Multi-sport
Discovery makes legal challenge to Norway’s betting ads ban
Discovery Networks Norway, an arm of the international broadcast group that owns Eurosport, has taken legal action over the move by the Norwegian state to ban the advertising of foreign betting companies…
Panathinaikos turns to OTT after rejecting Nova’s €5.7m bid
Greek Super League side Panathinaikos has announced that it will broadcast home matches from the 2020-21 season on its own OTT streaming platform after rejecting an offer from pay-television broadcaster…
Nearly 60 per cent of UK sports fans ‘open to streaming switch’
Nearly 60 per cent of sports fans in the UK would be willing to watch sport exclusively via online streaming platforms, according to a study conducted by cloud-based video production, editing and distribution…
DAZN ‘seeking $1bn’ funding for streaming service
DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, is looking into ways of securing new investment of as much as $1bn (€845m).
Foxtel cuts A$180m from sports rights deals
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel will save A$180m ($129m/€109m) over the next three years in reduced fees negotiated for its sports media-rights deals.
NEP to be Sky NZ’s production partner for 10 years in purchase of OB assets
International outdoor broadcasting specialist NEP has agreed a takeover of the sports production subsidiary of pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand
CBC extends Olympics content deal with Twitter
Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC has extended its Olympic Games content deal with social media platform Twitter
ESPN confirms ESPN+ price rise to $5.99 a month
The cost of a subscription to ESPN’s direct-to-consumer streaming platform ESPN+ is rising by $1 per month to $5.99 (€5.34) for new customers from August 12.
DAZN reshuffles executive team, eyes non-live content to protect subscriber base
DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, has undertaken a reshuffle of its executive team and will look to develop more non-live content as it continues to respond to the sizeable…
Eleven Sports targets UK return with streaming service for lower-tier properties
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports is plotting a return to the UK, albeit via an entirely different model to the one adopted during the short-lived entry to the market that was ultimately scuppered…
Tencent ‘in discussions’ over $10bn Huya-DouYu merger
Chinese tech giant Tencent is said to be pressing for a merger of China’s biggest game-streaming platforms Huya and DouYu.
Discovery Q2 international revenues hit by 41-per-cent advertising slump
A dramatic fall in advertising caused by the Covid-19 pandemic led to a 23-per-cent drop in second-quarter revenues at the international division of Discovery, the US-based media group that owns pan-European…
Disney streaming results present rare bright spot for company
The Walt Disney Co.’s streaming success during the last quarter, in part through ESPN+, help counter what was otherwise a historically poor quarter for the company.
NBCUniversal set for staff layoffs
US media company NBCUniversal is set to lay off a number of employees amid restructuring plans and the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
France 4 closure postponed to next summer
France’s new Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot has temporarily reprieved public broadcaster France Télévisions’ France 4 channel from closure.
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Discovery Norway makes Johannessen sports director role permanent
The Norwegian branch of international media group Discovery has appointed Morten Johannessen as its new sports director following on from a stint serving as acting director of sport for the last year
Long-serving IMG technical services executive Payne moves on
Melissa Payne, vice-president and head of technical operations at IMG, has left the agency after two decades
Eleven unveils rebrand and trio of programming verticals
International subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has unveiled details of a rebrand and three new programming verticals that will sit underneath the Eleven umbrella name