Host Broadcast & Production

Basketball
France

Skweek’s sublicensing deal for France’s LNB Pro A has collapsed amid a dispute with the production arm of L’Équipe, increasing the scrutiny over the future of the basketball streaming platform’s short-te…
Football
England

A new, five-year deal between IMG and the English Football League will facilitate a sizeable jump in broadcast production specification for matches that currently go out on the iFollow streaming service
Multiple Sports
France

France's President has identified the Trocadéro and Stade de France as backup options should ambitious plans for the Olympic Games fail to come to fruition due to security concerns.
Football
Americas

Host Broadcast Services has sought to diversify its portfolio by adding the 2024 Copa América to the list of top-tier football events it is the host broadcaster for.
Multi-sport
Global

The Paris 2024 host broadcast will feature automated production of highlights from 14 sports, 3D replays in certain disciplines for the first time and an opening ceremony dubbed the “largest live broadcast production ever”.
Tennis
Global

ATP Media intends to have put in place full remote production in two years’ time as it joins other sports rights-holders in embracing the technology designed to streamline costs and reduce carbon footprint.
Football
Australia

The organiser of the A-Leagues has avoided a television blackout by striking an eleventh hour production deal with NEP after incumbent Global Advance entered administration.
Padel
Global

Premier Padel has announced a wide-ranging deal with Red Bull covering sponsorship, production and media services
Multiple Sports
United Kingdom

The IMG agency is undertaking a consultation process with staff with a view to making up to 35 layoffs at its studios business
Multiple Sports
Global

The IMG agency has recruited James Clement from UK pay-television broadcaster Sky to lead technology and operations for its production studios business
Baseball
USA

Major League Baseball has started to establish production plans for Colorado Rockies' broadcasts and is likely to air the games on MLB.TV during the 2024 season, SportBusiness understands
Multiple Sports
United Kingdom

Global sports and entertainment investment company Bruin Capital has made a significant investment in Box to Box Films, the UK production company behind the array of popular Netflix sports docuseries
Multiple Sports
Global

EMG and Gravity Media have announced a merger deal which they state will create one of the world’s largest and most significant broadcast technology and production companies.
Padel
Global

The UK-based Aurora Media Worldwide has today (Tuesday) been named as the host broadcast company for padel’s Hexagon Cup.
Multiple Sports
Global

Bluestone Equity Partners, the private equity fund founded by Bobby Sharma, a former executive at IMG and the National Basketball League, has invested in Magnifi, an AI-powered video editing technology…
Snooker
United Kingdom

IMG is expected to lose its long-running production contract with the BBC for host broadcast coverage of the World Snooker Championship, UK Masters and UK Championship, SportBusiness understands
Basketball
Global

Fiba has announced a major expansion to its long-term agreement with Genius Sports, with the deal to provide leagues and national federations with access to an AI-powered automated player tracking system for the first time.
Karate
Global

The World Karate Federation has appointed the Mediapro agency as the host broadcaster of its leading events over the next two years while also returning to the Spain-based Simply Sport as its worldwide…