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Sky follows Open deal with rights to women’s event
The Ladies Golf Union and IMG agency have signed new five-year agreements with UK pay-television broadcaster Sky and public-service broadcaster the BBC for rights to the Women’s British Open.
IMG seals enhanced deal for Danish football rights
The IMG agency has signed an expanded agreement to distribute the global rights to the Danish Superliga football competition.
Infront to replace IMG as WEC distributor, report says
The Infront Sports and Media agency is to take over the marketing of media rights for the World Endurance Championship motor-racing series, according to the Motorsport Total news website.
Political crisis means struggle ahead for clubs
The value of domestic broadcast rights to Ukraine Premier League football could take a big hit in the forthcoming round of deals due to the economic crisis brought on by the political conflict in the country over the last year.
Open sharing deal unlikely as Sky digs in on exclusivity
TV Sports Markets understands that a sharing arrangement for the domestic rights to golf’s British Open between a free-to-air and a pay-television broadcaster is unlikely.
IMG College extends with East Carolina University
The IMG College division of the IMG agency has signed a 10-year extension, from 2016-17 to 2025-26, to its multi-media rights partnership with East Carolina University in the US.
Perform and IMG share the betting spoils after two bruising encounters
Digital media company Perform and the IMG Events & Media agency have come away honours even after head-to-head battles for two of the biggest contracts in the sports betting rights market.
IMG increases its share of rights to top FEI events
IMG Events & Media will provide the lion’s share of the Fédération Equestre Internationale’s media-rights income after the governing body this month renewed its deals with long-term partners IMG and the European Broadcasting Union.
US networks and agencies team up to fight college athletes’ class action suit
US networks CBS, ESPN, Fox and NBC, along with the IMG and WME agencies, have joined forces to apply for the dismissal of a legal action brought by a group of college American football and basketball players, claiming it would mean “chaos” for sports broadcasting.
EBU and IMG extend FEI deals in ‘hotly contested’ bid process
The Fédération Equestre Internationale, the global governing body of equestrian, has renewed its long-standing broadcast partnerships with the European Broadcasting Union, the consortium of public-service broadcasters, and the IMG agency through to the end of 2022.
Jobs to go at IMG
About 100 jobs will be cut at the IMG agency in the coming weeks, according to multiple reports in the US.
Zenith/IMG in pole position to oust Astro in Malaysia
Agencies Zenith Media and IMG Events & Media are in pole position to win the rights to Malaysia’s M-League after an aggressive joint bid.
Ancient club has modern dilemma: money or exposure?
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club (R&A) could be forced to sell at least some of the rights to the British Open to pay-television if it is to increase the media rights value of the competition.
Saloman handed IMG role in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
The IMG agency has appointed Christian Saloman as managing director of its business operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
IMG extends BBC snooker production contract
The IMG agency has extended a deal with the BBC to continue producing the UK public-service broadcaster’s coverage of snooker.
Centralisation takes back seat as UCI focuses on calendar and production
The Union Cycliste Internationale’s long-standing goal of centralising the media rights to the UCI World Tour looks set to be put on the back burner under new president Brian Cookson in favour of more achievable objectives: creating a coherent calendar and improving cycling as a television product.
IMG and Baylor extend partnership
The IMG agency has extended its multimedia rights partnership with Baylor University in the US.
Big increase but rivals giving up on ousting MP & Silva
Italy’s Lega Serie A and its media adviser Infront Sports & Media can point to a near 60-per-cent increase in the value of the league’s international rights to claim that this month’s sales process was a success, despite drawing only three bids.