SportBusiness Media staff

US motor-racing series Nascar has agreed a content partnership with youth-orientated sports media platform The Whistle.

Italian state broadcaster Rai has agreed a four-year rights deal with the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) covering competitions leading up to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

French commercial broadcaster M6 has said it will not submit a bid for the domestic rights to the French Open tennis tournament.

The CAA Eleven agency has launched invitations to tender for the media rights to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournaments in France, according to French newspaper l’Equipe.

Russian free-to-air broadcaster RTR has said that it is in talks with the NHL to acquire rights for the North American ice hockey league, according to the Sports.ru website.

UK telecommunications company BT has denied a series of price rises for its customers are linked to the launch of pay-television platform BT Sport, according to the Daily Mail newspaper.

UK pay-television broadcaster BoxNation has acquired the rights to the world heavyweight boxing title fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Alexander Povetkin, which will be held in Moscow on October 5.

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), motor racing’s global governing body, has signed a bilateral agreement with the Formula One Group for a new Concorde Agreement, which dictates the revenue split for the sport’s broadcast and marketing income.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired the exclusive Australian rights to football’s Spanish Liga and Italian Serie A for the next two seasons.