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South Africa

South African broadcast and telecoms regulator Icasa has targeted the end of September by which to publish the details of its long-awaited sports broadcast regulations
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Nordics

The Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) will seek compensation from sports rights-holders if there are “longer-term” postponements or cancellations due to the impact of the global coronavirus outbreak.
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Global

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Greece

Shipping magnate and Greek businessman Evangelos Marinakis has pulled out of a deal to acquire telecoms operator Forthnet, the parent company of Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova, after protracted…
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Canada

Streaming platforms Roku and Xumo have both signed distribution agreements in Canada with pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports, allowing them to add the beIN Sports Xtra streaming service to their respective…
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Czech Republic

Česká Televize will pay more to continue to sublicense Olympic rights from US media group Discovery but will gain more winter Games hours and an additional digital broadcast option.
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Nordics

Telia and international media group Discovery have agreed a new carriage agreement in the Nordic region following a six-day blackout of Discovery channels on the telco’s platform.
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Asia-Pacific

Media industry research firm Media Partners Asia is predicting solid, if undramatic, growth in Asian sports television and OTT revenues, and media rights values, in the 2019-24 period, driven by international…
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Spain

Mediapro, the Spain-based production group and media-rights agency, has reported a drop in annual revenues but a €2m ($2.2
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Global

Wanda Sports Group, the sports unit of Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda, has warned of the potential for a “material adverse impact” on its business because of the ongoing spread of the coronavirus.
Football
Italy

Sky Italia has won its appeal against the country’s antitrust authority’s decision to bar the pay-television broadcaster for three years from acquiring exclusive content rights over internet platforms.
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USA

The ongoing carriage battle between Sinclair Broadcast Group and YouTube TV has taken another troubled turn as the streaming provider has dropped some Fox regional sports networks controlled by Sinclair,…
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Brazil

Eduardo Zebini, senior vice-president and chief content officer at pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Brasil, has left his position and is set to take up another role in the sports media sector
Basketball
Global

Traditional sports players must take insights gleaned from esports and other innovations if they are to engage with younger audiences, according to Matt Brabants, the NBA’s senior vice-president of global m…
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USA

NBC Sports said it has sold $1.25bn in US ad sales for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, setting a new record for any broadcaster for the Games
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USA

International media company Discovery has opened a new technology hub in the Dutch city of Hilversum to store and distribute live sporting productions. Discovery has invested close to €40m ($44.5
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Switzerland

Live events accounted for 71 per cent of all video views during the Olympic Channel’s coverage of the recent Winter Youth Olympic Games in the Swiss city of Lausanne, with viewers' average watch time i…
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Global

The sports media-rights industry may need to move to a Spotify model to solve the problem of content piracy, according to Antonio Briceño, deputy managing director of pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports’ No…