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Nine makes appointments to serve Olympic Games contract
Media group Nine Entertainment has appointed Andrew Cann and Andrew Nicholls to senior roles in its sport commercial leadership team to help shape and monetise the broadcaster’s Olympic Games offering.
Paramount-owned Chilevisión acquires free-to-air rights to Paris 2024
Commercial broadcaster Chilevisión has secured exclusive free-to-air rights in Chile to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as part of a new agreement with the International Olympic Committee.
Eurovision Sport’s Fratellia appointed to new director of Olympics position
Pascal Fratellia, the long-serving European Broadcasting Union sports rights executive, is switching from his role of commercial director at Eurovision Sport to head up a dedicated Olympics team at the…
SEA Games media rights ‘bought’ in four participating countries
Media rights deals for the Cambodia 2023 Southeast Asian Games have been agreed in five participating countries, the secretary-general of the organising committee has announced
Nine splashes out with bet on Brisbane to monetise Olympics deal
Nine Entertainment secured exclusive rights in Australia to the Summer and Winter Olympic Games from 2024 to 2032 after evaluating that it could harness its broad media portfolio to successfully monetise the rights.
Mediapro named 2023 European Games host broadcaster
Mediapro, the broadcast production group and rights agency, has been appointed as the host broadcaster for the 2023 European Games in Kraków and the Małopolska region. The Spain-based group will work with Polish company Festival Group to produce live coverage of the two-week event.
IOC retains value of European rights despite lack of competition
The bidding alliance formed by the EBU and WBD faced no pan-European competition from an agency alternative during the IOC's recent tender, prompting protracted negotiations over the fee and additional inventory to get a deal over the line.
Olympics rights in Australia switch from Seven to Nine in five-Games deal
Media group Nine Entertainment has secured exclusive broadcast rights in Australia to the summer and winter Olympic Games from 2024 to 2032
Killane: Olympics deal repositions public-service media in sporting landscape
The recent capture of Olympics broadcast rights by the European Broadcasting Union in a joint deal with Warner Bros
EBU, Warner Bros. Discovery aim for improved content promotion in Olympics deal
The European Broadcasting Union and Warner Bros. Discovery intend to discuss greater cross promotion of Olympic content following the pair’s joint four-Games rights deal in Europe.
EBU-Warner Bros. Discovery alliance lands Olympic rights in Europe to 2032
The European Broadcasting Union has recaptured broadcast rights to the Olympic Games in a joint four-Games deal with incumbent rights-holder Warner Bros. Discovery
Santiago 2023 opens up rights to Pan American Games after TVN deal criticism
The organising committee for Santiago’s 2023 Pan American and Parapan American Games has opened up the domestic rights to other free-to-air broadcasters in Chile following the controversy caused by an e…
Munich European Championships attracted over 750m viewer hours
This summer’s 2022 European Championships in Munich attracted more than 750 million viewer hours across the nine participating sports on free-to-air television and digital platforms, according to data r…
Viacom18 pays big increase to beat Sony to 2024 Olympic Games
Viacom18 is understood to be confident of turning a profit on its investment given the number of Indians likely to qualify for the later stages across multiple Olympic sports.
EXCLUSIVE: Viacom18 closing in on Paris 2024 deal in Indian subcontinent
Media group Viacom18 is close to securing rights to the 2024 Paris summer Olympics Games in the Indian subcontinent, SportBusiness understands
Verow: Investor interest in beIN Media Group “a huge compliment”
Interest in the Qatar-based beIN Media Group from external investors looking to take a stake in the platform – as reported late last week – is a reflection of how far the business has come in a relatively short time, according to beIN’s chief sports officer Richard Verow.
Hong Kong’s i-Cable secures exclusive Asian Games rights
Telecoms operator i-Cable has secured exclusive media rights in Hong Kong to the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games
China Media Group to produce international feed for four sports at Paris 2024
China Media Group (CMG), the Chinese state media company, has reached an agreement with Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the host broadcast arm of the International Olympic Committee, to produce international…