Multi-sport
Morgenbesser named Servus TV sports rights chief in latest Sky Deutschland exit
Servus TV, the Red Bull-owned free-to-air television network in Austria, has appointed David Morgenbesser, a sports rights executive at German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland, as its head of sports…
Gravity Media Group unites broadcast, production companies under one brand
Gearhouse Broadcast, Hyperactive Broadcast, Input Media and Chief Entertainment will now trade under the brand name of ‘Gravity Media’ as part of a rebranding process by parent company Gravity Media Gro…
Barry Frank, iconic US Olympic TV rights negotiator, dies aged 87
Barry Frank, a leading US television executive and negotiator of Olympic broadcast deals in the US market for the IMG agency, has died aged 87
Nent Norway head of sport among exits in group restructuring
Anne Tufte, head of sport in Norway at the Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, is to leave the broadcaster as one of 45 announced job losses
Olympic Channel adds Swisscom distribution ahead of Lausanne 2020
The Olympic Channel has announced a carriage deal with Swiss telecoms operator Swisscom ahead of Lausanne’s staging of the 2020 winter Youth Olympic Games.
Reliance to spin off Jio into new $15bn digital services business
Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited is spinning off its mobile operator Jio and several other digital and media divisions into a new subsidiary that is being billed as India’s biggest digital b…
DAZN seeks to raise ‘at least $500m’ for expansion and rights push
International sports streaming service DAZN is seeking to raise at least $500m (€450m) from investors in order to support its expansion efforts and pursuit of new broadcast rights.
IOC retains clip rights for Olympic Channel, set to go to market in Australia
The International Olympic Committee has retained clip rights in 68 territories that it will exploit on the Olympic Channel during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as it seeks to drive greater engagement for…
Prud’homme takes helm at Discovery France after Bergeaud exit
Laurent Prud'homme, senior vice-president of rights acquisitions and syndication at Eurosport, the Discovery-owned sports broadcaster, has been named as the new senior vice-president, general manager at…
Nent, Telenor Group announce merger deal for Viasat Consumer and Canal Digital
Media company Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) has reached an agreement with Norwegian telco Telenor Group to combine the former’s Viasat Consumer satellite pay-television operations with the latter’s Can…
SIS appoints new commercial director
SIS, a provider of end-to-end products and services to the betting and broadcast industries, has appointed Ian Baynes as its new commercial director to further drive the company’s international expansion s…
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FOOTBALL: UK, France may drive global Champions League revenue downturn
FOOTBALL: Bundesliga agrees big fee rise in US with ESPN, but takes exposure gamble
Paul Rehrig, general manager, Eurosport Digital
Paul Rehrig, general manager, Eurosport Digital, talks about Discovery’s deal with Twitter for coverage of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo
Discovery’s Tokyo 2020 deal with Twitter sets stage for more clips, highlights partnerships
The deal struck this week between US media group Discovery and social media platform Twitter for coverage of the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo is expected to be the first of many such clip and highlights deals, as Discovery looks for additional ways to monetise its substantial investment in the rights in Europe.
Endeavor ends IPO plans, but leaves door open to return
Endeavor, the US-based sports and entertainment group whose assets include the IMG agency and UFC, has formally ended its planned initial public offering, but could yet decide to return to a trading of…
Government moves to aid France Télévisions’ spending power by scrapping evening ads ban
The French government today moved to help public-service broadcaster France Télévisions better compete for sports rights as its Council of State recommended the reintroduction of advertising during live s…
Vivendi to challenge Mediaset merger plans in Milan court
French media group Vivendi has filed a preliminary injunction in Italy against broadcaster Mediaset’s plans to merge its Italian and Spanish businesses.
Eurosport to show real-time Olympics clips on Twitter in content tie-up
The Discovery-owned international sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a content and advertising deal with social media platform Twitter that will allow the publishing of real-time highlights from …