Europe

Football
Media

German pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball and media platform OneFootball have combined to secure rights to the Africa Cup of Nations in a deal covering Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Football
Finance & Law

Private equity funds including CVC Capital Partners, Bain Capital and Silver Lake are assessing preliminary bids by a deadline of Monday for a stake of up to 20 per cent in a new commercial subsidiary…
Basketball
Media

France’s Ligue Nationale de Basket has ended its search for a domestic broadcaster after agreeing a deal with pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports.
Multiple Sports
Media

FreeSports, the UK free-to-air channel, has been added to Samsung TV Plus, the advertising-supported streaming service
Motorsport
Media

Free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 has agreed a deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky to share live coverage of Sunday’s season finale to the Formula 1 motor racing world championship.
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

François Pesenti, the former head of French subscription broadcaster RMC Sport, has joined Top 14 rugby union side Toulon in a role heading up strategic development and marketing.
Multiple Sports
Media

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has confirmed that its subscription streaming service Viaplay will launch in the Netherlands on March 1, with multi-year distribution deals having been signed with telcos…
Football
Media

Commercial Sports Media, the Stockholm-based media rights consultancy, has been appointed to advise on the next domestic broadcast rights tender for Swedish football’s top-tier Allsvenskan and second-tier S…
Rugby Union
Media

UK media watchdog Ofcom is consulting on requests from public-service broadcaster the BBC and commercial broadcaster ITV for approval to broadcast exclusive live coverage of the Six Nations rugby union…
Motorsport
Media

Nordic pay-television broadcaster C More has secured a deal covering Finland and Sweden to broadcast the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) and the FIA…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

US media group Discovery is in talks to form a joint venture with BT concerning the UK telco’s BT Sport arm, according to reports.
Football

Though Italy’s Serie A was hamstrung by the country’s invasive regulators and by a broader bear market around the world, its own decisions have contributed to a dramatic shortfall in media rights revenue.
Football
Media

Public-service broadcaster YLE had recouped almost half its fee by sublicensing some rights to next year’s Fifa World Cup to commercial broadcaster MTV3.
Football
Fan Engagement

Italian football club AC Milan has launched an official channel on Chinese social video platform Kuaishou as part of plans to reinforce its presence in the country
Motorsport
Media

German free-to-air commercial broadcaster RTL has renewed a sublicensing agreement with pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland to show four Formula 1 races during the 2022 season
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Gabriel Catrina, chief financial officer at Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, has died suddenly after a short illness
Football
Media

The English Premier League has seen its value in the Baltics soar amid Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group’s dynamic entrance into the market and heated competition with local rival TV3 Group.
Football
Media

BeIN Media Group has secured a monstrous increase for Ligue 1 rights in the Balkans for the next three seasons in one of the most lucrative deals for the league in Europe.