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Media Notes: Betting Firms Could Face Fines Over Ads 'Targeting Vulnerable People'

Four betting firms "could face fines over adverts disguised as news articles" that "targeted vulnerable people" with claims about a gambler who cleared his debts and paid for his wife's medical treatment by playing online casino games. The Advertising Standards Authority upheld complaints against Ladbrokes, 888, SkyBet and Casumo over adverts placed by "affiliates," which are agencies paid to direct gamblers to online casinos and bookmakers (London GUARDIAN, 9/13).

ESPN Int'l signed an exclusive agreement to broadcast the Laver Cup men's tennis competition. The three-year agreement begins with the inaugural event from Sept. 22-24 in Prague and will run through '19. ESPN's multimedia platforms will provide exclusive coverage in Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean (ESPN).

BeIN Sports France selected digital content creation platform provider Wildmoka to power its in-game mobile service, "beIN Ligue1 Conforama." With Wildmoka, beIN Sports will be able to clip and publish key moments from live football matches and provide its subscribers with personalized updates (beIN Sports).

Polish public broadcaster TVP signed a video distribution agreement with national news agency PAP. TVP also secured the rights to the Champions League for this season from DTH platform nc+ on a sub-licensed basis (BROADBAND TV NEWS, 9/13).

The Int'l Tennis Federation, in partnership with sports data provider Sportradar, announced its new live streaming platform for the Davis Cup and Fed Cup. Sportradar will use its OTT solution to produce and deliver live, on-demand Davis Cup streams. The ITF has also been working with Sportradar to launch a desktop live scoring center and redesigned dedicated mobile app for the Davis Cup (ITF).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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