in bid for linear TV broadcasters
Equestrian series Event Rider Masters has appointed sports production and media company Sunset+Vine as its global television distribution partner
K League engages Sportradar in multi-year global media rights deal
Sports data and content company Sportradar has agreed an exclusive multi-year global media rights distribution deal with the Korea Professional Football League (K League), the organising body of the top…
Lagardère Sports valued at €110m in proposed H.I.G. Capital takeover
Lagardère, the France-based media conglomerate, has announced plans to sell 75 per cent of the Lagardère Sports agency to H.I.G. Capital, the Miami-based private equity and asset management firm.
French Open broadcast production tender launched today
An invitation to tender has been launched by the French Tennis Federation (FFT) for the broadcast production of its events from 2021 to 2023, including its flagship French Open
Tomos Grace, EMEA head of sport, YouTube
Tomos Grace discusses the company’s three-pronged strategy, its role as a ‘free-funnel’ for rights-holders, and its plans to develop its ‘pay’ and ‘live’ offers.
YouTube sees future for ‘pay’ content in sports broadcast partnerships
Premier League club Liverpool’s decision to launch ‘paid-for’ content options on global video-sharing platform YouTube is a taster of how the platform will develop its sports-broadcasting partnerships.
Bruin explores Deltatre sale with $1bn+ target price
Bruin Sports Capital, the private equity firm founded by former IMG and Nascar executive George Pyne, is exploring a sale for its sports streaming technology company Deltatre
Eleven Sports appoints former Fifa digital chief Vicente as CEO
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has today (Thursday) appointed a new chief executive, naming Luis Vicente, who recently left his role as chief digital transformation and innovation officer…
IMG finalises SPFL betting rights deal as Pixellot technology added
IMG Arena, the sports betting unit of the IMG agency, has signed off on a five-year betting streaming agreement with the Scottish Professional Football League, a deal that includes a tie-up with automated…
Uefa and Team get off to winning Champions League start but caution prevails
There are two truisms in the sale of sports media rights which at first glance appear difficult to reconcile. One is that every market has a unique set of characteristics and the value earned is contingent upon those characteristics at the moment the rights are sold. The other is that the early deals in a market-by-market sales cycle create a psychological benchmark which affects how sales in the following markets play out.
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FOOTBALL: Mediapro ‘bias’ claims cast cloud over Champions League award in France
FOOTBALL: Uefa benefits from US digital battle as club competition values soar
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Pitch cements FA relationship in deal for Women’s Super League worldwide rights
The Pitch International agency has been appointed by England’s Football Association to exclusively distribute worldwide broadcast rights to the FA Women’s Super League.
Infront distributes IBSF World Cup broadcast rights in 60-plus territories
The Infront agency has reached agreements with broadcasters across more than 60 territories for the 2019-20 season of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation’s (IBSF) World Cup, which gets u…
Olympic Channel launches on TikTok
The Olympic Channel has launched an official account on short-form video platform TikTok
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