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Fox Sports Asia: Fall of an icon
The shutdown of Fox Sports Asia, announced by owner Disney last month, will draw the curtains on one of the most storied companies in sports broadcasting in Asia-Pacific. SportBusiness Media takes a brief look back over the company's history.
Gap in Asia-Pacific market opens as Disney shuts Fox Sports
Sports media rights markets in Asia-Pacific stand at a crossroads following the exit of longstanding pan-regional player Fox Sports Asia.
IPC sees watershed European rights fee rise in Infront deal
The International Paralympics Committee has secured a step-change increase in the value of its European rights in its deal with the Infront agency, covering the 2022 winter and 2024 summer Paralympic Games.
Spring Media launches unified production division
The Spring Media agency has unified its production offering through merging its in-house capabilities with the production business of its subsidiary, Sportacentrs
Hong Kong government buys Tokyo 2020 rights, five channels to show coverage
The Hong Kong government has acquired the broadcast rights to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and will allow five local broadcasters to air the rescheduled Games
Canal Plus Poland delays IPO for second time
Polish pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Polska has again suspended its planned initial public offering, after withdrawing in November last year due to market volatility
Gravity Media appoints beIN’s Zitouni to Mena advisory role
Gravity Media, the broadcast production and outside broadcast services company, has recruited the experienced Abdelkader Zitouni as its adviser in the Middle East and North Africa
RTVS, Joj to launch sports channels in Slovakia
Slovakian public-service broadcaster RTVS and commercial broadcaster Joj are both launching new sports channels
Recast development drive buoyed by $8.2m Series A investment
Fledgling UK-based direct-to-consumer video platform Recast has raised $8.2m (£5.8m/€6.8m) in a Series A round of investment, funds it will use to continue its development and push into new markets.
Just Women’s Sports garners $3.5m in seed funding
Women’s sports-focused media platform Just Women’s Sports has closed on a $3.5m (€2.88m)
ITV ‘not interested’ in pursuing BT Sport takeover talks
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ruled itself out of investing in BT Sport, the pay-television sports arm of the UK telco, it is understood
Scudamore joins Monterosa board as non-executive director
Richard Scudamore, the former chief executive of the English Premier League, has taken a non-executive director position on the board of cloud technology and real-time engagement company Monterosa
NBCUniversal ‘explores’ selling RSNs or integrating them into Peacock
NBCUniversal is reportedly considering selling its seven regional sports networks or potentially integrating them into streaming service Peacock as the company tries to navigate the new cord-cutting landscape…
Streaming platform Screach secures $2m in funding to aid global roll-out
Screach, a new live sports streaming and advertising platform built specifically for commercial venues, has secured $2m (€1.7m) in investment to support the global roll-out of its technology.
Nent agrees five-year deal with Matchroom across nine countries
Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has agreed a five-year rights deal across nine countries with events promotion company Matchroom Sport
Polsat and Discovery face Polish antitrust probe over channel packaging
Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has commenced antitrust proceedings against commercial and pay-television broadcaster Polsat, and media group Discovery, following complaints o…
Streaming platform Fanatiz launches in Mexico as subscribers offered Fox Sports
Global OTT platform Fanatiz has launched in Mexico, where it will also offer subscribers the channels of Disney-owned pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports for an additional fee
Stan Sport nearing 150,000 subscribers, says Nine CEO
Nine Entertainment chief executive Mike Sneesby has claimed that its recently-launched streaming service Stan Sport is the ‘largest reaching streaming sports platform’ in Australia.