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The SABC, the South African public broadcaster, has bolstered its SABC Sport channel thanks to a deal with media group Disney that includes rights to World Athletics events, Top Rank boxing, the Dutch…

Canadian pay-television sports broadcaster TSN posted a record pre-tax profit of C$118.6m ($94m/€80.2m) for the 2020 broadcast year, despite the difficulties posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Company officials still present highly optimistic view, point to efforts in emerging areas such as betting, NFTs, ticketing

A reorganisation in the sports department at Canal Plus, the French pay-television broadcaster, is to lead to the departure of Didier Lahaye, deputy director of sports, it has been reported

US-based subscription streaming platform FloSports has kicked off a recruitment process to find a senior director of global rights acquisition

The Walt Disney Co.'s sports streaming service ESPN+ has now secured 14.9 million paid subscribers, up from 13.8 million subscribers in May

The National Hockey League has taken up its option to sell its 10-per-cent shareholding in Disney Streaming Services, the interactive media and internet company formerly known as BAMTech Media, to The…

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has stressed that the government would not rule out the possibility of bidding for the broadcast rights to more major sporting events after it picked up rights to the Tokyo …

Discovery has said it “remains resolute” in its defence of its Polish business interests after the lower house of the country’s parliament (Sejm) passed a bill which could force the US media group to gi…

Peter Smith, a long-standing executive at the IMG agency and the force behind the creation of the agency’s international broadcast rights business, has died at the age of 76.

UK media regulator Ofcom has recommended a review into the listed events legislation

Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel reported a 40-per-cent increase in subscriptions in 2021, with subscribers for its sports streaming service Kayo Sports more than doubling

Major RSN owner touts plans for "in-game betting, but on steroids"

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has launched a new temporary subscription model and reduced its price for multi-platform subscriptions. For €14.99 ($17.7

Media group Discovery has promoted Rebecca Kent, general manager of Australia and New Zealand, to the newly-created position of senior vice-president, transformation

Media group Discovery has reported $1.09bn (€919.5m) in second-quarter revenues for its International Networks division and now also boasts 18 million direct-to-consumer streaming subscribers.

Company chairman and CEO touts organic growth across multiple operating units

Mediapro, the international broadcast production group and rights agency, claims to have “recovered quickly from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic” after reporting revenues of €669m ($795.2m) i