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Stadion partners with LiveLike
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LaLigaSportsTV broadens reach with Vodafone TV deal
LaLigaSportsTV, the OTT streaming platform of LaLiga, organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has agreed a carriage deal with telco Vodafone’s pay-television arm.
YouTube deal builds on Discovery’s Tokyo 2020 digital coverage plan
The Discovery media group has further widened coverage of the forthcoming Tokyo 2020 summer Olympic Games across digital media platforms in Europe by agreeing a new content and advertising deal with video-streaming…
Tributes paid to ‘sports digital pioneer’ Mike Ingram
Tributes have been paid to Mike Ingram, one of the key figures behind digital sports rights agency Inform Group, who has died suddenly
Experienced Hair fills IMG Media EMEA position
Ross Hair, the experienced international broadcast executive, has joined IMG as senior vice-president, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa at the IMG Media division
SportsMax CFO Matthews succeeds long-serving McIntosh as CEO
SportsMax, the pay-television broadcaster in the Caribbean, has appointed chief financial officer Nick Matthews as its new chief executive, replacing the long-serving Oliver McIntosh
Spalk completes $3m Series A funding round, led by Greg Norman Company
New Zealand-based remote production start up Spalk has announced that it has completed a $3m (€2.5m) Series A investment round, led by its long-time backer The Greg Norman Company.
Huya ends DouYu merger after regulatory intervention
Huya has moved to formally terminate a merger agreement with fellow live streaming service DouYu after China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) vetoed the proposed deal, citing concern o…
ESPN+ subscription to rise to $7 a month
The Walt Disney Co. has announced it will raise the monthly subscription fee for sports streaming service ESPN+ by $1 to $6.99 (€5.89) from August 13.
Pistoni ‘to take up role’ at DAZN in Italy
Marco Pistoni to expected to take up a new role as senior vice-president of rights in Italy for sports streaming service DAZN
Tributes paid to APAC ‘broadcast pioneer’ Duijs, who passes away aged 48
Dentsu Sports International has paid tribute to Danny Duijs, the experienced media professional who has died at the age of 48
ESPN signs multiyear rights deal with Big West Conference
ESPN has further expanded its programming presence in American college sports, completing multiyear media rights agreement with the Big West Conference.
Streaming success prompts Foxtel to ‘explore’ IPO
The owners of Australian pay-television platform Foxtel are exploring an IPO for the business, prompted by the country's booming OTT streaming market, the Australian Financial Review has reported
Saran Media Group’s S Sport Plus to launch in commercial venues
S Sport Plus, the Turkish sports streaming platform owned by Istanbul-based agency Saran Media Group, has teamed up with UK-based Screach to launch a direct-to-enterprise streaming service
Sinclair makes bid for NBCUniversal RSNs
Maryland-based company eyes potential expansion of portfolio
Bernhard and Englund hires further swell Sportway commercial team
Sportway, the automated production and live streaming firm, has bolstered its commercial team with the hiring of sports industry veterans, Kim Bernhard and Martin Englund, as it seeks to continue expansion…
Suspended BTRC loses EBU sports rights access
The European Broadcasting Union membership of BTRC, the state broadcaster in Belarus, has been suspended amid ongoing political instability in the country
DAZN sues Vodafone Italia for ‘deliberate’ breaches of carriage deal
Multi-platform broadcaster DAZN has filed a claim against Vodafone Italia at London’s High Court, accusing the telco of multiple ‘deliberate’ breaches of a carriage deal between the two.