The Covid-19 pandemic has hit Australia’s major sports with varying degrees of severity.
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ICC tops BCW Sports’ IF social media study as non-Olympics sports included
BCW Sports, the sports practice of global communications agency Burson Cohn & Wolfe (BCW), has released its annual study of international sports federations’ (IFs) social media performance, with the I…
NFL shifting 2021 Combine to virtual format
Scouting event in Indianapolis has been a key point on NFL's annual calendar
Rights-holders welcome Ticketmaster’s closure of secondary sites
Ticketmaster’s decision to close its secondary ticketing platforms Seatwave and GetMeIn looks like a response to hardening of the political and legislative stance on secondary ticketing sites in Britain and Ireland. Ben Cronin examines what it means for rights-holders.
Adam Hodge | Rights-holders and sponsors must talk to mitigate peak pandemic pain
Adam Hodge, Octagon’s head of planning & strategy for APAC, asks how rights-holders can ‘make good’ the loss of value felt by their sponsors
Uefa club rights on market in Oceania, ISOs issued in Czech Republic, Slovakia
Broadcasters in Australia and New Zealand have been asked to lodge their first-round bids for Uefa Champions League rights by the middle of next month following the launch of the sales process by the Team…
Bids invited for Uefa club competition licensing rights across quartet of categories
Uefa and the Team Marketing agency have initiated the process to invite offers for licensing rights across four more categories for the 2021-24 club competitions cycle
Schalke’s long-serving merchandising chief heads for exit
Mirko Hellweg has become the second long-serving commercial executive to be leaving Schalke 04, bringing down the curtain on just under two decades at the Bundesliga club
IMG and Epic Games bring 23 football clubs into Fortnite
The IMG agency has worked with Epic Games to enable 23 football clubs to appear in the publisher’s popular Fortnite title.
VAR sponsorship included in Lega Serie A category revamp
Lega Serie A has been working to restructure its commercial and marketing operation over the last 12 months. In an exclusive interview, commercial director Michele Ciccarese outlines how sponsorship will take shape under the new structure.
India, Iran, Qatar and Saudi Arabia set out their stalls for 2027 AFC Asian Cup
SportBusiness delves into the bid books of the contenders to host the 2027 Asian Cup to examine the thinking and the plans behind each entry. Tom King reports.
‘The aim is to speak to a truly global audience’ | Why Fifa is getting into the podcast game
SportBusiness speaks to Fifa's Jean-Francois Pathy about the launch of its new podcast series ad its future strategy as an attempt to engage a larger audience through culture and music.
Untapped potential in direct-to-consumer streaming services
Media technology solutions company MediaKind has carried out a comprehensive survey of 40 rights-holders to understand their direct-to-consumer services. In this sponsored video interview, the company's head of product for D2C Video Solutions Dheeraj Ravula and Lisa Aussieker, VP and head of marketing and communications, discuss some of the key finding of the research.