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Sinclair agrees strategic partnership with Wave
Sinclair Sports Group has announced a strategic partnership with California-based digital sports media company Wave Sports + Entertainment (WSE, formerly WAVE.tv)
Masters, NBA, ‘SNB’ all post ratings increases
Results extend ongoing trend of viewership lift across North American sports
IMG to help produce Hidden Sport audio series for BBC
The IMG agency has teamed up with UK-based production company Scattered Pictures to develop Hidden Sport, a new four-part audio series for the BBC, the UK public-service broadcaster
Eleven’s Collard named chief executive of RTL Belgium
Guillaume Collard will leave international pay-television and streaming business Eleven to become the new chief executive of commercial broadcaster RTL Belgium
Sportradar acquires betting personalisation company Vaix
Sports betting and data services company Sportradar has announced the acquisition of Vaix, a technology company specialising in betting personalisation for the iGaming industry
WSC Sports to provide automated highlights solution for Imagen
Imagen, the UK-based video management platform business, has agreed a deal with Israeli AI company WSC Sports to bring automated highlights clips, indexing and tagging to its media management platform
Elevate Sports Ventures enters JV with Recentive Analytics
Prominent consulting firm aligns with predictive analytics company
Entries now open for the 2022 SportBusiness Postgraduate Rankings
SportBusiness is pleased to announce that entries are now open for the 2022 edition of the SportBusiness Postgraduate Course Rankings, the world’s leading annual survey of the leading degrees in sport management and administration.
Wolfe Solutions acquisition bolsters Sportfive’s US consulting activities
Global sports marketing agency Sportfive has acquired US-based Wolfe Solutions in a move designed to bolster its consulting division
Foxtel chief Delany says Australian sports must embrace entrepreneurialism to thrive
Foxtel chief executive Patrick Delany speaks exclusively to SportBusiness at the SportNXT conference in Melbourne.
WePlay unveils ‘Growth Manifesto’ alongside major rebrand
London-based sports marketing agency WePlay has released a six-point ‘Growth Manifesto’ as part of a major rebrand and repositioning.
Foxtel IPO plans ‘back on hold’ amid uncertain investor demand
Plans to publicly float Australian pay-television operator Foxtel this year have been delayed due to uncertain demand among potential investors, according to reports in Australian newspapers
Warner Bros. Discovery formally starts post-merger operations
WarnerMedia-Discovery merger formally closes, creating one of the largest media entities based in the US
Blake Lawrence on expanding athlete marketing with Opendorse
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Blake Lawrence, chief executive and co-founder of Nebraska-based athlete marketing platform Opendorse. Fisher and Russo also discuss the return of golfer Tiger Woods from a serious auto accident to compete in The Masters, the opening of the legal sports betting market in the Canadian province of Ontario, Major League Baseball’s new streaming agreement with NBCUniversal’s Peacock, the ongoing sale of the National Football League’s Denver Broncos, and MLB’s new use of PitchCom technology.
DAZN names Tiku as CTO in latest Entain hire
DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, has today (Monday) appointed Sandeep Tiku as its chief technology officer
5G to transform the live sports experience, industry leaders tell SportNXT
The 5G mobile data networks being rolled out around the world will profoundly change fan experiences at live sports venues, senior Australian industry executives told the SportNXT conference in Melbourne…
Q&A: Sanjog Gupta, Head of Sports at Disney Star
SportBusiness speaks to Sanjog Gupta, Head of Sports at Disney-owned Indian pay-television broadcaster Star, on the sidelines of the SportNXT conference in Melbourne