IMG

Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

The merging of Endeavor’s OpenBet and IMG Arena has led to a high-profile casualty as Max Wright, who has been with IMG for 11 years, negotiating various betting rights deals with sports bodies, leaves the company.
Football
Media

Dutch football’s Eredivisie is looking for an agency or agencies to represent its international broadcast and betting video rights, a property held for 24 years by IMG.
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

Skyscanner, the online travel company, has selected women's team golf's Solheim Cup as the entry point for its first multi-year, global sponsorship deal in sport.
Football
Media

The Euro 2024 deal comes with rights on the market for in-flight and in-ship broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions from 2024-25 to 2026-27
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

A new, five-year deal between IMG and the English Football League will facilitate a sizeable jump in broadcast production specification for matches that currently go out on the iFollow streaming service
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Mark Shapiro, president and chief operating officer of Endeavor, has secured a salary increase to $7m (€6.4m) on the back of the agreement struck to take the sports and entertainment giant private.
Golf
Media

The OTT platform launched by the R&A using Endeavor Streaming technology has been set up to gather consumer data and provide a vehicle to stream the Open in markets devoid of competition.
Tennis
Sponsorship & Marketing

Brazilian bank Itaú Unibanco has agreed a four-year extension to its presenting sponsorship deal with tennis’ Miami Open.
Triathlon
Media

IMG has been handed a new remit to manage the sale of media rights to the Professional Triathletes Organisation's (PTO) rebranded T100 Triathlon World Tour until 2026
Multiple Sports
Host Broadcast & Production

The IMG agency is undertaking a consultation process with staff with a view to making up to 35 layoffs at its studios business
Rugby League
Media

English rugby league's top-tier Super League is to receive its largest ever international exposure for the forthcoming 2024 season through the addition of six broadcast agreements.
Football
Media

Live coverage of Dutch football's Eredivisie is to return to Japanese television screens this month after the IMG agency secured an agreement with commercial broadcaster Fuji TV
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Tom Broom, one of the agency sector's most experienced media executives in the Asia-Pacific region, is to leave IMG after more than two decades at the Endeavor-owned company, SportBusiness has learned
Rugby League
Media

Rugby League Commercial (RLC), the joint venture between Super League and the Rugby Football League (RFL) that acts as commercial rights-holder, has unveiled a new global, direct-to-consumer streaming service for the sport’s top division in the UK.
Football
Media

SuperSport, the dominant pay-television broadcaster in sub-Saharan Africa, today (Wednesday) announced an agreement to show every match from the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), less than a week…
US College Sport
Media

The National Collegiate Athletic Association has agreed a new eight-year domestic and international rights deal with ESPN for 40 of its championships in an agreement worth $920m (€840m).
Tennis
Media

Online retail giant Amazon has secured Wimbledon rights for the first time in any market, after acquiring exclusive rights to the tournament in Germany and Austria from 2024 to 2027
Football
Media

IMG has won more business with the Confederation of African Football after securing the exclusive international broadcast distribution rights to major CAF competitions until 2025