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Sinclair agrees strategic partnership with Wave
Sinclair Sports Group has announced a strategic partnership with California-based digital sports media company Wave Sports + Entertainment (WSE, formerly WAVE.tv)
Masters, NBA, ‘SNB’ all post ratings increases
Results extend ongoing trend of viewership lift across North American sports
IMG to help produce Hidden Sport audio series for BBC
The IMG agency has teamed up with UK-based production company Scattered Pictures to develop Hidden Sport, a new four-part audio series for the BBC, the UK public-service broadcaster
Eleven’s Collard named chief executive of RTL Belgium
Guillaume Collard will leave international pay-television and streaming business Eleven to become the new chief executive of commercial broadcaster RTL Belgium
WSC Sports to provide automated highlights solution for Imagen
Imagen, the UK-based video management platform business, has agreed a deal with Israeli AI company WSC Sports to bring automated highlights clips, indexing and tagging to its media management platform
Foxtel IPO plans ‘back on hold’ amid uncertain investor demand
Plans to publicly float Australian pay-television operator Foxtel this year have been delayed due to uncertain demand among potential investors, according to reports in Australian newspapers
Warner Bros. Discovery formally starts post-merger operations
WarnerMedia-Discovery merger formally closes, creating one of the largest media entities based in the US
DAZN names Tiku as CTO in latest Entain hire
DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, has today (Monday) appointed Sandeep Tiku as its chief technology officer
Ex-PSG and Barcelona digital chief Stopford to become new Stadion CEO
Russell Stopford, the former digital chief for Paris Saint-Germain, FC Barcelona and Manchester City, has been appointed chief executive of Stadion, the London-based digital sports agency
DAZN names Mascia as chief executive in DACH region
DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, has appointed Alice Mascia as chief executive in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Sports media rights enter ‘greatest period of disruption in their history’
Speaking at SportNXT, a three-day thought leadership summit in Melbourne, leading media executives urged a more symbiotic relationship between broadcasters and rights-holders to avoid being surpassed by…
DMC in Sports to provide remote production solution for TV2 in Norway
DMC in Sports, the Swedish-based sports media and production company set up by former IEC in Sports executives, has agreed a multi-year deal to deliver remote production services for Norwegian commercial…
Government to move forward with Channel 4 privatisation plan
Channel 4 has hit out at the UK Government’s decision to press ahead with plans to privatise the commercial broadcaster.
Eric Conrad, EVP of sports acquisitions, to leave TelevisaUnivision
Conrad was a highly influential executive during a period of consistent growth for Univision prior to this year's merger with Televisa.
Nent Group seeking Viaplay rebrand
Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) has proposed a rebranding to reflect its strategic focus on the Viaplay streaming service
Sport 24 agrees ‘travel media partnership’ with airport network ReachTV
Sport 24, the IMG-owned live in-flight and in-ship sports channel, has agreed a partnership with airport television network ReachTV
WSC to provide automated highlights for Premier Sports
UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has announced it has signed a deal with Israel-based artificial intelligence sports video technology company WSC Sports to deliver automated highlights to its…
Nielsen reverses course, agrees to private equity takeover
Improved offer leads to deal for prominent media measurement firm