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Greenfly enlists Hutton’s expertise to drive growth
US digital media company Greenfly has become the latest organisation to enlist the services of sports broadcasting and technology veteran Peter Hutton
Sky NZ raises sports subscription fees for second time in a year
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand is raising the cost of its Sky Sport package by NZ$3 ($1.92/€1.77) per month and its streaming service Sky Sport Now by NZ$5 per month.
IMG appoints Warner Bros. Discovery’s long-serving Horta to DACH role
Alberto Horta has joined the IMG agency as its senior vice-president and managing director for the DACH markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, following a lengthy tenure at media group Warner Bros
Sporttotal chooses Vicente to chair new advisory board
Luis Vicente, the former chief executive at subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports, has been appointed as chairman of the new advisory board at Germany-based technology and live streaming company Sporttotal
TSN launches TSN+, acquires rights to PGA Tour Live
Canadian broadcaster TSN has announced its own streaming platform TSN+ along with the acquisition of the rights to PGA Tour Live
Netflix orders 2022 World Cup and Six Nations Rugby docuseries
Streaming giant Netflix is continuing to grow its presence in the sports industry, ordering a pair of new docuseries on the 2022 men's Fifa World Cup and Six Nations Rugby
Biswas joins Web3 platform Virtualness after leaving Meta
Web3-focused platform Virtualness has hired experienced media executive Joyee Biswas as a founding team member, heading sports and media partnerships for the fledgling Singapore-based company
Next League to buy services, product businesses from Infront X
Deal brings a full-circle moment for former Omnigon founders
DAZN reports $1.36bn operating loss in 2021, revenues reach $2.3bn in 2022
DAZN Group made an overall loss of $2.33bn (€2.17bn) in 2021, bringing the company's total losses over the past three reported financial years to $5bn, SportBusiness can reveal.
Fort joins Hutton on Sporttotal’s advisory board
German technology and live streaming company Sporttotal has appointed Brazilian sports marketing expert Ricardo Fort as the latest member of its newly established advisory board
VTVcab, VNPT combine to launch ON Plus sports streaming app
Vietnamese pay-television broadcaster VTVcab has teamed up with telco VNPT to launch a new sports content app that will carry live sports video and other sports content
Sporttotal brings in Hutton to aid international development plans
German technology and live streaming company Sporttotal has appointed experienced media executive Peter Hutton as the first member of its newly established advisory board, as it seeks to drive international…
Long-serving Barreto leaves DirecTV Latin America
Guillermo Barreto, associate vice-president of sports content programming at DirecTV Latin America, is leaving the pay-TV broadcaster after 23 years
Pixellot, Playermaker join forces to create new video analytics product
AI-automated sports production company Pixellot has partnered with sports technology company Playermaker to create a video platform that allows teams and coaches to analyse every aspect of their players'…
Channel 4 hails scrapping of government privatisation plan
UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 has welcomed the confirmation today (Thursday) that the government will pursue reform rather than privatisation of the organisation
Telenet’s Kestens recruited to Eleven Sports Belgium acquisitions role
Stefaan Kestens, the senior sports content acquisitions manager at Belgian telco Telenet, has joined Eleven Sports Belgium
UK Culture Secretary advises against Channel 4 privatisation
UK Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak advising against the privatisation of free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4
DAZN ups prices for new customers in Italy, adds lower-tier ‘Start’ package
Multi-platform subscription broadcaster DAZN has increased prices for new customers in Italy and launched a new package for non-football fans