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Rightster set to acquire rival Base79
Online video distribution and marketing company Rightster is set to acquire Base79, the largest YouTube multi-channel network outside North America, while it has concluded the acquisition of outstanding shares in social video firm Viral Spiral.
ECB to stream live coverage of England women’s series
The England and Wales Cricket Board has announced that this summer’s One-Day International women’s national team series between England and India will be streamed live on the governing body’s official channel on video-sharing platform YouTube.
Flexible, digital, local: how the NBA is building its global media value
The renewal of the National Basketball Association’s domestic media-rights deal, expected later this year, is the most eagerly awaited in US sport and will no doubt be the biggest of the year.
Ligue 1 says it is ‘satisfied’ with modest increase as beIN holds its fire
Last Friday’s French football league rights auction put a large hole in the theory that Al Jazeera-owned pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports is an unstoppable force bent on dominating the local market