Media
Industry Moves

Carsten Schmidt, chief executive of Sky Deutschland, is to leave his position at the end of this year and will be replaced by a Devesh Raj, a former executive at Comcast, the US-based media giant that…
Horse Racing
Media

Racecourse Media Group, the holding company responsible for media and data rights distribution to a host of UK racecourses, has reported a “hugely encouraging” uptake from broadcasters for the International Tro…
Business

Player-driven media platform becomes part of diverse digital media holding company
Football
Media

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights to this weekend’s final of the Copa Libertadores, the South American Football Confederation’s (Conmebol’s) leading club competition. T
Wrestling
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South African free-to-air broadcaster e.tv has agreed a multi-year rights deal with US wrestling promotion Impact
Motorsport
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German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has agreed a two-season extension to its rights deal with the DTM domestic touring cars series. ProSiebenSat
Rugby League
Industry Moves

Australian free-to-air commercial broadcaster Nine has named Brent Williams as its new director of sport
Media

Regional sports network NBC Sports Philadelphia is expanding its alternative sports betting-focused broadcasts for Philadelphia 76ers games with a 10-game slate during the 2019-20 season.
Basketball
Business

The Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto (ACB), which organises the top tier of club basketball in Spain, has signed a wide-ranging collaboration agreement with Ningbo Weilburg Tianshan Investment M…
Boxing
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OTT sports streaming platform DAZN has acquired rights in Austria, Switzerland, Spain and Germany to this weekend’s heavyweight boxing rematch between Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz.
Football
Media

Ahmad Ahmad, the president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf), has refused a request from the Lagardère Sports agency to address the recent termination of the two parties’ agreement at the or…
Multi-sport
Media

Content on the Olympic Channel is now available in the Hindi language, and the media platform has added material aimed at Indian audiences
Equestrian
Media

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has budgeted a total of CHF30.2m (€27.1m/$30m) in commercial revenues in 2020, with the lion’s share continuing to stem from sponsorship agreements.
Esports
Media

The newly-launched Esports Pro League (ESPL) has signed a broadcast partnership with eGG Network, Southeast Asia’s largest esports television channel.
Rugby Union
Media

Discovery-owned Eurosport is in talks with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus to sublicense some of the latter’s rights to the Pro D2, France’s second-tier rugby union club competition, SportBusiness Med…
Cricket
Media

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has filed a claim for damages against the IMG-Reliance agency after the Indian company pulled out of a production agreement for the Pakistan Super League Twenty20 competition…
Motorsport
Media

Indonesian public-service broadcaster TVRI has acquired rights for this year's inaugural 8 Hours of Sepang motorcycle racing event, in a deal with Eurosport Events, the commercial rights-holder of the…
Multi-sport
Industry Moves

Veteran TV executive Molly Solomon will lead NBC’s Olympics coverage, starting with the 2020 Tokyo Games, after being promoted to executive president and producer of the network’s Olympics unit. T