SRG bolsters domestic ice hockey coverage in UPC deal
Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has acquired rights to an additional six games from the top-tier Swiss ice hockey league from telco UPC, during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons
Pirelli signs as event main sponsor of three WSBK rounds
Italian tyre brand Pirelli will be the main event sponsors for the Spanish, French and Riviera di Rimini rounds of this year’s Superbike World Championship.
India confirms Australia tour, hopes for shortened quarantine
The Indian cricket team will tour Australia in December as planned, but wants a shortened quarantine for its players on entry to the country
KIN Partners appoints former IMG and CFG executive Paiser to senior commercial role
UK-based independent sport and entertainment management company KIN Partners has named Danny Paiser as its senior vice-president, commercial
Michael Bapis | Changing the game – the Covid-19 impact on industry expectations
Michael Bapis, managing director with Vios Advisors at Rockefeller Capital Management, explores how the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed expectations across the sports industry, but also what has remained intact
Lee Choong Khay | After Covid-19, the sports media rights model must change
Lee Choong Khay, head of sport at Malaysian pay-television broadcaster Astro, implores rights-holders and broadcasters to take the opportunity of the Covid-19 interruption to reconsider the sports media rights model.
No player is bigger than the sport – really?
In an interview for SportBusiness Review, Manu Leroy, head of marketing and communications at the Royal Belgian Football Association, was asked whether having a team of stars who all play for clubs outside…
Kevin McCullagh | Crunch time for AFC overhaul
SportBusiness Asia's Kevin McCullagh looks at Football Marketing Asia's mandate to commercialise the Asian Football Confederation's rights, and its aims for long-term success.