Multi-Sport
Regulator approves Grupo Lauman’s Fox Sports México acquisition
Mexico’s Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT) has approved a deal for telecoms, media and broadcast company Grupo Lauman to acquire the Mexican arm of pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports.
Altice moves for stake in BT
French telco Altice has acquired a 12.1-per-cent stake in UK counterpart BT, but has maintained this will not lead to a takeover offer
NBC Sports plans 7,000 hours of domestic Olympics coverage
NBC Sports has finalized plans for 7,000 hours of domestic media coverage from the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, a new event record and what the network is touting as the "biggest media event ever
EOC, EBU sign MoU for European Games
The European Olympic Committees has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union consortium of public service broadcasters, to work towards…
ESPN gives big promotion to programming head Magnus
ESPN has rewarded one of its most critical and longest-tenured executives with a sizable promotion, elevating Burke Magnus to a new title and role of president of programming and original content
Eurovision Sport works with Streann Media on new content offerings
Eurovision Sport, the Geneva-based sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union consortium of public service broadcasters, is working with Miami-based OTT streaming platform Streann Media on new content…
ESPN Nederlands to close two channels from August 1
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN Nederlands will reduce the number of its channels to four from six from August 1
Sports holdings play key role in improved Endeavor financials
A little more than month after finally becoming a public company, Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. reported net income of $2.4m (€1.9
Malaysian trio pick up Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022 rights
Malaysian pay-television broadcaster Astro, telco Telekom Malaysia (TM) and state broadcaster RTM have acquired the broadcast rights to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in a joint deal that is also understood to…
Deltatre boosts fan engagement functionality on Diva OTT player
Sports streaming technology company Deltatre has added new fan engagement functionality to its Diva OTT video player
EBU appoints Wouter Quartier as digital head
The European Broadcasting Union consortium has appointed Wouter Quartier as its head of digital, transformation and platforms, starting in August
US calls for improvement in IP enforcement as Saudi Arabia remains on priority watchlist
The United States Trade Representative office, the government organisation responsible for advising US trade policy, has called on Saudi Arabia to improve its enforcement of IP protection as the Kingdom…
FanCode looks for scale with $50m Dream Sports investment
Indian sports content platform FanCode has received a $50m (€41m) investment from its parent company, sports media and technology firm, Dream Sports.
L’Équipe boosts live broadcast capacity with online platform launch
L’Équipe, the French media and publishing group, has launched an online video platform that raises its capacity to exploit its live sports rights portfolio.
NOS keeps fee stable in latest Olympic Games deal with Discovery
Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS is thought to have kept its fee steady for rights to the Olympic Games in 2022 and 2024 in a deal with US media giant Discovery.
SportBusiness establishes presence in evolving Mena region with Dubai office
In announcing today (Thursday) the opening of an office in Dubai, SportBusiness Group is establishing a local presence in a constantly evolving region on the cusp of further expansion and that remains…
Sports Media Venture to distribute rights to inaugural European Para Championships
Boutique media-rights agency Sports Media Venture has been appointed global media-rights distributor for the inaugural European Para Championships in 2023, and also for the following edition in 2027