Handshakes to hearings: Insurance giants are no longer afraid to sue competitors over ‘team poaching’
LaLiga boosts Premier League fight with record media rights deals Sport Business Spain’s LaLiga has cemented its position as the closest challenger to the Premier League after announcing record domestic media rights deals worth more than £5bn. The figure for the 2027-32 cycle represents a nine per cent increase on the current contracts and, when combined with international broadcast deals, gives the rights a total value of [...]
Vodafone picks Microsoft exec for £2m finance chief role telecoms Microsoft exec Pilar López is to join Vodafone as its new chief financial officer, the telco giant said on Thursday. López replaces Luka Mucic, the company’s shortest-serving CFO, who is leaving in November for a position as chief executive of the real estate developer Vonovia. She held several positions at Microsoft including as its Western [...]
Telco battle hots up as Virgin Media O2 launches challenger to BT Openreach with new broadband unit Telecoms Virgin Media O2 has announced plans to establish a new national fixed network company alongside two of its major shareholders.