Industry Moves
OneFootball names Elshareef as chief product officer, adds to acquisitions team
Global football media platform OneFootball has announced the appointment of Ismail Elshareef as its first-ever dedicated chief product officer
Spring Media adds Spotify’s Berg to board of directors
Spring Media has announced that Katarina Berg, chief human resources officer at music streaming service Spotify, has joined the agency’s board of directors.
Screach delivers Amazon Ligue 1 action to commercial sites, Bergeaud named French CEO
Prime Video, the streaming service of online retail giant Amazon, has chosen UK-based enterprise streaming and advertising platform Screach to deliver its coverage of Ligue 1 football matches to commercial…
DAZN names film producer and media magnate Giladi as president of broadcast partnerships
Film producer Aviv Giladi has today (Monday) been named as the president of broadcast partnerships at DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company
Motorsport expert Sénécal to replace Cheleman as Canal Plus director of sport
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has named Thomas Sénécal as its new director of sport.
Segev named as DAZN’s sole CEO, Waterman recruited as CFO
DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, is returning to a structure of a sole chief executive, scrapping the current splitting of the position between Shay Segev, former head…
EXCLUSIVE: Long-serving Mellor to leave IMG next month
Michael Mellor, senior vice-president, head of football at IMG Media, is to leave the agency after more than 27 years with the company, SportBusiness understands
IOC appoints former ASO digital chief Pereira as head of virtual sport
The International Olympic Committee has concluded its search for a head of its gaming initiatives, appointing former ASO executive Vincent Pereira as its first head of virtual sport
Sportfive turns to Genius’ Klingebiel to lead media rights division
Sportfive has recruited Genius Sports’ Thomas Klingebiel as president of its media rights business.
FMA rejigs senior management, adds to sales teams
The Football Marketing Asia agency has made changes to its senior management structure and hired two SVP-level salespeople as it prepares to work on the second half of its commercial rights sales project…
Wasserman’s Brody named Wave Sports + Entertainment’s director of rights partnerships
Wave Sports + Entertainment, the California-based digital sports media company, has recruited Seth Brody as its director of rights partnerships
Burns, Hill, Hutton and Payne join UIPM working group
The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has named industry heavyweights Terrence Burns, David Hill, Peter Hutton and Michael Payne as members of its working group that will help shape the future…
New sports director in Denmark for TV3 Sport, Viaplay
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has named Benjamin Munk Lund as the new sport director in Denmark for TV3 Sport and Viaplay, its subscription streaming service
Sportfive appoints Glat, Loy to lead US operation
The Sportfive agency has appointed veteran sports executives Neil Glat and Steve Loy to head its United States leadership team as part of a new strategic direction in the North American market
Seven League hires Pinterest executive Ghai to digital commercial role
Seven League, the digital sports consultancy that now sits within IMG’s Media & Events division, has appointed Pinterest executive Bindi Ghai as vice-president, digital commercial, as the company continues t…
Mammi to head up Helbiz’s new EMEA division
US-based micro-mobility company Helbiz has announced the launch of a division in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to be headed by Matteo Mammi as chief executive in the region
Sky Deutschland appoints former DFL exec Schmidt-Merz
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has appointed Kai Schmidt-Merz as senior vice-president of content products
Ironman hires JP Morgan’s Cohen as CMO, 70.3 events broadcast by Outside Interactive
The Ironman Group has appointed Suzanne Cohen as the company’s new chief marketing officer.
Cohen joins Ironman’s executive team from JPMorgan Chase & Co., w