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Parties cite 'unfavorable market conditions' as $1.35bn deal abruptly canceled

DAZN Group, the global sports streaming service and media group, has announced the appointment of Roni Maman to the newly-created role of executive vice-president for customer success and operations

Sports-focused streaming service and channel aggregator fuboTV has appointed Ben Grad as a senior vice-president and head of strategic partnerships and operations, while Todd Mathers and Andrew Steinberg…

James Warburton, the chief executive of Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven West Media, has called on the newly-elected Australian government to tighten the country’s 'anti-siphoning' laws to stop s…

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has named Bruno Rodrigues as its digital sports director

Christchurch City Council is to launch a public consultation on whether to proceed with the construction of a new 30,000-seat stadium after the latest cost estimate revealed the project is running significantly…

Michele Criscitiello has secured full control of Italia Sport Communication, parent company of digital terrestrial television broadcaster Sportitalia

DAZN Group, the global sports streaming service and media group, has announced the appointment of former BT commercial, marketing and digital executive Pete Oliver as its new chief marketing officer

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has extended its content sharing deal with Twitter, with the social media platform  to showcase ITV Sport’s portfolio over the next two years.

Sports betting and data services company Genius Sports has appointed Sir Hugh Robertson, the former UK Minister for Sport and the London Olympics, to a position on its business advisory council

Sportradar has promoted Oscar Brodkin to the role of managing director, Asia-Pacific. Brodkin was previously managing director of risk intelligence

Bankers working on behalf of Sky New Zealand have encouraged private equity companies to consider buying the pay-television broadcaster, according to the Australian Financial Review

The IMG agency has appointed Mark McFarlane as senior vice-president for strategic partnerships in Asia

Australian telco Optus has announced price increases for its sports subscription streaming service, Optus Sport. From August 1, Optus Sport’s new subscription price will be A$24.99 ($17.96/€16.69)

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Tony Khan, founder, co-owner, president, and chief executive of All-Elite Wrestling; vice chairman of the English football club Fulham FC; and co-owner and chief football strategy officer for the National Football League’s Jacksonville Jaguars. Fisher and Russo also discuss PepsiCo’s shedding of sponsorship rights to the National Football League’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, the NFL’s partnership with Mythical Games to develop a new gaming experiences centered around non-fungible tokens (NFTs), tennis icon Billie Jean King working with the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association to establish a fully fledged league, the ongoing sale of the NFL’s Denver Broncos amid the record-setting deal for the Premier League’s Chelsea FC, and a $30m (€28m) funding round for upstart ticketing entity Gametime.