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Highlight Communications is considering a sale of German media group Sport1 Medien or some of its constituent parts as it seeks to raise investment

Peter Nørrelund has returned to the role of Viaplay’s chief sports officer just two and a half months after resigning from the position.

Olaf Schröder, chief executive of Sport1 Medien, is leaving the Highlight Communications-owned German media group with immediate effect amid a restructuring of operations.

Experienced media executive Martin Stewart has been promoted to the role of chief executive at outside broadcast service provider NEP Group

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

Italian public broadcaster Rai has announced the death of Pier Francesco Forleo, head of its sports rights department

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

New Zealand public-service broadcaster TVNZ will launch a new sports hub on its TVNZ+ streaming platform next month as it confirmed a slate of rights that it will assume from telco Spark Sport

Sport technology ecosystem Hype Sports Innovation and broadcaster CBS Sports have agreed to a partnership that focuses on creating new technology and innovation for the network’s sports programming.

Sky Deutschland executive vice-president Charly Classen says he is motivated by the challenge of navigating the pay-television broadcaster’s sports division through an “uncertain” operating environment.

Video streaming platform YouTube has announced that Germany will be the first international market to receive its Primetime Channels service, with a host of sports broadcasters and organisations already…

Viaplay has announced the resignation of group chief executive and president Anders Jensen as the subscription streaming and linear broadcaster predicts wider-than-expected international losses and curtailed…

The Belgian division of French telecommunications company Orange has concluded a deal to acquire a controlling stake in telco operator, Voo

DAZN, the international sports streaming service and media company, has today (Thursday) announced the appointment of Rachelle Peterson as senior vice-president of global commercial distribution

BeIN Sports subscription channels are no longer available on the platform of United Arab Emirates telco Etisalat by e& after the pair failed to reach an agreement over the carriage fee going forwards

Women's Sports Group (WSG) has hired BT Sport's experienced broadcast rights executive Rachel Knight as co-managing director

DAZN Group has named Spanish businessman David Hatchwell as the ‘strategic adviser’ to its operations in Spain.

Women’s sports television channel W-Sport has expanded its reach in Belgium by agreeing a carriage deal with telecoms operator Orange.