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Football

European football’s governing body Uefa has become embroiled in a spat with Turki Al Alshikh, head of Saudi government body the General Sports Authority, over the dispute between Qatar-based beIN Media Group and Saudi-based channel BeoutQ.

Maltese telcos Melita and Go have cast aside their rivalry in the sports rights market by joining forces to launch what they claim will be the best premium sports package in Europe.

Multi-sport

UK telco BT has today (Thursday) signed a carriage partnership with internet company Amazon which will bring the latter’s sports content offered via Prime Video to pay-television service BT TV.

Multi-sport

Social media platform Instagram has revealed details of a new long-form video service as it seeks to tackle Google-owned YouTube’s dominance in the market.

Multi-sport

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Italia has announced it will cease operations at the end of the month.

Disney has tabled an improved $70.4bn (€61bn) takeover offer for a significant share of rival US media company 21st Century Fox’s business assets.

Multi-sport

Aser, a global investment company focused on the media and sport sectors, has made an equity investment in Whistle Sports, a digital media network which targets the youth market.

Multi-sport

The International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel OTT platform has reached agreements with eight sport governing bodies and multi-sport organisations, as well as the National Pro Fastpitch baseball competition.

Pay-television broadcaster MTV Finland has renewed an agreement for rights to the Formula One motor-racing series.

Golf

Golf’s PGA Tour has sealed an agreement with Facebook under which the social media website will distribute exclusive Saturday and Sunday live competition coverage on a free basis from eight tournaments leading up to the 2017-18 FedExCup Playoffs.