French Athletics Federation turns to L’Équipe as RMC rights deal ended early
L’Équipe, the free-to-air digital terrestrial channel owned by France’s Amaury Group, is to show coverage of next month’s French Athletics Championships after a contract with pay-television broadcaster RMC Sp…
Sky Italia posts record ratings as Inter fall at last Europa League hurdle
Friday’s Uefa Europa League final between Sevilla and Inter Milan attracted record viewing figures in Italy as pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia netted strong figures on its subscription and free-to-air c…
TF1 nets peak-time record for PSG-Bayern final, ZDF audience nears 13m
Sunday evening’s Uefa Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain attracted strong free-to-air audiences in both France and Germany, including a record prime-time audience in F…
Discovery makes legal challenge to Norway’s betting ads ban
Discovery Networks Norway, an arm of the international broadcast group that owns Eurosport, has taken legal action over the move by the Norwegian state to ban the advertising of foreign betting companies…
Téléfoot adds Samsung smart TV distribution ahead of kick-off
Mediapro’s new Téléfoot subscription service, which begins its live coverage in France tonight with the Ligue 1 clash between Bordeaux and Nantes, is available on Samsung’s smart TV sets after the agenc…
Sportfive awarded Primeira Liga international rights to 2023
The Sportfive agency has been appointed to exclusively sell international broadcast rights to Portugal’s Primeira Liga from 2020-21 to 2022-23.
World Bowling strikes digital content deal with Curveball
World Bowling, the international federation for ten pin, nine pin and parabowling, has moved to ramp up its digital content offering in a deal with Curveball Digital, the UK-based digital content and social…
GSRM eyes another Argentinian Superliga tender, targets rights outside football
Global Sports Rights Management, the agency that recently acquired the international rights to the top two Brazilian football leagues, remains interested in securing a similar remit with the Argentinian…
TF1 lands rights to Lyon-Bayern Champions League semi-final
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has added free-to-air rights to Lyon’s Uefa Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich to its already acquired rights to the final in a new sublicensing agreement w…
Incumbent Sky Deutschland rules itself out of EHF Champions League renewal
Pay-television operator Sky Deutschland has publicly withdrawn its interest in renewing its rights in Germany to handball’s EHF Champions League.