Industry Moves

Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Allison Kirkby, the president and chief executive of Swedish telco Telia, has been named as the new chief executive of BT Group and will take up her new role by the end of January 2024 at the latest
Rugby Union
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Tributes have been received from across the sports industry for Chris Synnott, World Rugby’s head of broadcast and media rights, following his recent passing at the age of 51.
Football
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Navin Singh has resigned from his position as commercial director at the Football Association (FA) to take up a leading role with Six Nations Rugby
Multiple Sports
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Sky Deutschland has announced the appointment of ProSiebenSat.1 media rights executive Alexander Rösner to the newly created role of senior vice-president of sports editorial.
Basketball
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Neil McKeown has left his role as an executive producer at subscription sports broadcaster DAZN to take up a similar position at the British Basketball League
Multiple Sports
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Sport1 Medien, the Highlight Communications-owned German media group, has named the executives that will lead the five newly-created units as part of a major restructuring
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Viaplay Group, the embattled international subscription streaming service and broadcaster, has introduced a Nordic country-based operating model, amid more changes to its executive management team
Football
Finance & Law

OneFootball chief executive Lucas von Cranach and fellow members of the management have left their roles following a financially turbulent 12 months for the streaming platform and media company
Rugby Union
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Richard Heaselgrave has left his role as chief revenue and fan engagement officer at World Rugby just over 18 months after taking up the post, SportBusiness understands
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

US internet company Yahoo has appointed Ryan Spoon as the new president of its sports division. Spoon comes to Yahoo Sports after working at digital collectibles and fantasy game company Sorare
Multiple Sports
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Peter Nørrelund has returned to the role of Viaplay’s chief sports officer just two and a half months after resigning from the position.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Olaf Schröder, chief executive of Sport1 Medien, is leaving the Highlight Communications-owned German media group with immediate effect amid a restructuring of operations.
Multiple Sports
Host Broadcast & Production

Experienced media executive Martin Stewart has been promoted to the role of chief executive at outside broadcast service provider NEP Group
US College Sport
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Pete Bevacqua is to quit his role as chairman of NBC Sports Group to become athletic director at Notre Dame, the prestigious US university
Multiple Sports
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Viaplay has announced the resignation of group chief executive and president Anders Jensen as the subscription streaming and linear broadcaster predicts wider-than-expected international losses and curtailed…
Football
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FC Diez Media, the IMG-owned business that manages the commercial rights to South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) club competitions, has appointed former Infront and Globo executive Felipe Lazaro…
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

DAZN, the international sports streaming service and media company, has today (Thursday) announced the appointment of Rachelle Peterson as senior vice-president of global commercial distribution
Multiple Sports
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Women's Sports Group (WSG) has hired BT Sport's experienced broadcast rights executive Rachel Knight as co-managing director