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Football

Belgium’s three leading pay-television operators are considering a legal challenge to the Pro League’s domestic tender process on the grounds it discriminates against them and may be anti-competitive.
Rugby League

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has renewed rights to two properties in the last month as it seeks to protect its sports-rights portfolio well into the future.
Football

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG renewed rights to Uefa national team competitions late last month despite facing a rare challenge for premium sport from rival free-to-air broadcasters.
Ice Hockey

Finnish commercial and pay-television broadcaster MTV3 acquired a package of ice hockey rights from Infront Sports & Media, negotiating a slightly reduced fee, as local broadcasters wait on the upcoming sale of domestic ice hockey rights.
Football

The German football federation earned an increase of almost 50 per cent in the value of its domestic third-tier 3. Liga rights following deals with Deutsche Telekom and ARD last week.
Football

Uefa’s change in format and centralisation of all national team rights from 2018-19 onward has helped European football’s governing body increase the value of its rights in the UK by about 84 per cent.
Football

The value of Fifa World Cup rights in Greece is likely to fall in any new deal, TV Sports Markets understands. A tender is currently open for rights to the 2018 tournament.

After two days at the Spobis conference in Düsseldorf it is clear the German media-rights industry is waiting on the outcome of two key TV deals which will be agreed in the next six months.
Football

In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses media-rights in some of the top Football properties outside of Europe
Football

In the latest interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses media-rights in some of the top Football properties outside of Europe