Discovery claws back sizeable chunk of €1.3bn Olympics fee with lucrative BBC deal
Discovery Communications this week recouped more than 10 per cent of its €1.3bn ($1.4bn) investment in Olympic Games rights across Europe by striking a sublicensing deal with the BBC.
IMG nears Romanian deal
The IMG agency is understood to be close to a deal for English Premier League rights in Romania with sports broadcaster Eurosport.
DEL secures small increase
Germany’s top ice hockey league last week secured a small increase in the value of its media rights following a deal with telco Deutsche Telekom.
Fifa makes gains, both big and small, in key French market
Fifa secured only a small increase in the value of the men’s World Cup in France last month, signing deals with TF1 and beIN Sports for its 2018 and 2022 tournaments.
Bundesliga aiming for huge growth in value across Europe
Germany’s Bundesliga is targeting enormous growth in the value of its media rights across Europe having this week asked media companies to register their interest.
OTE renews Greek Cup rights in federation deal
Greek pay-television broadcaster OTE renewed its domestic media rights to the Greek Cup football competition.
PAOK goes it alone outside Greece
PAOK’s new deal for its international rights could result in the Greek football club remaining excluded from the centralised domestic Superleague deal.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From January 21 to February 3
Media rights clips from January 21 to February 3
Unexpected BBC deal starts Discovery on road to 70% target
Discovery’s deal in June last year for Olympic Games was a step into the unknown for both the IOC and the US media company.
‘Existential threat’ helps league treble value
The threat of an OTT player entering the local television market helped Israel’s Premier League to a 198-per-cent increase in the value of its media rights last month.