Multi-sport
Eleven Sports appoints former Fifa digital chief Vicente as CEO
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has today (Thursday) appointed a new chief executive, naming Luis Vicente, who recently left his role as chief digital transformation and innovation officer…
BT Sport to offer no-contract monthly pass
UK telecoms operator BT has, for the first time, made its pay-television BT Sport channels available on a monthly basis without a contract
Sky NZ adds Prime HD and streaming channel to Freeview
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand’s free-to-air Prime channel will now be available in high definition through Freeview.
Sky Österreich MD Scheil departs, replaced by Sky Ireland’s O’Rourke
Christine Scheil, managing director of Sky Österreich, will leave her position on December 31, with Neal O’Rourke, chief finance and strategy officer at sister company Sky Ireland, replacing her at th…
NBC Sports surpasses $1bn in US ad sales for Tokyo 2020
Network still expects to set new Olympics sales record
Learfield IMG College hires Fanatics commercial chief
The Learfield IMG College agency has appointed Cole Gahagan, chief commercial officer of licensed sports merchandise manufacturer and retailer Fanatics, as its president of content, revenue and enterprise…
Nent flags up $73m fourth-quarter strategic realignment charge
Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has said it will take a SEK700m (€66.3m/$73.4
Stats Perform lands respected Hirdt brothers for senior roles
Sports data provider Stats Perform has hired brothers Steve and Peter Hirdt, long regarded as innovators in US sports broadcast research and content, to senior roles
IOC extends non-Tokyo Games rights growth trend in Japan to 2032
The International Olympic Committee extended a long run of media-rights revenue growth in Japan in its latest deal with the market’s free-to-air broadcaster consortium for 2026 to 2032, when the special case of the large Tokyo 2020 sales cycle is disregarded.
TV3 launches OTT platform in Baltic countries
Baltic media group TV3 has launched a new OTT platform offering more than 100 hours of live sport per week
Tabla promoted to top Eurosport-Discovery legal role in France
Erlinda Tabla has been promoted to a role overseeing legal activities at the French operations of Eurosport, the international pay-TV sports broadcaster, and its parent company Discovery
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FOOTBALL: Mediapro ‘bias’ claims cast cloud over Champions League award in France
FOOTBALL: Uefa benefits from US digital battle as club competition values soar
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Globo invests $3.3m in automated production company Pixellot
Brazilian media conglomerate Grupo Global has made a $3
End of an era as Kürten to leave EBU next year
Stefan Kürten, executive director of sport at the European Broadcasting Union, is to step down in June 2020 after nearly two decades at the umbrella body of public-service broadcasters.
Eleven Sports engages Blackbird for social media video content
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has selected cloud video editing platform Blackbird to edit and publish content across its online platforms
Local Uruguayan version of Fox Sports to stop broadcasting
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports is set to cease operating its local version in Uruguay amid a change in business strategy
RTBF keeps financial discipline in protracted Belgian Olympics sublicense talks
RTBF’s Olympic sublicensing deal with US media group Discovery was delayed by the Belgian broadcaster’s determination not to exceed the amount it committed to the European Broadcasting Union’s failed attempt to acquire the property, SportBusiness Media understands.
Seven hit by ABC decision to scrap Olympic radio broadcasts
Australian public-service broadcaster ABC will maintain its decision not to pursue radio rights to the 2020 summer Olympic Game, after a meeting between its chairwoman Ita Buttrose and Australian Olympic…