Whyte and Povetkin rematch marked with special edition coin
Dillian Whyte’s heavyweight rematch against Alexander Povetkin will be commemorated by the release of a special edition £2 coin featuring the two boxers.The coin,...
Major League Rugby develops RugbyPass OTT platform
Major League Rugby (MLR) has collaborated with RugbyPass on the launch of its new over-the-top (OTT) platform, The Rugby Network.North American rugby union championship,...
Cheltenham 2021 opening day nets record viewership
The first day of the 2021 Cheltenham Festival drew in a record average audience, with free-to-air broadcaster ITV drawing in 1.1 million viewers, as...
AS Roma boosts sponsorship portfolio with double deal
AS Roma has welcomed UK-based fintech REPX as the Serie A team’s newest club partner.Through the arrangement, the top flight Italian side will launch a...
Cheltenham Festival 2021 forecast for decade-high viewership peak
The 2021 Cheltenham Festival has been forecast to net its biggest viewing audience for 10 years, with fans unable to attend the live event,...
Sports piracy costing rights holders $28.3b a year, report finds
Sports rights holders and streaming services have lost around $28.3 billion due to piracy, new research by Synamedia and Ampere Analysis has found.The report, titled ‘Pricing...
DCMS calls for justification over the BBC’s venture into MMA
The UK government has called on the BBC to justify its broadcast arrangement with mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion Bellator amid the current debate...
Channel 4 England Test coverage brings in nine million viewers
Channel 4’s coverage of England’s four-Test series against India, which spelled defeat for England, reached nine million viewers across all matches, the Daily Mail...
Rugby union icon signs on as World Sports Betting ambassador
South African rugby union international Tendai Mtawarira has been named as World Sports Betting’s (WSB) official ambassador.The Springboks prop will collaborate with the WSB...
FA Cup final included in UK government’s pilot programme
The FA Cup final has been chosen as a trial event for the return of sports spectators as part of the Events Research Programme’s...