Multi-sport

Telecommunications firm Econet Media has extended its Kwesé TV brand through launching a new direct-to-home platform in three African markets.

Discovery Communications, the parent company of international sports broadcaster Eurosport, has threatened to pull its channels from pay-television broadcaster Sky’s platforms in the UK and Germany due to a carriage dispute.

Telco BT has said the accounting scandal concerning its Italian division will have no impact on its British pay-television broadcaster BT Sport.

US internet company Yahoo has maintained the sale of its core internet business to telecommunications company Verizon remains on track, despite the targeted completion of the deal having slipped.

UK telecommunications company BT has confirmed that broadband customers will have to pay £3.50 (€4.05/$4.35) per month for pay-television service BT Sport from April 2.

Media group Sony Pictures Networks India has been granted approval by the Competition Commission of India for its acquisition of the Ten Sports arm of pay-television operator Zee Entertainment Enterprises.

International media company Discovery Communications has agreed distribution deals with telco TDC in Denmark and Norway.

CSM Sport & Entertainment, a division of marketing services group Chime Communications, has made an investment in virtual reality agency Visualise.

Mediaset is set to make its Premium pay-television service and content available to other operators and could scale back its coverage of football if the rights become too costly, the Italian media group told investors yesterday (Wednesday).

David Clementi, the new chair of UK public-service broadcaster the BBC, has called for a review of the ‘crown jewels’ list of sporting events reserved for free-to-air television in the country.

Telecommunications company Econet has confirmed the appointment of Jeroen Oerlemans as the new chief executive of the Kwesé Sports division of African pay-television broadcaster Kwesé TV.

Chinese internet company LeEco, whose subsidiaries include media platform LeSports, has alleviated its financial concerns by securing 16.8 billion yuan (€2.31bn/$2.42bn) in strategic investment, chiefly from property developer Sunac China Holdings.

German media company Constantin Medien has formed a new consulting unit.

Bulgarian telecommunications company MTel has confirmed the launch of three new sports channels.

German media group ProSiebenSat.1 has joined forces with French and Italian counterparts TF1 and Mediaset to forge a partnership in the online video sector.

Yunfeng Capital, an investment fund backed by Jack Ma, the executive chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, and Chinese conglomerate HNA Group are among the four remaining contenders to acquire a stake in Imagina, the operator of Spanish agency Mediapro.