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This week on The SportBusiness Podcast, Joseph Perry completes his stand-in duties alongside Jonathan Rest. The pair discuss an upcoming tender in one of European football's challenger leagues, a seismic announcement in Canadian TV and the week’s industry snippets, including a special dispatch from Lions Sport in Cannes.THE NEWSROOM: The Polish Ekstraklasa has hired IMG to lead its upcoming domestic media rights sales process. What will the agency bring to the table, and who may challenge serial incumbents Canal+ and TVP? Plus, a sponsorship agency appointment highlights growing synergies between MotoGP and F1.INSIDE THE DEAL: Catherine Davies returns to the pod to discuss a bombshell decision in Canadian sports media, as CBC calls time on its 75-year run broadcasting primetime Saturday night NHL games. What next for CBC, and Rogers' sublicensing hopes?AOB: Musings from Cannes, previewing Uefa Champions League rights deals to come in the US and South Korea, a tax-friendly NBA mega trade and predicting football's next fashion fad.You can subscribe to The SportBusiness Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube.Enter SBPODCAST30 at checkout for monthly and annual SportBusiness.com subscriptions for a 30-per-cent discount here.  Co-hosts: Jonathan Rest, Joseph PerryContributors: Catherine Davies, Imran YusufEditor: Lumi Lehmuskallio1 CazéTV hails success of World Cup streams | SportBusiness2 IMG to lead Ekstraklasa domestic rights process | SportBusiness3 Ekstraklasa and Canal Plus sign off on PLN1.3bn, four-year contract | SportBusiness4 CAA Sports adds MotoGP to motorsport portfolio | SportBusiness5 MotoGP manufacturers in milestone collective deal | SportBusiness6 Rogers calls time on CBC’s 75-year NHL run | SportBusiness Media7 Rogers ‘to shell out’ $7.7bn for NHL renewal | SportBusiness8 Korean broadcasters given 10 days to make Uefa bids | SportBusiness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.