Patrick Delany to run Fox Sports

Tim Burrowes

April 13, 2011 9:46

Patrick Delany has been named as the new CEO of Premier Media Group, which runs pay TV’s most valuable property the Fox Sports channels.

Delany is moving across from his roles as executive director of sales and product development at subscription TV platform Foxtel.

Premier Media Group is jointly owned by News Corp and the James Packer and Kerry Stokes-aligned Consolidated Media Holdings. Foxtel is owned by CMH, News Corp and Telstra.

Delany will take over from David Malone in July.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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2 COMMENTS

Brendan 13 Apr 11

Who’s the journo with the fat fingers today? Fopxtel and Foxterl?

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mumbrella 13 Apr 11

That’s be me… Ta, Brendan – sorted.

Cheers,

Tim – Mumbrella

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