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Industry Moves Football

Ben Morel, the current chief executive of Six Nations Rugby, has been named chief executive of the new commercial entity at France's Professional Football League (LFP)
Media Football

The Italian antitrust authority, l’Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), has approved Lega Serie A’s guidelines for the sale of its next set of domestic broadcast rights.
Media Football

Saudi Arabian state-controlled media group Saudi Sports Company has completed a deal for exclusive rights to broadcast the Portuguese League Cup across the Middle East and North Africa during the 2022-23…
Media Golf

The PGA Tour will once again manage the sale of its international media rights in-house following renegotiations held with Warner Bros. Discovery amid the shuttering of its GolfTV international streaming service.
Media Cricket

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has acquired rights to Cricket South Africa’s new franchise league, SA20.
Finance & Law Multiple Sports

Rogers Communications’ C$20bn (€13.9bn/$14.7bn) bid for rival Canadian telco Shaw has been approved by the Competition Tribunal in the country, seemingly paving the way for a merger between the two firms.
Media Handball

Sporza, the sports arm of Flemish-language public broadcaster VRT, has secured rights in Belgium to the upcoming Men's World Championship after striking a multi-platform deal with the Sportfive agency
Finance & Law Cricket

Cricket Australia has extended its domestic media rights agreements with pay-television operator Foxtel and commercial broadcaster Seven in deals worth a total of A$1.5bn ($1bn/€954.4m) over seven seasons, from 2024-25 to 2030-31.
Media Multiple Sports

Subscription streaming platform Viaplay has signed a distribution deal in Poland with telecoms operator T-Mobile
Host Broadcast & Production Olympic Games

Manolo Romero, founder of Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the host broadcast arm of the International Olympic Committee, has died at the age of 81