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Matt Brabants, SVP, global media distribution and business operations, and Elsa Memmi, VP, global media distribution – EMEA, NBA
Interviews with Matt Brabants, senior vice president of global media distribution and business operations, and Elsa Memmi, vice president of global media distribution across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, on the NBA’s global media rights strategy.
IMG set to challenge Pitch for European club rugby
The bidding for the rights for the competitions of European Professional Club Rugby, the new European governing body for club rugby, is set to be a battle between incumbent rights-holders Pitch International and the IMG Media agency.
Telecom Italia expands Sky partnership with World Cup deal
The Telecom Italia telecommunications company will show the 2014 Fifa World Cup through its TIMvision video-on-demand service after agreeing a sublicensing deal with the national team football tournament’s rights-holder in the country, pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia.
BSkyB in talks to become European pay-television giant
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB could seal a deal this summer to gain control of sister pay-television broadcasters, Sky Italia in Italy and Sky Deutschland in Germany, in a move that would consolidate Rupert Murdoch’s European pay-television assets.
Bike Channel’s big ambitions
Italy’s Bike Channel looks to expand abroad
Uefa struggles for value in tough Spain and Italy
National team qualifier rights values tumble in Italy and Spain
Infront Serie A deal confirmed as Napoli president storms out
The Infront Sports & Media agency’s contract as media adviser to Italian football’s Serie A was approved as expected yesterday, but not without some of the usual drama which has come to mark the league’s assemblies.
Clubs the real winners in BT-Sky deal
Clubs are real winners from BT-Sky sharing deal for European rugby
Former BSkyB executive to oversee BT Sport’s growth
UK telecommunications company BT has appointed former BSkyB executive Delia Bushell as its new managing director of pay-television broadcaster BT Sport.
No clues on key Serie A question
Serie A guidelines give no clues on key question about media rights sales
Mediaset requires fresh investors for pay-TV gamble
Mediaset’s €700m Champions League gamble is part of Italo/Spanish pay-TV plan
Sky Italia claims Europa League rights after losing Champions League
Sky Italia has acquired rights for the Uefa Europa League European football club competition after it was confirmed yesterday (Monday) evening that the pay-television broadcaster had been dislodged by commercial broadcaster Mediaset as the rights-holder for the Uefa Champions League club tournament.
Mediaset ousts Sky Italia for Champions League rights – report
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has acquired the rights to the Uefa Champions League club football competition for the three seasons from 2015-16 to 2017-18 and intends to exploit the contract through its pay-television platform Mediaset Premium, according to La Repubblica.
Infront’s Bogarelli: Serie A will improve for TV ‘out of necessity’
Infront guarantees the future income of Serie A but rights-fee growth is in the hands of clubs
Fox Sports launches new channel in Italy
The Fox International Channels (FIC) broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has launched Fox Sports 2 HD, a new sports pay-television channel in Italy.
Sky Italia set to retain Eurosport as negotiations continue
Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport will remain on Italian pay-television platform Sky Italia beyond the new year, according to the Broadband TV News website.
Sky Italia fails to reach carriage deal with Eurosport
Italian pay-television platform Sky Italia has failed to reach a new carriage deal with pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport.
Infront has to gamble on fee growth
International rights growth for Serie A could hold the key to Infront’s dilemma