Europe

Football

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has hired former Bundesliga International executive Patrick Stüber as its head of sports rights and commercialisation.
Football

Streaming platform Footters has agreed a deal with subscription streaming broadcaster DAZN to cover more than 50 matches from this season’s Copa del Rey, the knockout football competition in Spain.
Basketball

The NBA secured a big uplift fee in Greece, while a late agreement with beIN in the Middle East and North Africa resulted in a decline.
Basketball

United Media is paying increases in multiple territories for rights to events hosted by Fiba, world basketball’s governing body, in a pan-regional deal covering the Balkans, Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria.
Football

Romania’s public broadcaster TVR has missed a payment to the European Broadcasting Union for rights to the 2022 Fifa World Cup, putting the fate of its existing agreement at risk.
Football
Media

Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports’ deal for exclusive rights in Portugal to the English Premier League was enabled largely due to low first-round bids from competitors.
Football

NBC Sports has retained the United States media rights to the Premier League amid fierce competition in a record-setting deal which covers the 2022-23 season through 2027-28
Football

Slovakia’s public-service broadcaster RTVS has reached a deal to show half of the national team’s matches during the 2022-23 to 2027-28 cycle.
Multiple Sports

IMG Arena, the sports betting division of the IMG agency, has extended a deal with STS, the largest bookmaker in Poland, that will see the company continue to take its portfolio of betting streaming content
Skiing

L’Équipe, the French publishing group and broadcaster, has acquired rights to a number of alpine skiing events organised by the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Football

Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in Belgium to Ligue 1, the top tier of club football in France
Football
Media

The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has secured a deal with the Swedish Elite Football Dam (EFD) which will see its Viaplay streaming service show the top-tier of women's football in Sweden, the Damallsvenskan,…
Athletics

The European Broadcasting Union consortium has retained broadcast rights to World Athletics Series events, including the World Athletics Championships, in a long-term agreement announced this morning
Multiple Sports

Digiturk, the Turkish pay-television subsidiary of beIN Media Group, has launched an internet service for new and existing customers
Multiple Sports

Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union consortium, has agreed a multi-year deal with cloud video editing platform Blackbird to support workflow efficiencies for its members
Multiple Sports

Discovery-owned sports broadcaster Eurosport is reported to have taken legal action against French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus after the latter allegedly withheld carriage-fee payments during…
Ice Hockey

ProSieben Maxx, the Germany-based free-to-air commercial channel, has acquired rights to the National Hockey League
Multiple Sports

Arena Television, one of the UK's largest independently-owned outside broadcast companies, has ceased trading after more than 30 years