Europe

Motorcycling
Media

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
Football
Media

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.
Football
Finance & Law

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.
Football
Media

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

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

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.
Football
Finance & Law

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.
Football

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.
Skiing
Finance & Law

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.
Football
Media

Lega Serie B has revamped its domestic rights offering less than two months before the start of the 2024-25 season with a new sales strategy based on product as opposed to broadcast platform
Basketball
Fan Engagement

Nearly 70 per cent of the NBA's social media engagement across central, team and player accounts comes from outside the United States, with its roster of international stars making the league a truly global…
Football
Media

Megogo, the over-the-top streaming platform, has retained exclusive rights in Ukraine to all Uefa club competitions in the new three-year cycle
Ice Hockey
Media

The German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) will be able to source potential sponsors in-house as part of a revised and extended exclusive marketing agreement with the Infront agency
Football
Industry Moves

Zarah Al-Kudcy, the commercial director for reigning WSL champion Chelsea Women, is leaving the club to become the chief revenue officer for NewCo, the independent body set up to run the top-flight women’s league and the second-tier Women’s Championship.
Motorsport

DAZN secured Formula 1 rights in Portugal three years after Eleven Sports, which it now owns, had relinquished the rights in the face of fee escalation.
Football
Media

German fans tuned in in their millions to watch the hosts thrash Scotland in the Euro 2024 curtain-raiser, which drew a 10-year audience high in the UK for a tournament-opener
Football
Media

French football's LFP Media has announced its first direct deal with a broadcaster for its next international rights cycle, a three-year agreement with DAZN across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Football
Media

Sky Italia has opted against opening up free-to-air coverage of Uefa club competitions in Italy next season via the on-sale of rights or on its own TV8 channel.