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Cricket

The International Cricket Council has become the latest sports body to open up its archive of match footage and programming to its broadcast rights-holders amid the ongoing effect of the Covid-19 pandemic
Multi-sport

US-based media group Discovery has borrowed $500m (€456.9m) under its credit facility as it seeks to tackle the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Multi-sport

Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) is to launch Viaplay in Iceland on April 1, meaning its OTT streaming service will be available in all five Nordic countries
Multi-sport

Atrium Sports, the automated video and data sports production company, has recruited Robert Blaszczak as its commercial operations director
Multi-sport

Slovakian public-service broadcaster RTVS has delayed the launch of its sports channel on a reluctance to enter into further financial commitments during the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak
Motorsport

MotoGP’s commercial rights-holder Dorna Sports has made a number of the motorcycling series’ documentaries available to watch free of charge in the absence of live sport due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Motogp.com
Football

The German Football League (DFL) has postponed its invitation to tender for domestic Bundesliga broadcast rights from 2021-22 to 2024-25 due to the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
Multi-sport

Barcelona-based rights and production group Mediapro has filed for a Temporary Employment Regulation File (ERTE) which the business has said will affect as many as 1,200 of its employees
Football

Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid has launched an official channel on social video platform Twitch
Multi-sport

Fox Sports Italia is set to cease its web operations at the end of the month, almost two years after its television operation shut down in Italy