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Argentina’s competition regulatory agency, the Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia, has set out a number of conditions the Walt Disney Company must fulfil in order to address competition co…

Eleven, the international subscription broadcaster, has announced the addition of various rights properties in Southeast Asia, including Spain’s Copa del Rey, the Japanese T1 Table Tennis League and a…

DAZN, the global streaming service and media company, has launched DAZN Studios, a specialist content development arm designed to further its global original production strategy

Sports data company Genius Sports and bookmaker Bet365 have expanded their long-term agreement to cover an enhanced package of sports video content, including NFL betting streaming and data rights outside…

DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, is returning to a structure of a sole chief executive, scrapping the current splitting of the position between Shay Segev, former head…

Customers of Spanish telcos Euskaltel and Virgin will now be able sign up to streaming service DAZN through their existing subscriptions

US-based private equity firm KKR has approached Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to support its proposed takeover of Telecom Italia (TIM), the dominant telecoms operator in Italy, it has been reported.

Sportfive has recruited Genius Sports’ Thomas Klingebiel as president of its media rights business.

Arena Television, a UK-based outside broadcast company which ceased trading in November, borrowed almost £300m (€359m/$406m) from 55 lenders for fake assets, according to administrators for the group.
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Deal ends lengthy effort by prominent sports media outlet to find a buyer

Eleven Portugal, an arm of the Aser Ventures-owned international sports broadcaster, is confident of achieving break-even during the 2021-22 period as it closes in on 300,000 subscribers, and is also targeting…

Ziggo has agreed a carriage deal with ESPN that will allow it to carry the main channel of its rival Dutch pay-television broadcaster
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Athletes Unlimited, the startup network of professional sports leagues, has unveiled the domestic broadcast details of its women’s professional basketball and volleyball competitions in early 2022.
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Wave Sports + Entertainment, the California-based digital sports media company, has recruited Seth Brody as its director of rights partnerships

Polish president Andrzej Duda has vetoed a media ownership law that was threatening Discovery’s presence in the country, weeks after the legislation was approved by the parliament.

Media group Discovery has announced that the European Commission has granted unconditional antitrust clearance to the company’s proposed acquisition of telecoms giant AT&T’s WarnerMedia business.

Slovak public broadcaster RTVS has expanded its sports offering with the addition of its new channel RTVS Sport, which will show hundreds of hours of top European football

Sony Pictures Networks India and Zee Entertainment Enterprises have signed definitive agreements to merge Zee "with and into" Sony, following three months of mutual due diligence