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The South African Broadcasting Corporation is set to receive more than ZAR1bn (€58.4m/$64.2m) in a major financial boost from the country’s Treasury. This latest bailout is worth ZAR1.1bn
Sailing

Broadcast rights to the 2020 SailGP season have been distributed in 146 territories as the fledgling sailing series looks to expand its global audience
Football

Stephan Herth, senior vice-president of football at the Infront agency, is to step down from his position, following 17 years at the agency
Multi-sport

Lagardère Sports, the sports arm of France-based media conglomerate Lagardère, reported €64m ($69.6m) in recurring Ebit (earnings before interest and taxes) in 2019.
Multi-sport

YouTube TV has announced it will no longer carry the Fox regional sports networks following a carriage dispute with Sinclair Broadcast Group
Multi-sport

Discovery, the US-based media group that holds Olympics broadcast rights across Europe, has said that it is closely following the potential impact of the coronavirus outbreak on this summer’s Olympic G…
Tennis

HBS, the Infront-owned sports broadcast production company, has been appointed by the French Tennis Federation (FFT) as its host broadcaster for the flagship French Open from 2021 to 2023
Basketball

Ice Cube’s Big3 basketball league has extended its domestic broadcast partnership with CBS Sports for the 2020 season.
Horse Racing

The Mediapro agency has agreed a deal with the Asociación de Hipódromos Españoles, the collective body for Spain’s racecourses, which will lead to the creation of an over-the-top streaming platform for …
Multi-sport

US-based cable giant Comcast has completed a deal to acquire Xumo, the advertising-supported streaming service based in Irvine, California