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Bayern sponsorship guru Jung to quit at end of season
Andreas Jung, one of the leading commercial executives in German football, is to leave his role as the board member responsible for marketing at Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich at the end of the season
Legends ramps up college sports activities
Global premium experiences company Legends is planning to expand its business in the US college sports sector with the launch of Legends College, a new division that will increase the range of services…
TNT Sports sublicenses top women’s football rights from DAZN
Pay-television broadcaster TNT Sports has sublicensed rights in the UK and Ireland to selected matches from the Uefa Women’s Champions League and the top-tier domestic women’s leagues of France, Spain and…
CAA Evolution forms new player in sports investment marketplace
Evolution Media Capital, the merchant banking arm of CAA, has joined forces with strategic advisory firm M. Klein & Company to launch a new entity which they claim will significantly step up their presence in the sports and entertainment investment space.
Betting business drives Genius’ Q3 revenue jump but net loss hits $11.6m
A 34-per-cent jump in revenue in its core betting business helped Genius Sports report increased third-quarter revenue of $101.7m (€95.2m) but foreign currency headwinds contributed to an $11.6
Bayern Munich exceeds expectations with record revenues for 2022-23
German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich today (Monday) announced record revenues exceeding its own expectations, with income totalling €854.2m ($913m) for the 2022-23 season.
Rival Brazilian groups join forces against proposed betting sponsorship ban
Some of Brazil’s biggest football clubs have registered their "enormous concern" at government proposals to ban betting operator sponsorships in football.
Formula E doubles down on Tokyo hosting deal with 2025 race
Formula E has announced an agreement is in place to return to the streets of Tokyo in 2025, despite having yet to stage a race in the Japanese capital
New World TV lands CAF free-to-air, pay-TV rights
New World TV has secured both free-to-air and pay-television rights to major Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions across sub-Saharan Africa and in multiple languages in the Togo-based satellite…
Speed skating finds broadcast home in Norway as VG deals with Infront
Norwegian tabloid newspaper VG and top sponsors of the Norwegian Skating Association (NSF) have teamed up to ensure broadcast coverage of the 2023-24 International Skating Union (ISU) season in the country.
Qatar Airways moves into Milan with Inter deal as AC Milan opens Dubai office
Another Middle Eastern airline has entered the Milanese football landscape after Inter announced Qatar Airways as a new global sponsor
Swedish government lends support to bid for first Winter Olympics
The Swedish government has given its backing to a 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games bid that will be led by the country, with potential assistance from Latvia and Norway, but has stressed the importance of a Games concept that will be free from public funding.
Kipsta replaces Molten as Europa League, Conference League ball supplier
Kipsta, the Decathlon-owned football brand, will replace Molten as the official ball supplier of the Uefa Europa League and Conference League in the next three-year cycle.
Video clipping firm Tellyo finds new buyer
Video production and live clipping company Tellyo is to be bought by Amagi, a cloud-based broadcast technology firm
Fifa+ nets non-exclusive Serie C global streaming rights
Fifa+, the direct-to-consumer OTT platform of football’s global governing body, has secured non-exclusive global rights to Serie C, Italian football’s third dvision.
MLR brings in Globant to revamp OTT platform after success of Fifa remit
Major League Rugby has signed a wide-ranging commercial partnership with digital consultant and software provider Globant, which encompasses an overhaul of its over-the-top (OTT) platform, The Rugby Network
Serie B persists with non-exclusive rights model, 2024-27 tender imminent
Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie B (LNPB), the organising body of the second tier of football in Italy, is working on the final details of its domestic rights invitation to tender for the next three-year…
NWSL lands record four-year $240m domestic rights deals
The National Women's Soccer League has agreed the largest media rights deals in women's sport in contracts spanning four years worth $60m (€56m) annually, with games airing on CBS, ESPN, Amazon and Scripps S…
McMahon to sell off major stake in TKO
Vince McMahon is planning on selling 8.4 million of his shares in TKO Group, the new Endeavor-owned public company formed by the merger of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
FanDuel parent Flutter plans New York listing
Flutter Entertainment, the parent company of sports betting company FanDuel, is planning to list in the United States in early 2024 on the New York Stock Exchange