Multi-sport
Deltatre recruits MLB broadcast executive Johnson
Sports streaming technology company Deltatre has hired Major League Baseball’s James Johnson to the role of vice-president, Americas business development within its Live division.
ESPN+ climbs to 7.6m paid subscribers following Disney+ launch
ESPN+, ESPN’s direct-to-consumer sports streaming service, now has 7.6 million paid subscribers, Disney chief executive Bob Iger revealed in a quarterly earnings call.
That is a huge climb from 3.5
Pluto TV expands to Latin America
Pluto TV, the free, ad-supported streaming service owned by US media group ViacomCBS, will launch in Latin America next month
Croatia’s Iskon.tv strikes Arena Sport deal, drops Sportklub
Croatian IPTV platform Iskon.tv has struck a new carriage deal with Arena Sport after electing to drop fellow pay-television broadcaster Sportklub.
Arena Sport’s channels are now available to Iskon.t
Vivendi to appeal court ruling over Mediaset’s European plans
French media group Vivendi has said it will appeal a ruling from a Milan court rejecting its requests to suspend the resolutions adopted by Mediaset over its MediaForEurope (MFE) project
BeIN appoints ex-Sky commercial director Verow to head up acquisitions
The international pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has appointed former Sky Sports commercial director, Richard Verow, to head up its global sports acquisitions and distribution business
IPO on horizon for Poland’s Canal Plus as TVN and Liberty Global eye exit
ITI Neovision, operator of the Polish pay-television platform Canal Plus, has said it is exploring an initial public offering for the stakes in the company held by minority shareholders, Polish broadcaster…
Sky’s head of UK operations van Rooyen adds Germany and Italy to role
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has extended the remit of Stephen van Rooyen, its head of UK operations, to encompass its German and Italian operations
Sky NZ completes Lightbox acquisition
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has completed its purchase of OTT entertainment platform Lightbox from telco Spark.
Sky plans to merge Lightbox with its own OTT service Neon
FreeSports launches streaming service in the UK
Digital terrestrial channel FreeSports is now available as an ad-funded streaming service in the UK, the company said today (Thursday)
LaLigaSportsTV agrees deal with Samsung for Android TV carriage
LaLiga, the governing body for the top-two divisions of Spanish football, has agreed a deal with tech firm Samsung to carry the LaLigaSportsTV OTT platform
Piracy costing almost $84m every year, says Digiturk chief
The executive vice-president of Digiturk, beIN Sports’ Turkish subsidiary, has urged greater action against piracy after revealing the pay-television broadcaster is losing nearly TRY500m ($84m) per year a…
Eurosport to broadcast from German House, eyes improved Olympics highlights audience
Eurosport Germany is to broadcast daily live coverage from the German House at the 2020 Olympic Games after reaching an agreement with Deutsche Sport Marketing, the commercial of the German Olympic Sports…
Discovery wins favourable injunction in DSport dispute
Media group Discovery has secured an interim injunction from the Delhi High Court restraining Lex Sportel Vision from using "DSport", the brand name of their formerly jointly-operated sports pay-television…
Ashes, Open and Champions League final ‘not set for UK ‘crown jewels’ list’
Calls for the UK government to add golf’s Open Championship, the Ashes cricket series and the final of football’s Uefa Champions League to the so-called ‘crown jewels’ list of sporting events have reporte…
UK Olympic, Paralympic bodies pool media rights, plan OTT platform
UK Olympic and Paralympic sports bodies have created a company to collectively manage their media rights, with the intention of exploiting them on an OTT platform developed in partnership with a media…
TV Azteca, Televisa pick up Tokyo 2020 rights in Mexico
Mexican commercial broadcaster TV Azteca and pay-television operator Televisa have announced that they will provide coverage of this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Lex Sportel Vision launches new channel amid Discovery dispute
Indian media company Lex Sportel Vision has launched a new sports pay-television channel, 1Sports, as it continues to tussle with media group Discovery over control of the DSport channel