Europe

Football
Media

The Northern Ireland Football League, organising body of the top tier of the domestic club game, has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky
Para Sport
Media

France Télévisions, the French public broadcaster, has committed to showing 300 hours of live coverage from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games after emerging as the winner of the tender process launched b…
Motorsport
Media

NOS, the Dutch public broadcaster, has renewed its rights to motorcycling’s FIM Motocross World Championship in a deal with promoter Infront Moto Racing.
Tennis
Media

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has agreed a sublicensing deal with media group Discovery for highlights rights to the 2022 Australian Open tennis tournament
Football
Finance & Law

LaLiga, the governing body of the top two divisions of Spanish football, has announced today (Friday) that the Central Court of Administrative Litigation has “completely dismissed” an appeal filed by …
Motorsport
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired rights to the World Rally Championship ahead of the 2022 season of the motorsport series
Multiple Sports
Media

Customers of Spanish telcos Euskaltel and Virgin will now be able sign up to streaming service DAZN through their existing subscriptions
Football
Finance & Law

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has been ordered to pay compensation to Mediapro after a court ruled that it unlawfully excluded the agency from the process of awarding the domestic and international…
Football
Fan Engagement

The German Football League (DFL), the organiser of the top-tier Bundesliga, has added India-based sports content platform Sportskeeda to its global network of content partners
Football
Media

Spanish agency Mediapro has launched its sale of free-to-air rights in Spain to the 2022 Fifa World Cup. In 2019, Mediapro secured media rights to the tournament in Spain
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has submitted a request to Italy’s antitrust authority (AGCM) to overturn a ban on acquiring exclusive internet rights to sports properties, it has been reported.
Tennis
Media

Watch4, an advertising-based video-on-demand platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, has acquired rights to three ATP 250 men’s tennis warm-up tournaments for the forthcoming Australian Open.
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

Media group Discovery has agreed a multi-year deal for rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the Netherlands and Spain
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

US-based private equity firm KKR has approached Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to support its proposed takeover of Telecom Italia (TIM), the dominant telecoms operator in Italy, it has been reported.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Sportfive has recruited Genius Sports’ Thomas Klingebiel as president of its media rights business.
Ice Hockey
Media

Telefónica-owned Movistar Plus has signed a multi-year deal for rights to the National Hockey League, with coverage commencing today (Tuesday). The deal is reported to be for three seasons.
Basketball
Media

Euroleague Basketball has bolstered coverage of its competitions in France with sports broadcaster the MCS Group acquiring a rights package for the EuroCup
Football
Media

Bulgarian public-service broadcaster BNT and United Media-controlled pay-television network Nova will both broadcast the 2022 Fifa World Cup, it has been announced