Europe
ORF, Canal Plus team up for Uefa highlights
Pay-television operator Canal Plus has struck a late rights deal with ORF, Austria's public-service broadcaster, ahead of its debut coverage of the Uefa club competitions in the country
EXCLUSIVE: FA, WSL in market concurrently with TV rights
England’s Football Association is looking to move swiftly to land a new domestic broadcast deal for England’s women’s international qualifiers and friendlies after issuing a tender, SportBusiness under…
Premiership Rugby ‘considering’ URC merger to boost revenues
Greater media rights revenue is likely to be the key factor determining whether a merger between Premiership Rugby and the United Rugby Championship (URC) would be a viable option for both properties.
NOS nets 2026, 2030 Fifa World Cups
Public broadcaster NOS will remain the major football tournament home in the Netherlands until at least 2030 after landing rights to the next two men's Fifa World Cups.
LaLiga+ continues aggregation push with Fiba 3×3 deal
LaLiga's wholly-owned OTT service already holds domestic streaming rights to Spain's second-tier basketball league and cup: the Primera LEB and the Copa Princesa de Asturias.
Euroleague fee plateaus in Italy amid competition lull
Euroleague Basketball secured a one-year renewal with incumbents DAZN and Sky Italia at a marginally lower value due to a lack of competition.
VRT takes rights to extra Uefa club competition match
Cercle Brugge's last-minute Uefa Conference League qualification has prompted Belgian telco Telenet to sublicense an extra match to free-to-air broadcaster in Flanders: VRT.
Mediapro back in the black for 2023
Mediapro registered a profit of €12m ($13.3m) in 2023 as revenues rose narrowly to €1.2bn but remained well short of levels enjoyed before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Belgian league eyes five-season domestic TV deal
The Belgian Pro League will once again look for a five-season domestic broadcast rights agreement after launching its tender in conjunction with the IMG agency.
TV2 Denmark returns for ‘different’ NFL deal
TV2 Denmark has agreed a 'multi-year' NFL rights deal just over six months after ending its previous contract one year early to step away from the sport.
Viaplay streams Nations League on YouTube in UK
Viaplay is streaming free YouTube coverage in the UK of the opening 2024-25 Uefa Nations League fixtures after failing to sell the rights on to a broadcaster
BeIN still to make LFP payment amid sponsorship questions
BeIN Sports’ first instalment payment for its slice of Ligue 1 domestic rights remains unpaid with the broadcaster understood to be holding out for full details of the sponsorship inventory it has been awarded.
XE axes remaining 2024 hosts, eyes new locations
Extreme E (XE), the electric off-road racing series, has scrapped the remaining races on the 2024 calendar, including a planned debut in the United States, and is evaluating how best to complete its final…
ITV’s NFL highlights show discontinued
ITV will no longer show its weekly National Football League highlights programme in the UK this season
Telesport ‘files bankruptcy claim’ against ex-owner
Russian sports marketing agency Telesport is allegedly demanding the bankruptcy of its former owner Petr Makarenko as the businessman and his former company come under a myriad of lawsuits to recover debt
ITV moves late for Scotland, Northern Ireland matches
ITV has concluded an eleventh-hour deal with Viaplay to show live UK coverage of Uefa Nations League matches this week featuring Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Serie A fee down in Spain with late DAZN deal
Italy’s Serie A was able to capitalise on DAZN’s strategy of securing top European leagues in Spain to strike a late deal, though at a lower fee than it previously earned in the country.
Paralympics opening ceremony delivers big numbers for France 2
Huge interest on the back of Paris’ hosting of the Olympics helped France Télévisions multiply its audience for the Paralympics opening ceremony by nearly 10 times compared to Tokyo 2020.