Multi-sport
RTL and Sky mourn death of former sports executive Weber
Burkhard Weber, a respected executive in the German sports media industry, has died at the age of 64.
Weber had worked as senior vice-president of sport at pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland
Minute Media buys digital sports media outlet FanSided
Minute Media, a New York-based digital media conglomerate, has continued its aggressive run of dealmaking, acquiring FanSided from the Meredith Corp
UK adds Paralympic Games to listed events
The UK government has added the summer and winter Paralympic Games to the so-called ‘crown jewels’ list of sporting events reserved for free-to-air broadcast.
RTVE appoints presenter Cañada as head of sport
Arsenio Cañada has been named head of sport at Spanish public-service broadcaster RTVE.
Cañada will be responsible for RTVE’s sports output across television, radio and online.
RMC Sport chief Eichinger heads for exit
Laurent Eichinger, the chief executive of RMC Sport, is leaving his position less than 12 months after joining the Altice-owned subscription broadcaster
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FOOTBALL: Europa League value falls in France in wake of Champions League frenzy
FOOTBALL: Premier League goes early in Nordics and opens up option of premium six-season deal
Sky hits 24m subscriber barrier as full-year revenue down 3 per cent
European pay-television broadcaster Sky recorded both revenue and subscriber increases for the fourth quarter of 2019, but a fall in total revenue for the full year, according to results presented today…
Fanview names European Championships Management’s Bristow as non-executive chairman
Sports media services company Fanview has appointed European Championships Management co-founder and director Paul Bristow as its new non-executive chairman
Česká Televize retains Olympics rights with extra hours secured
Czech public broadcaster Česká Televize will continue its long-running coverage of the Olympics after negotiating the acquisition of sublicensed rights to the 2022 winter Games in Beijing and the 2024 s…
Fetch becomes Eurosport’s new Australian home amid impending Foxtel exit
International sports broadcaster Eurosport has secured a new home in Australia after agreeing a carriage deal with pay-television operator Fetch
IMG’s Wood lands Amazon sports role in Europe
Online retail giant Amazon has recruited Tim Wood, a long-serving executive at the IMG agency, as its head of business affairs, sport at Prime Video Europe
China state media and sports administration agencies sign Olympic sports partnership
China's General Administration of Sport and its State Administration of Radio and Television signed an agreement in Beijing yesterday to jointly create a platform for events, programmes and content covering…
NBC’s Peacock to stream live Tokyo 2020 opening and closing ceremonies
Comcast and NBCUniversal's new Peacock subscription streaming video service will contain a significant amount of live sports coverage, including extensive coverage of this summer's Tokyo Olympics
Discovery agrees Vodafone carriage in Romania but Telekom Romania standoff continues
Media group Discovery has agreed a wide-ranging deal with the Romanian arm of Vodafone through which its sports broadcaster, Eurosport, will be carried on the telco’s Vodafone TV service.
Tischler to oversee integration of Gravity Media assets in UK
Gravity Media, the broadcast production and outside broadcast services company, has promoted Ed Tischler to the position of acting managing director
DAZN adds Amazon’s Skeels as VP of product acquisition
Subscription OTT sports platform DAZN has appointed Julian Skeels as vice-president of product acquisition, retention and payments
Ex-Discovery executive Osmanbegovic leads Swedish production firm’s sports move
Emir Osmanbegovic, the sports media executive who previously headed up Eurosport’s international sports production activities, is to lead a newly-created sports arm at Nexiko, the independent production c…
India and China stand out in otherwise sluggish 2019 for APAC pay-TV
India and China were the only Asia-Pacific pay-television markets to show strong revenue and subscriber growth in 2019, and there were significant subscriber declines in several territories, according…