Multi-sport

Ten Sports chief executive Rajesh Sethi has revealed that the Indian pay-television broadcaster has plans to launch more channels.

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has struck a deal with the country’s national airline, TAP, to show a daily news programme on flights.

The European Broadcasting Union consortium of public-service broadcasters has said it is “deeply concerned” after its member in Bosnia and Herzegovina, BHRT, announced it would cease operations at the end of the month due to financial difficulties.

Infront Italy president Marco Bogarelli has today (Friday) been appointed as strategic director for Wanda Sports Holding, the Chinese entity that incorporates the Infront Sports & Media agency, endurance brand Ironman and Wanda Sports China.

French telecommunications company SFR-Numericable has completed the acquisition of Altice Media Group France, which operates a series of television channels and other media assets.

Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor has agreed a new deal with commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 for carriage of its channels on the Canal Digital pay-television platform.

Fox Networks Group will lose two senior sports rights executives as Simon Thomas and Andrew Guy are set to leave the global channel syndicator, TV Sports Markets understands.

The Conference USA organisation has sealed domestic rights deals with three broadcasters – ESPN, CBS Sports Network, and American Sports Network.

Energy drinks giant Red Bull has signed a multi-year global partnership with US camera manufacturer GoPro that includes content production, distribution, cross-promotion and product innovation.

Digital media company Veqta has unveiled plans to launch an OTT sports service in India.

MP & Silva has today (Tuesday) confirmed that Shanghai Jin Xin, an investment fund created by Chinese financial services company Everbright and internet entertainment and technology provider Baofeng, will acquire a 65-per-cent stake in the agency.

Switzerland's Competition Commission has fined telecommunications group Swisscom CHF71.8m (€64m/$72.5m) for abusing its dominant position in live sports broadcasting on pay television.

The MP & Silva agency is set to be acquired by a Chinese group in a deal worth around $1.4bn (€1.24bn), according to La Repubblica.

France’s competition authority, l'Autorité de la Concurrence, has said it will delay its ruling into the carriage deal signed between Canal Plus and rival pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports.

YouTube has maintained that it does not have any plans to bid for rights to major sporting events in the near future, according to a senior executive from the video-sharing platform.

US pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has made its first move into college sport by agreeing a deal with the Conference USA organisation.