Multi-sport

UK telco BT, parent company of pay-television broadcaster BT Sport, has today (Friday) announced that Gavin Patterson will depart as chief executive, stating it needs a change of leadership to deliver on its reform plans.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has moved to widen its customer base by launching a new 15-channel digital terrestrial television service which will include access to its premium sports content.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has launched a new sports service for mobile devices that will provide cut-price access to its Fan Pass streaming service.

New Zealand telco Spark has today (Friday) forged a sports partnership with pay-television broadcaster Sky amid speculation concerning a wider tie-up between the two companies.

Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has said it will launch a new sports channel in August.

Polish media company and telco Cyfrowy Polsat has acquired a controlling stake in sports broadcaster Eleven Sports' Polish operation.

UK Culture Secretary Matt Hancock has said that he is unlikely to call for an investigation into Comcast’s bid to gazump rival media company 21st Century Fox’s takeover bid for Sky, a major sports broadcaster in Europe.

Hong Kong telco PCCW has launched a new OTT platform to showcase its sports and entertainment portfolio.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has further diversified its offering with the launch of Eurosport Shop, its first e-commerce platform.

Social media company Facebook has added another senior sports media executive to its ranks with the appointment of Joyee Biswas as head of sports partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region.

German telcos Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica Deutschland have hit out following Vodafone’s announcement of a proposed €18.4bn ($22.2bn) takeover of media company Liberty Global’s European assets.

UK telco BT, which operates pay-television broadcaster BT Sport, has today (Thursday) announced plans to cut around 13,000 jobs over the next three years as it admitted its structure is too complex and “overweight” when compared to rivals.

Social media company Facebook has made its latest high-level appointment as its seeks to further bolster its presence in the sports rights market, with Rhys Beer joining from US media group NBCUniversal.

Digital sports content and media group Perform has today (Tuesday) signalled its intention to step up its global expansion plans by hiring John Skipper, formerly president of US sports broadcaster ESPN, as executive chairman.

Comcast is preparing a takeover bid for a significant share of rival US media company 21st Century Fox’s business assets, challenging a deal struck in December between the latter and media giant Walt Disney.

BT, the UK telco that operates the BT Sport pay-television sports broadcaster, is set to announce plans to cut 6,000 jobs worldwide next week.