Europe

ZDF delivered a huge audience share of 76.8 per cent for its live coverage of Germany’s clash with Denmark on Saturday evening during a weekend in which teams from four of Europe’s ‘big five’ markets were in action.

RTVE has negotiated a Paralympics rights deal in Spain which represents 'an important saving' following lengthy negotiations with Enjoy Television and after coming under public pressure.

A landmark draft looks set to pay financial dividends for the NBA as it closes in on a new media rights deal in France, which is fast becoming one of its most important international markets.

The 2.1 million first-season subscriber target for Ligue 1’s mooted D2C channel has been questioned by one of France’s most experienced sports rights executives, while the league’s own clubs have cast doubts on the viability of the proposal.

The Uefa Champions League will continue to get a weekly free-to-air window in Greece, after commercial broadcaster Mega TV sub-licensed a package of rights from pay-television's Cosmote TV

Setanta Sports has signed a multi-year media rights deal to air the Professional Fighters League (PFL) and Bellator in Eurasia and the Philippines

Lega Serie B’s “final offer to the market” will likely end in reduced domestic rights fees for the second division of Italian club football, though the league is hoping a key change in its approach will result in belated deals ahead of the new season.

Pay-television broadcaster Ziggo Sport has agreed a new five-year deal for MotoGP in the Netherlands, extending its coverage to 2029, after recently missing out on reclaiming Formula 1 rights in the country

France's LFP has quickly closed an agreement for Ligue 2 domestic media rights on slightly improved terms, a far cry from its long drawn-out, and to-date unsolved, Ligue 1 sales process.

The European football market grew revenue by 16 per cent in the 2022-23 season to a new high of €35.3bn ($37.8bn), with record matchday and commercial incomes helping to offset a levelling-off of broadcast fees.

RTVE has voted against proceeding with a bid to bring coverage of LaLiga back to public-service television in Spain

Three-season deal agreed which sees rival telco Síminn replaced as the Premier League's rights-holder from 2025-26.

TVP again fell victim to a cyber-attack which impacted on its coverage of Poland’s games at Uefa Euro 2024, with the public broadcaster having to resort to back-up measures on Friday.

An anti-piracy operation in Italy has shut down platforms that were illegally streaming matches from the ongoing Uefa Euro 2024 to more than 1.3 million users.

Experts polled by SportBusiness Media say there is a growing disparity between how buyers and sellers value women's football media rights, resulting in stalemates at negotiating tables and leaving the sector at significant risk of plateau.

The Austrian Ski Federation claims to be facing seven-figure damages as it readies legal action over the process by which media rights centralisation was voted through by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) council.