Europe

Mixed Martial Arts
Media

The Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts organisation and Saran Media Group, the Turkey-based media entity, have signed a multi-year broadcast rights distribution deal across the Commonwealth…
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has agreed a new rights deal with US-based mixed martial arts promotion Bellator
Football
Media

Global football media platform OneFootball has announced the appointment of Ismail Elshareef as its first-ever dedicated chief product officer
Football
Finance & Law

The Association of European Professional Football Leagues (European Leagues) has criticised the EU Parliament, saying that its recent plenary vote on the Digital Services Act (DSA) did not sufficiently…
Skiing
Media

Infront has secured increased fees for rights to Fédération Internationale de Ski events in deals with Discovery Sports and German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF.
Multiple Sports
Host Broadcast & Production

Collective Media Group, a UK-based producer of factual content, has launched a sports-focused division. Collective Media Sport will be headed by Matt Wilkinson as creative director
Multiple Sports
Media

Viaplay, the subscription streaming service of Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, has further expanded its reach in the Netherlands ahead of its launch in the country next month, agreeing a multi-year…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Media group Discovery is now in exclusive talks to form a sports joint venture with BT with the proposed takeover of the UK telco’s sports arm by DAZN Group having collapsed.
Rugby League
Media

The IMG agency has been selected to produce Channel 4’s coverage of the Super League as the UK free-to-air broadcaster begins its two-year deal with the rugby league competition this month.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Spring Media has announced that Katarina Berg, chief human resources officer at music streaming service Spotify, has joined the agency’s board of directors.
Motorsport
Media

Pay-television broadcaster C More has paid a huge increase for exclusive rights in Finland and Sweden to the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) in a five-year deal.
Football
Media

Free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 has landed rights in the UK to this month’s Fifa Club World Cup.
Football
Media

Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 has secured early access to the top two divisions of domestic club football after agreeing a carriage deal with incumbent rights-holder, media group Discovery
Football
Industry Moves

Prime Video, the streaming service of online retail giant Amazon, has chosen UK-based enterprise streaming and advertising platform Screach to deliver its coverage of Ligue 1 football matches to commercial…
Football
Media

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has been appointed as host broadcaster and domestic rights-holder of the Arnold Clark Cup, with the Pitch International agency also agreeing a host of overseas rights deals…
Padel
Media

World Padel Tour has agreed an international media rights deal with the Mediapro agency as it continues to try and fight off the threat of player breakaways and a rival tour backed by Qatar Sports Investments
Ice Hockey
Media

Slovak public-service broadcaster RTVS has secured exclusive rights to the domestic tip-tier hockey league, the Tipos Extraliga for another three seasons
Football
Media

Spain's LaLiga has issued an invitation to tender for media rights in the UK and Ireland for up to five years, from 2022-23 to 2026-27