Investments

NEW YORK, NY: GroupM, WPP’s media investment group, Wednesday announced its commitment to double media investment for annual women’s sports with the creation of a dedicated marketplace. 

GroupM will seek first look and first-to-market opportunities beginning with the 2024-2025 Upfront alongside advertisers including adidas, Ally, Coinbase, Discover, Google, Mars, Nationwide, Unilever, Universal Pictures, among others.  

May 12, 2021 18:05
LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board has published its Annual Review and Financial Statements for 2020/21. In the review, the ECB has declared revenue losses amounting to more than £100m ($141m), compared to what had been expected to be received in 2020, after a year of matches played behind closed doors. The losses reported are from across the game as a whole – including ECB and First Class Counties.
May 12, 2021 17:05
LONDON: UK-based sports OTT platform Recast has raised $8.2 million (£5.9m) in its Series A round of investment.
May 11, 2021 14:05
ST GALLEN, Switzerland: Sportradar, a leading global provider of sports data intelligence and sport entertainment solutions, Tuesday announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire InteractSport, an Australian tech platform and data provider with partnerships across a range of leading sporting organisations with a particular depth and expertise in cricket. 
May 07, 2021 17:05
LONDON: Genius Sports Limited, the official data, technology and commercial partner that powers the ecosystem connecting sports, betting and media, announced Thursday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Second Spectrum, a leading provider of cutting-edge data tracking and visualization solutions, at an aggregate value of $200 million.
May 06, 2021 17:05
LONDON: The FIA and Discovery have agreed a long-term partnership for the promotion of the FIA Electric GT Championship launching in 2023. Discovery, the global media group, was appointed by the FIA with its subsidiary, Eurosport Events, winning a competitive tender process to become the worldwide promoter of the FIA Electric GT Championship.
May 03, 2021 05:05
MUMBAI: Mogae Media, an integrated marketing and communications investments company owned by media and advertising veteran Dr Sandeep Goyal, has acquired a controlling stake in Rediffusion and its sister concern Everest Advertising for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will now be merged under the Mogae brand and will not function as a separate entity.
Apr 28, 2021 23:04
NEW YORK: ESL Gaming, the world’s largest esports company, has announced the renewal of its long-standing partnership with Intel in what is the biggest brand partnership deal in esports history to date. 
Apr 28, 2021 20:04
LONDON: Discovery, Inc. has invested in Enduro Sports Organisation Ltd, owner and operator of the UCI recognised Enduro World Series (EWS) and EWS-E – the leading mountain bike and electric mountain bike championships.
Apr 27, 2021 17:04
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company announced Tuesday it is shutting down pretty much all of its pay-television business in South-East Asia and Hong Kong later this year, marking the end of an era for a media conglomerate that has had a huge entertainment supply chain in the region.
Apr 26, 2021 21:04
MUMBAI: GroupM ESP, the entertainment, esports and sports division of GroupM India, Monday released the sports sponsorship report for India 2020.  The size of the Indian Sports Industry in 2020 is estimated at Rs 5894 crores (Rs 58.94 billion). This report takes into consideration - sponsorship spends, celebrity endorsement and media spends on sports properties.