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Andreas Heyden has been appointed as chief executive of German streaming platform S Nation Media

Subscription sports platform DAZN will offer three packages to customers in Spain from August 1 in order to incorporate its newly-acquired domestic rights to LaLiga, the country's top-tier football competition

Warner Bros. Discovery Sports (WBDS) has announced a record first half of the year for audience and engagement in Europe, stating that the figures buck the trend when compared to recent industry expectations

Executive for Ticketmaster parent in line to earn at least $30m annually

Franck Guignery, IMG’s vice-president and managing director in the Middle East and North Africa, is to leave the agency, SportBusiness understands.

Thomas Fuhrmann, head of sport at German public broadcaster ZDF, is to relinquish his position in October

Cryptocurrency broker and lender Voyager Digital, a partner of the National Women's Soccer League and the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Western countries have reiterated calls for international sports federations to suspend Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in their events amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine

The National Football League's Seattle Seahawks and National Basketball Association's Portland Trail Blazers are "not for sale," the teams' owner Jody Allen has claimed

StayLive, the Spring Media-owned OTT streaming service provider, has recruited Matthew Parker from Endeavor Streaming to the role of global head of sports

Mike Jones, senior associate at Harbottle & Lewis, argues there are increasing opportunities for rights-holders to commercialise performance data in clever and innovative ways. But he also warns of the significant legal challenges in collecting personal information.

Sports content plays a key role in network's accelerating ad sales

CSM Live, the branding, signage, experiential and live event division of the CSM Sport & Entertainment agency, has appointed Andreas Schrott to head up a new office in Germany

The City of Lausanne and Swiss Canton of Vaud have formed a new organisation which intends to better exploit the former’s status as the ‘Olympic Capital’. T

US media group NBCUniversal has announced it plans to close its dedicated Olympic Channel on September 30

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Brad Griffith, founder and chief executive of mobile-focused ticketing company Gametime. Fisher and Russo also discuss the dramatic move of the University of Southern California and University of California-Los Angeles to the Big Ten Conference, the Big 12 Conference’s hire of new commissioner Brett Yormark, the completion of the revived United States Football League’s first season and new search for additional partners, an investment by US-based Sixth Street into a share of FC Barcelona’s television rights for LaLiga, developing expansion plans for the National Women’s Soccer League, and additional legal turmoil for Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays.

Host City Americas took place online on 29th June under the tagline Where Events Meet Tech – and it quickly became clear that events are keen to take control of the opportunities presented by technology.

Acquisition of betting technology platform falls in value by a third