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Media Basketball

Streaming platform Migu, a subsidiary of telco China Mobile, has extended its deal for the Chinese Basketball Association League, the top tier of domestic basketball in China, until the end of the decade
Industry Moves Multiple Sports

Marc Jury is to depart as chief executive of MultiChoice South Africa in March, after almost a decade with the leading sub-Saharan African pay-television group
Events Football

Globo is set to return to broadcasting the Campeonato Carioca, five years after ending its last deal in acrimonious circumstances, joining Band as a rights-holder.
Media Football

Belgium’s Pro League is to study the launch of its own subscription service to showcase matches after opting against accepting the latest broadcast rights bids.
Media Cricket

Indian media group Sony Pictures Networks has secured exclusive global media rights to Asian Cricket Council events from 2024 to 2031, replacing rival Disney Star in a move which has surprised the market
Host Broadcast & Production Football

IMG will lose its long-held and lucrative Premier League broadcast production business from 2026-27 after the English top flight decided to take the operations in-house in a major blow to the agency
Finance & Law Football

Ben Morel, the former Six Nations Rugby and NBA executive, is to step down next year as chief executive of LFP Media, the commercial rights entity of France’s Professional Football League.
Host Broadcast & Production Athletics

Infront has tied down more media rights business in athletics in a two-edition deal to sell international broadcast rights to the new World Athletics Ultimate Championship
Media Basketball

Dyn Media has bought a package of matches from the 2024-25 NCAA college basketball season on an exclusive basis in Germany, taking over from DAZN.
Media Multiple Sports

US telco Comcast has announced plans to spin off most its cable networks, which include USA Network, which frequently shows live sports as part of NBC’s media rights deals, and the Golf Channel.