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Seven CEO Warburton calls for anti-siphoning extension to cover streaming services
James Warburton, the chief executive of Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven West Media, has called on the newly-elected Australian government to tighten the country’s 'anti-siphoning' laws to stop s…
Canal Plus names Rodrigues as digital sports head
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has named Bruno Rodrigues as its digital sports director
Criscitiello’s Micri Communication takes over Sportitalia
Michele Criscitiello has secured full control of Italia Sport Communication, parent company of digital terrestrial television broadcaster Sportitalia
DAZN appoints BT executive Oliver as CMO
DAZN Group, the global sports streaming service and media group, has announced the appointment of former BT commercial, marketing and digital executive Pete Oliver as its new chief marketing officer
ITV extends Twitter content agreement
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has extended its content sharing deal with Twitter, with the social media platform to showcase ITV Sport’s portfolio over the next two years.
IMG appoints OneFootball’s McFarlane to senior role in Asia
The IMG agency has appointed Mark McFarlane as senior vice-president for strategic partnerships in Asia
Optus makes first change to pricing strategy for sports streaming service
Australian telco Optus has announced price increases for its sports subscription streaming service, Optus Sport.
From August 1, Optus Sport’s new subscription price will be A$24.99 ($17.96/€16.69)
DAZN to make around 50 redundancies at London headquarters
Global sports streaming service and media company DAZN Group is expected to make around 50 redundancies at its London-based headquarters
Tencent Sports reported to have slashed jobs amid tech downturn in China
Tencent Sports, the sports division of Chinese digital media giant Tencent, has scrapped six internal business units and cut 100 jobs - about one third of its workforce - according to local media reports
DAZN Spain appoints FC Barcelona’s Sarina as SVP Marketing
Subscription streaming platform DAZN appointed Alessio Sarina as its new SVP Marketing in Spain
Nent Group confirms rebrand as Viaplay
Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) has formally changed its name and brand to Viaplay Group following approval of the change by shareholders at the company’s annual general meeting.
Stats Perform signs data deal with Atmosphere Sports
Sports data and technology company Stats Perform has agreed a deal to support the output of business-focused streaming platform Atmosphere Sports
Warner Bros. Discovery has JV purchase option as BT Sport deal finalised
Telecoms company BT has agreed terms with media group Warner Bros
Sportway and MyGame to merge in bid to dominate Europe’s AI production market
Sportway, the Sweden-based automated production and live streaming firm, is to merge with Norwegian streaming platform and production company MyGame Group in a bid to establish a “dominant role” in Eur…
Ringier Sports taps Sportradar for new streaming service
Ringier Sports, the marketing agency owned by Swiss media group Ringier, has selected sports data and technology company Sportradar to provide services for its new streaming platform, RED
Nent names Patrickson as CFO to succeed late Catrina
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has appointed Enrique Patrickson as its new executive vice-president and chief financial officer
Davis Cup rights among slew of Sky Italia rights acquisitions
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired rights to a string of sports properties, headed by tennis’ Davis Cup in a deal running from 2022 to 2024.
Mkarem returns to Spring Media in Mena commercial role
Nabil Mkarem has returned to the Spring Media agency as senior commercial manager with specific focus on the Mena region