Media

Football
Governance

England’s Football Association has named Kathryn Swarbrick as its new commercial and marketing director.
Esports
Fan Engagement

Messaging service Rakuten Viber has signed a three-year deal with e-Ligue 1, the esports offshoot of the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the French football league
Floorball
Media

The International Floorball Federation has appointed Protocol Sports Marketing as its exclusive worldwide media-rights distributor and sponsorship agency
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial arts organisation has signed a multi-year extension to its pay-per-view distribution agreement with Joe Hand Promotions
Basketball
Events

The 2019 NBA India Games, the American basketball league's biggest-ever marketing push in India, starts today at the Dome @ NSCI, SVP Stadium in Mumbai.
Winter Sports
Media

The Olympic Channel, the International Olympic Committee’s OTT platform, has said it will provide 300 hours of coverage of the 2020 winter Youth Olympic Games, which takes place in Lausanne, Switzerland f…
Olympic Games
Host Broadcast & Production

Technology firms Alibaba Cloud and Intel have unveiled plans for joint work on broadcast-related technology at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Ice Hockey
Marketing

The Infront agency has signed a 10-year extension to its media and sponsorship rights sales agreement with the International Ice Hockey Federation
Footvolley
Media

Protocol Sports Marketing has been appointed to distribute the international media rights of the Pro Footvolley Tour for its 2019 and 2020 seasons
Finance & Money

Endeavor, the talent agency and sports and entertainment group that owns talent management company IMG, expects to issue 19.4 million shares at a price of between $30 (€27.0