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Access Industries eliminates DAZN borrowings with $4.3bn recapitalisation
Access Industries, the multinational industrial group headed by billionaire Len Blavatnik, has moved to wipe out borrowings at DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, by subscribing…
Ringier Sports and Blick launch RED streaming service with Erste Liga rights deal
Ringier Sports, the marketing agency owned by Swiss media group Ringier, has teamed up with media company the Blick Group to unveil plans for a new multi-sport streaming and OTT platform focusing on team…
Disney sells Fox Sports channels to Mediapro in Argentina
The Walt Disney Company has agreed to sell its Fox Sports channels in Argentina to the Mediapro agency in compliance with requirements outlined by the Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia (CNDC), …
ViacomCBS rebrands as Paramount to highlight streaming focus
CBS Sports parent entity ViacomCBS has changed its corporate name to Paramount, a move which highlights the American media conglomerate's emphasis on its international Paramount+ streaming service.
WSC Sports plans expansion after $100m Series D fundraising
Israel-based automated highlights company WSC Sports has raised investments totalling $100m (€88.2m) from a Series D funding round led by Israeli investment management company Ion Crossover Partners.
SROC takes aim at Kenya’s proposed copyright law reform
The Sports Rights Owner Coalition, an alliance of more than 50 leading international and national sports rights-holders, has called on the Kenyan Government to refrain from enacting changes to copyright…
CME breaks into new market with RTL Croatia takeover
Media group Central European Media Enterprises has grown its presence in southern Europe and broken into a new Balkan market with an agreement to acquire RTL Croatia
Disney reverses prior concerns with robust earnings report
Streaming growth, Manning contract extension highlight latest results
DAZN revamps Italian leadership with appointment of experienced telecoms duo
DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, has revamped its management structure in Italy through the appointments of Franco Bernabè and Stefano Azzi, former leading executives …
Two Circles to meld data with content in LiveWire Sport acquisition
Sports data marketing agency Two Circles has acquired LiveWire Sport, the digital sports content company whose clients include the Premier League, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, World Rugby…
Cheetham appointed to manage Coalition Against Piracy
The Asia Video Industry Association has appointed intellectual property lawyer Matthew Cheetham as general manager of the Coalition Against Piracy (CAP)
Nent passes 4m Viaplay subscribers, up 33 per cent year-on-year
The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has reported reaching just over four million paying subscribers to its Viaplay streaming service after adding 397,000 new customers in the fourth quarter of last year…
Eclat strikes Tata deal to enable local-language commentary on SPOTV
South Korea's Eclat Media Group has struck an agreement with Indian firm Tata Communications that will allow the broadcaster to provide local-language commentary on its pan-regional pay-television network
DAZN Japan and Mixi to launch NFT marketplace
DAZN, the OTT subscription broadcaster, has announced a joint venture with Japanese social media network Mixi to create a sports-themed non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace
Foxtel revenues fall as Kayo Sports subscriptions plateau
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has reported a 3-per-cent decrease in year-on-year revenues for the last three months of 2021, with the number of subscribers to its Kayo Sports streaming service…
Collective Media Group forms sports division
Collective Media Group, a UK-based producer of factual content, has launched a sports-focused division.
Collective Media Sport will be headed by Matt Wilkinson as creative director
Viaplay adds T-Mobile distribution in the Netherlands
Viaplay, the subscription streaming service of Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, has further expanded its reach in the Netherlands ahead of its launch in the country next month, agreeing a multi-year…
Discovery in exclusive talks with BT over sports JV as DAZN takeover collapses
Media group Discovery is now in exclusive talks to form a sports joint venture with BT with the proposed takeover of the UK telco’s sports arm by DAZN Group having collapsed.