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IMG names ex-BT Sport football head Cook as director of content
The IMG agency has named Stephen Cook, previously head of football at BT Sport, the UK pay-TV broadcaster, as director of content based at IMG Studios at Stockley Park, near London’s Heathrow Airport.
VRT picks up sublicensed Olympic rights in Belgium
Flemish-language public broadcaster VRT has agreed a sublicensing deal with US media group Discovery for exclusive, free-to-air rights in the Flanders region of Belgium to the 2022-2024 Olympic Games cycle,…
Steady growth for Spanish pay-television sector
The Spanish pay-television market recorded steady growth in subscribers in the first quarter of 2019, according to the latest figures released by competition regulator the CNMC
Norris takes up director role at Gravity Media after leaving BT
Former head of BT commercial sports rights, Steve Norris, has moved to production company, Gravity Media Group
Vivendi welcomes court ruling on Mediaset’s merger plans
A Madrid court has suspended a decision by shareholders of the Spanish arm of Italian broadcaster Mediaset to merge the two entities in a move that French media group Vivendi has claimed as a win
Spring Media adds Paunovic and ITF’s O’Hara to commercial team
Spring Media, the Stockholm-based agency, has strengthened its commercial team with the appointments of Slaven Paunovic, formerly of the MP & Silva and The Sportsman Media Group agencies, and Carly O’Hara, c…
BeIN’s Al-Obaidly: Sports industry completely unprepared in piracy fight
Yousef Al-Obaidly, chief executive of beIN Media Group, today (Tuesday) increased the pressure on the sports industry regarding the threat posed by pirate broadcasting service beoutQ and piracy in general,…
Genius launches live streaming for betting operators
Betgenius, the sportsbooks supplier arm of sports data and technology company Genius Sports, has launched a live streaming service giving operators access to new content from sports competitions
SABC secures two thirds of government bailout
Embattled South African public-service broadcaster the SABC is today (Monday) set to receive around two-thirds of a ZAR3.2bn (€192.4m/$211.4
Dish and Fox reach long-term carriage deal as dispute ends
After a 10-day impasse, Fox and Dish Network ended their carriage dispute at the weekend which had prevented millions of the satellite provider's subscribers from watching Thursday Night Football as well …
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FOOTBALL: Uefa set to agree record deal with Deutsche Telekom for Euro 2024
FOOTBALL: LaLiga shifts to fee plus revenue share in Premier Sports UK, Ireland deals
Unitymedia’s Hindennach replaces Maggioni as Sky Deutschland CCO
Christian Hindennach has been named as the new chief commercial officer of German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland, replacing the recently-departed Marcello Maggioni
Long-serving Maluf to head ESPN Brasil
Carlos Maluf has been announced as the new chief executive of sports broadcaster ESPN Brasil.
The appointment was made by the broadcaster’s parent company Disney.
Profitability recorded for Eleven Sports in Belgium
The Belgian operation of pay-TV broadcaster Eleven Sports has, for the first time, reported positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda), after launching in the country…
DAZN tops sports app revenue study
OTT streaming service DAZN has unseated Major League Baseball as the producer of the world’s top revenue-generating sports app, according to a new report.
Canal Plus offers new-subscriber digital offer as competition erodes base
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has responded to competitive pressures in the market with another sharp temporary fee reduction for new subscribers to its digital services
BT appoints Haworth as managing director of sports rights
UK telco BT has appointed Andy Haworth as managing director of Sports Rights and Commercial.
Haworth will manage BT’s sports rights portfolio and its commercial business in the newly-created role.
Walker assumes DAZN global rights partnerships role after leaving beIN
Digital sports media company DAZN Group has named Stewart Walker as its executive vice-president of global rights partnerships