Warner Bros Discovery picks TelevisaUnivision executive to head sports business

(Reuters) – Warner Bros Discovery Inc has picked a senior government at broadcaster TelevisaUnivision to handle its sports activities programming, which is among the core companies of the media large.

Luis Silberwasser, who served as President of TelevisaUnivision and has held varied roles in Discovery Communications Inc and Discovery Networks Worldwide, will handle the corporate’s sports activities rights price billions of {dollars} and oversee content material on its networks and streaming platforms, Warner Bros mentioned on Thursday.

Silberwasser will maintain the title of Chief Govt Officer and Chairman of Warner Bros Discovery Sports activities and report back to prime boss David Zaslav.

The corporate, which not too long ago accomplished its merger with AT&T Inc’s WarnerMedia unit, presently owns rights to video games from the Nationwide Basketball Affiliation (NBA) and the Nationwide Hockey League (NHL), Main League Baseball and NCAA Basketball in america.

(Reporting by Eva Mathews in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)