NHL grows short-term rights value in DACH but strives for more
The National Hockey League boosted the value of its rights in Germany and Austria in its latest sales round. But it only agreed one-season deals with its primary pay-television broadcasters after bidders failed to meet its longer-term valuation.
Nent fails to agree Telia carriage terms in Norway, secures Latvian distribution
Norwegian customers of telco Telia are without Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group’s linear channels and OTT service following the pair being unable to agree a distribution deal.
Nent extends RiksTV distribution deal to 2023
Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has extended a distribution agreement with Norwegian pay-television operator RiksTV until September 2023
Take-off for Uefa club competitions in-flight and in-ship rights sales
The sales processes for in-flight and in-ship broadcast rights to Uefa’s club competitions from 2021-22 to 2023-24 have been initiated.
Strong competition boosts LaLiga rights value in Poland
LaLiga is the latest European football league to make gains in Poland, seeing the value of its rights in the country rise by nearly a third in a five-season renewal with Eleven Sports.
RTL ‘to sublicense’ four F1 races from Sky Deutschland
German free-to-air commercial broadcaster RTL will broadcast four Formula 1 races in 2021 following a reported sublicensing agreement with pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland
Euroleague sees small fee rise, avoids rebate in German renewal
Euroleague Basketball has secured a small uplift in the value of its broadcast rights in Germany while also avoiding a Covid rebate in its renewal with Deutsche Telecom, as the telco continues to extend its basketball dominance.
Liga ACB gains coverage in Estonia with TV3
Spanish basketball organisation Liga ACB has agreed a deal in Estonia with media group TV3 for rights to the remainder of the league season and Copa del Rey cup competition
CAA Eleven launches Uefa national teams rights tender in Austria
The CAA Eleven agency has launched its sales process in Austria for Uefa national team broadcast rights in its first tender of the year
Deutsche Telekom renews host of basketball rights, Basketball Bundesliga lands on Twitch
German telco Deutsche Telekom has renewed key basketball rights deals with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba), the German Basketball Federation (DBB) and Euroleague Ventures, the joint venture…