A state-controlled sports media company set up by the Saudi Arabia authorities would only look to secure broadcast rights in the country and not across the Middle East and North Africa, according to the…
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Blue Jays could start 2021 MLB season in Tampa area
Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays could be forced to start their 2021 campaign in the Tampa area due to ongoing travel restrictions between the United States and Canada in the wake of the Covid-19…
New F1 chief Domenicali: We’ll weigh up ‘rotation’ policy for calendar
Formula 1 could employ a “rotation” policy when it comes to drawing up future calendars, according to the motor-racing championship’s newly-installed chief executive and president Stefano Domenicali.
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Premier Sports takes stake in JOE Media in content agreement
UK and Ireland pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired a 10-per-cent stake in the parent company of social media publisher JOE Media Group, with the two parties set to share sports content
Rights-holders urge US to keep Saudi on watchlist over piracy
Major sports federations have urged the US government to keep Saudi Arabia on its main list of the countries that do not adequately protect intellectual property as a result of the widespread piracy of…
Gravity Media recruits Dammholz to advise on Continental Europe growth
Gravity Media, the broadcast production and outside broadcast services company, is looking to expand its activities outside the UK and has appointed sports media rights executive Kay Dammholz as an advisor…
The Sports Playmaker, Stellwagen Ventures source capital funding for sports start-ups
The Sports Playmaker, the UK-based sales, consultancy and investment agency, has formed a tie-up with Stellwagen Ventures, the US-based global advisory firm working across various sectors, to source growth…