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...But the CMA determined there was a sufficient number of other companies including Warner’s ADA and Universal Music Group’s Virgin providing similar services to provide healthy competition....
...Meanwhile, DAZN, the sports streaming service owned by billionaire Sir Leonard Blavatnik, is in advanced talks to buy BT’s sports business....
...Rivian is also producing a sport utility vehicle and a pick-up truck, both to be manufactured at the company’s plant in Normal, Illinois....
...The trend raises ethical concerns as sports fans have long been targeted by companies pushing risky behaviours such as gambling....
...“I’m happy they took a step in the right direction that I wish Universal and Warner would follow. It’s the right thing to do,” he said....
...(NYT) News round-up Riskiest borrowers make up biggest share of junk bond deals since 2007 (FT) Arnault and Mustier join the $100bn Spac boom (FT + Lex) Vivendi to spin out Universal Music Group (FT)...
...This is why their work is so diverse – there has been furniture for design brands such as Vitra and Cappellini and lighting for Hermès and Louis Vuitton....
...Instead the self-employed lighting engineer is sitting at home in Dorset, living on benefits. His diary is empty until at least April....
...The new year's largest sports event, the Tokyo Olympics, is rescheduled to start in late July and organisers are determined to hold the Games despite much scepticism....
...There will be live sports and news, such as access to a few Olympics shows a day, as well as a large catalogue of older sitcoms, and the service will primarily rely on advertising....
...No matter how good the lighting, and how improved the audio, politics is still a contact sport. Homecasting cannot replace it. None of this comes naturally to him....
...Players of Plague Inc: The Cure must track the disease, control the outbreak, boost testing capacity and find a vaccine while keeping the support of local communities....
...The European Union just doubled the chances of me losing them this week when it revived the idea of universal chargers that would fit Apple, Samsung and any other smartphones....
...Since December, the company has reached agreements with Universal Music, the largest record label, Sony/ATV, the biggest publisher, and several other groups....
...Thursday’s agreement smashes the country-by-country licensing regime that has dominated the sales of exclusive pay-TV content such as sports matches and new films....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on August 6 2019. ©2019 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...The company in 2016 bought UFC, the mixed martial arts league, for $4bn, in one of the biggest sports deals on record....
...Banks, fintechs and just about everyone else agrees that universal adoption of a new faster payments infrastructure is key....
...US officials cleared the Disney-Fox deal in June, after the companies promised to sell 22 of Fox’s regional sports networks to mitigate their competition concerns....
...Comcast, which also owns NBC Universal, has completed its purchase of Sky, which recently delisted from the London Stock Exchange....
...“This is the first time in history one media company has had both events so close together,” said Dan Lovinger, who heads advertising sales at NBC’s sports group, in a call with reporters on Thursday....
...At Universal, filmed entertainment revenue fell 0.5 per cent to $1.78bn. Image via Reuters...
...Dick’s Sporting Goods, one of America’s largest sports retailers, has decided to stop selling assault-style rifles and end gun sales to people under 21 after a teenager used an AR-15 to kill 17 people at...
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