Rai nets rights to Bologna’s Davis Cup matches
Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has acquired non-exclusive rights to the Davis Cup group-stage matches to be held in Bologna from September 13 to 18
Fifa+ adds Japanese, Korean, Italian and Bahasa to language options
Fifa+, the ad-funded streaming service from world football's governing body, has added Japanese, Korean, Italian and Bahasa to its language options, with Arabic to follow soon
Bonnier News secures centralised rights to Swedish ice hockey pre-season games
Swedish media house Bonnier News and its news brand Expressen have secured rights to at least 50 pre-season games per year featuring clubs from Sweden’s second-tier ice hockey league, the HockeyAllsvenskan.
Telia renews SM-Liiga at slight increase in wake of pandemic
Telco Telia’s extension of its exclusive rights deal for Finland’s SM-Liiga will see the league’s rights fee continue to escalate until the end of 2026-27.
LaLiga offers non-exclusive Segunda División rights after receiving no bids
LaLiga, the governing body of Spain’s top two professional football tiers, received no bids for exclusive rights to its second-tier Segunda División, and will now market the rights non-exclusively.
ESPN nets Fiba rights in Australia till 2025
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has secured a deal for exclusive rights in Australia to International Basketball Federation (Fiba) events for four years
Spark pays up to secure NZ rights to Uefa Euro 2024, 2028
New Zealand pay-television broadcaster Spark Sport secured rights to Uefa Euro 2024 and Euro 2028 at a slight increase compared to the previous per-tournament fee.
Sky Italia finalises Premier League rights renewal
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has renewed its deal for the English Premier League rights for three seasons, from 2022-23 to 2024-25
RTVE nets Euro 2024 and Spanish national team rights
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has secured rights to the 2024 Uefa European Championship in Germany along with a wider package of Spanish football matches and other games over the next four years
NRK, VG and Amedia tie down Norwegian wrestling rights
Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK and media groups Verdens Gang and Amedia have secured Norwegian Wrestling Federation rights until 2024