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DAZN Italy CEO: Piracy steals €800,000 per day from sports industry
Sports subscription service and media company DAZN has called on the Italian parliament to speed up the introduction of a new bill targeting piracy, following the release of a report outlining that illegal…
Madlindl, Gerhardt to lead Sport1 units after group restructure
Sport1 Medien, the Highlight Communications-owned German media group, has named the executives that will lead the five newly-created units as part of a major restructuring
Viaplay adopts country-based operating model, hires Jeppesen from Snap Inc
Viaplay Group, the embattled international subscription streaming service and broadcaster, has introduced a Nordic country-based operating model, amid more changes to its executive management team
NOS spending over €100m a year on sports, report shows
Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS spent €611m ($666m) on sports content from 2017 to 2022, it has emerged.
SES and Intelsat step away from merger discussions
SES has announced that talks have ended regarding a potential merger deal with rival satellite operator Intelsat
BeIN set to lose second UAE carriage deal as Du drops channels
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports is poised to lose more carriage in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after telecoms operator Du informed its customers that the channels would be dropped from its television…
Canal Plus targets Asian streaming market with $300m Viu investment
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has strengthened its presence in the Southeast Asia market by becoming a minority shareholder in Viu, an OTT streaming service owned by Hong Kong-based telco PCCW
WedoTV enhances DACH offering with new FAST sports channel
Commercially funded streaming service WedoTV has today (Tuesday) launched a free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) sports channel in the DACH markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland
MySports to implement first subscription increase
Swiss pay-television broadcaster MySports has announced plans to increase its subscription price for the first time since launching in 2017
MultiChoice takes RoA business back to profit as subscriber base grows
Pan-African media group MultiChoice, owner of pay-television broadcaster SuperSport and pay-television operator DStv, has reported the return of its Rest of Africa (RoA) business to profitability, along…
Former Sorare COO Spoon hired as Yahoo Sports president
US internet company Yahoo has appointed Ryan Spoon as the new president of its sports division.
Spoon comes to Yahoo Sports after working at digital collectibles and fantasy game company Sorare
Highlight open to sale of Sport1 Medien
Highlight Communications is considering a sale of German media group Sport1 Medien or some of its constituent parts as it seeks to raise investment
Nørrelund makes swift return to Viaplay under Lindemann’s leadership
Peter Nørrelund has returned to the role of Viaplay’s chief sports officer just two and a half months after resigning from the position.
Sport1 stalwart Schröder leaves in major ‘reshuffle’
Olaf Schröder, chief executive of Sport1 Medien, is leaving the Highlight Communications-owned German media group with immediate effect amid a restructuring of operations.
Stewart replaces Sullivan as NEP CEO
Experienced media executive Martin Stewart has been promoted to the role of chief executive at outside broadcast service provider NEP Group
Cosmote TV’s Michalakis issues warning over sports rights inflation
The current level of spending on sports rights in Greece cannot be maintained, according to Dimitris Michalakis, the long-serving executive director of Cosmote TV, the pay-television arm of the Greek telco
Rai mourns death of sports rights chief Forleo
Italian public broadcaster Rai has announced the death of Pier Francesco Forleo, head of its sports rights department
ServusTV to shutter German linear channel
Red Bull Media House-owned broadcaster ServusTV has today (Wednesday) announced it will shutter its linear operation in Germany and turn its attention back towards its home market of Austria