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Hearn: Cazoo’s WST sponsorship first step in reducing betting sector reliance
The World Snooker Tour has lessened its dependency on the betting sector with the signing of online automotive retailer Cazoo as the title sponsor of a leading trio of events
Matchroom creates division to handle broadcast production
Events promotion company Matchroom Sport has created a media production arm that will adopt the Matchroom brand
Stats Perform and Matchroom strike five-year multi-sport betting rights deal
Sports data and technology company Stats Perform has agreed a new five-year worldwide betting streaming rights deal with the Matchroom Sport agency
Matchroom Multi Sport becomes wholly-owned subsidiary of Matchroom Sport
Events promotion company Matchroom Sport has announced that Matchroom Multi Sport has today been spun off to become its own wholly-owned subsidiary
Snooker’s Championship League to return on June 1 with ITV coverage
Plans have been announced for snooker’s Championship League to return from June 1-11 at Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, with the event to be covered live in the UK by commercial broadcaster ITV.
Stats Perform adds darts and esports to Watch&Bet streaming
Sports data and technology company Stats Perform has secured additional content for the Watch&Bet streaming service that it offers to bookmakers worldwide
New World Snooker Championship dates after talks with BBC, Eurosport
The World Snooker Championship has been rescheduled to run from July 31 to August 16 after discussions with stakeholders, including broadcast rights-holders the BBC and Eurosport
DAZN acquires live rights to PDC Home Tour in nine markets
Sports streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in each of its active markets to the recently-announced Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Home Tour series
Matchroom founder Hearn recovering after ‘minor heart attack’
Barry Hearn, the event promoter and founder and chairman of the Matchroom Sport agency, is recovering after suffering a heart attack on Sunday
Hearn awaits clarification on closed-doors events in move for live TV content
Matchroom Sport’s Barry Hearn is continuing to look at ways to stage live sports events behind closed doors despite the UK being in a state of ‘lockdown’ due to the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
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Hearn calls for closed-door sports events during coronavirus outbreak
Matchroom Sport’s Barry Hearn has suggested live televised sport should continue behind closed doors during the coronavirus outbreak and that snooker will wait for government advice before suspending a…
DAZN’s Markowski: Global boxing platform to inform future launches
Following the announcement that DAZN will launch a boxing-focussed global platform in May, Joseph Markowski, executive vice-president North America, told delegates here at Sportel Miami that the move will…
Matchroom launches OTT service for dark markets
The Matchroom Sport agency and promoter is to launch a global streaming platform, offering access to its portfolio of events
Pool’s World 9-Ball Championship returns to Matchroom portfolio
The World 9-Ball Championship has returned to the Matchroom Sport stable after the agency acquired the rights in perpetuity to host the pool event from 2020, in what it claims is a groundbreaking agreement…
Matchroom Sport Group MD Eddie Hearn confirmed for Sports Decision Makers Summit keynote
Eddie Hearn, the man behind one of the most significant media deals in boxing history and one of the most influential figures in world sport, has joined the high-powered speaker line-up at next month’s S…
US boxing deals promised a revolution, but it’s business-as-usual for the sweet science
Last year, broadcasters and promoters announced a series of big-money deals that promised much and have so far delivered very little. Callum McCarthy examines why boxing’s stakeholders aren’t yet on the same page.
Matchroom’s DAZN deal and iFL TV’s irreverent style reanimate the noble art
The $1bn deal between Matchroom Sport and DAZN has sent shockwaves through boxing and threatens to undermine the pay-per-view model that has been so successful in the sport. Richard Clarke looks at the deal and the sport’s emerging presence on YouTube.