Europe

Basketball
Media

MCS Basket, a new OTT platform focusing on basketball, has acquired broadcast rights to Spanish club competitions organised by the Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto (ACB) in the markets of F…
Ski Mountaineering
Media

Public service broadcasters TVP in Poland, YLE in Finland and France Télévisions will live stream ski mountaineering’s Adamello World Cup in Pontedilegno-Tonale, Italy, which starts today (Thursday).
Horse Racing
Media

Racecourse Media Group, the media and data rights holding company for 34 British racecourses, has agreed a three-year deal for the HBA Media agency to market and distribute its portfolio of British and…
Football
Media

Romanian pay-television broadcaster Digi Sport will hold rights to all of Europe’s ‘big five’ leagues from next season onwards after securing Premier League rights from 2022-23 to 2024-25. C
Tennis
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has signed off on a five-year extension to its rights deal in Australia, France and Turkey for women’s tennis’ WTA Tour.
Multiple Sports
Fan Engagement

Seven League, the digital sports consultancy that now sits within IMG’s Media & Events division, has appointed Pinterest executive Bindi Ghai as vice-president, digital commercial, as the company continues t…
Football
Media

Viaplay, Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group’s subscription streaming platform, has acquired rights in nine countries to competitions organised by the Confederation of African Football.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

US-based micro-mobility company Helbiz has announced the launch of a division in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to be headed by Matteo Mammi as chief executive in the region
Football
Finance & Law

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has said that it has received “around ten” indicative offers from prospective investors in its new commercial subsidiary. P
Football
Media

UK broadcast rights to next month’s Africa Cup of Nations have been sold to the BBC, the public-service broadcaster, and Sky, the pay-television broadcaster.
Triathlon
Events

The Professional Triathletes Organisation is to launch its PTO Tour next year with events in Canada and the US added to the existing Collins Cup teams competition to create an overall prize fund of $5
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

The UK government has said it is “monitoring the situation carefully” after Altice UK, owned by French billionaire Patrick Drahi, further increased its stake in telco BT.
Football
Media

LaLiga has generated a one-per-cent increase in the value of its domestic pay-television broadcast rights in five-season deals with incumbent rights-holder Telefónica, the leading Spanish telecoms operator, …
Multiple Sports
Media

UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has agreed a distribution deal with Amazon under which its five channels will be available on Prime Video
Basketball
Media

Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang has further expanded its sports rights portfolio by agreeing a multi-year deal with North American basketball league the NBA
Motorsport
Media

An audience of more than 5 million Dutch viewers watched the exciting finale to the Formula 1 season yesterday (Sunday) in which home favourite Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton to win his first world…
Football
Finance & Law

The plan for private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to invest €1.994bn ($2.3
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has appointed Kai Schmidt-Merz as senior vice-president of content products