Industry Moves
Diamond Sports Group appoints Preschlack as CEO
Veteran sports media executive to lead Bally Sports group of RSNs
Weber heads back to DFL to lead restructured sports technology operation
Hendrik Weber has returned to the German Football League (DFL), organising body of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, to head up a restructured sports technology and innovation department
Pixellot appoints Tanami as COO
Automated sports production company Pixellot has appointed Ronen Tanami as chief operating officer
FC Diez Media head of broadcast rights Aquilino moves on
Felipe Aquilino, head of media rights at FC Diez Media, the IMG-owned agency that sells commercial rights to the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) competitions, has left his position
SVT head of sport Jönsson succeeds Lindberg at Swedish Olympic Committee
Åsa Edlund Jönsson, head of sport at Swedish public broadcaster SVT, has resigned from her position to become general secretary of the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK).
Exodus at Meta’s global sports team amid wider layoffs
Internet giant Meta is losing a swathe of sports staff, including its most senior figures, SportBusiness understands, as part of the wider layoffs of 11,000 employees globally that were announced last…
ARC hires Racing Queensland CEO Parnell to lead media rights strategy
Brendan Parnell, the chief executive at Racing Queensland, has been appointed as Arena Racing Company’s managing director of media and international.
New LET commercial director Harold undertaking strategic review
Golf’s Ladies European Tour (LET) has recruited Fiona Harold as its new commercial director.
DFL head of digital innovations Mücke among Dyn Media recruits
Dyn Media, the German streaming platform to be launched by former German Football League (DFL) chief executive Christian Seifert and publishing house Axel Springer, has completed its management team with…
FIH elects Asian hockey CEO Ikram as president, direct federation income nears CHF5m
Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) chief executive Tayyab Ikram has been elected as the new president of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), seeing off the challenge of Marc Coudron
Next Media’s Nguyen becomes vice-president at Vietnamese federation
Nguyen Trung Kien, the general director at sports marketing agency Next Media, has been appointed vice-president in charge of finance and sponsorship at the Vietnam Football Federation
European Athletics unveils departmental re-organisation at head office
European Athletics has announced a re-organisation at its Lausanne-based head office that includes the promotion of four existing staff to director roles
ITV appoints Botchway to lend ‘fresh approach’ to sports coverage
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has appointed Richard Botchway to the new role of assistant commissioner in the sport team
Parmentier promoted to IOC’s vice-president of broadcast, media rights
Jérôme Parmentier is to be promoted to the role of the International Olympic Committee’s vice-president of broadcast and media rights when Anne-Sophie Voumard, the incumbent in the position, becomes man…
Former BT Sport head Green joins Sport Buff board
Experienced sports rights and broadcast executive Simon Green has become a shareholder and joined the board of gamification and on-screen engagement company Sport Buff
Bundesliga International CMO Naubert to assume Klein’s responsibilities
Peer Naubert, chief marketing officer at Bundesliga International, is to take over the responsibilities of Robert Klein, chief executive of the German league’s international rights sales arm, from the e…
EXCLUSIVE: Bundesliga International CEO Klein to join IMG in leading football role
Robert Klein, chief executive of Bundesliga International, is leaving the German league’s international rights sales arm to head up the football operations at IMG Media, SportBusiness understands.
Fubo Sports Network renews No Chill with Gilbert Arenas
Fubo Sports Network announced that it has signed a multiyear renewal with No Chill with Gilbert Arenas co-hosts Gilbert Arenas and Josiah Johnson as the 2022-23 National Basketball Association season …