Silver Lake ‘eyes’ All Blacks commercial stake, CVC ‘finalises’ Six Nations deal
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has held talks with US-based private equity firm Silver Lake about the acquisition of a 15-per-cent stake in its commercial rights arm, according to various reports
Sky Sports is latest broadcaster to acquire Extreme E rights
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has become the latest broadcaster to acquire rights to Extreme E, the electric off-road racing series
Canal Plus mourns death of sports acquisitions director Lelong
Pierre Lelong, the long-serving sports acquisitions director at France-based pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus, has died
February deadline for Irish broadcasters interested in Uefa club competition rights
Ireland is the latest country in which the sales processes have begun for broadcast rights to the Uefa club competitions from 2021-22 to 2023-24
FC Köln renews sleeve sponsorship deal with insurance firm DEVK
German Bundesliga football club 1. FC Köln has announced the extension of its sleeve sponsorship deal with DEVK, the Cologne-based insurance group.
Cosmote picks up FA Cup rights from TAF Media
Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has acquired rights to the FA Cup, English football’s knockout clubs competition, for the remainder of the 2020-21 tournament and also the 2021-22 edition.
Sangster joins Logan’s sponsorship consultancy after leaving IMG
Georgie Sangster has taken up a role as account director at Logan Sports Marketing, the sponsorship consultancy set up by former Scotland rugby union star Kenny Logan, after leaving the IMG agency
KIN Partners promotes O’Sullivan to business strategy director
London-based sport and entertainment agency KIN Partners has promoted Tess O’Sullivan, its head of commercial partnerships, to the newly-created role of business strategy director.
DAZN opts for co-CEOs as Entain’s Segev to join Rushton
Shay Segev, chief executive of international sports betting and gaming group Entain, has been recruited by DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, as its co-chief executive
World Rugby appoints LiveWire to social media role, adds Godson to broadcast team
LiveWire Sport, the UK-based digital content agency, has been appointed in a two-year agreement with World Rugby to lead the international rugby union governing body’s social channel management and paid m…