Europe

Football

Italian Serie A rights values have declined by around a third in France and Southeast Asia under a deal with beIN Sports, mirroring recent trends in those markets.
Basketball

The Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) has secured increased fees for its recent multi-season rights deals with TV3 Group’s OTT platform Go3 and commercial channel LNK.
Basketball

The return of Greek powerhouse Olympiacos to the domestic top basketball division this season has seen more than a million euros added to the existing rights contract held by public broadcaster ERT.
Tennis

BT Sport, the UK pay-television broadcaster, has acquired rights to show the Stockholm Open, an ATP Tour 250 series event that begins this weekend
Football

The Pitch International agency has reached an agreement with the Football Association to retain FA Cup broadcast rights in Western Europe and the Middle East and North Africa for an additional four seasons,…
Football

Spain’s LaLiga has launched the bidding process for domestic media rights for up to five seasons, from 2022-23 to 2026-27.
Cycling

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced a rights deal with Teledeporte, the free-to-air digital terrestrial channel of Spanish public broadcaster RTVE, for its new Track Champions League competition
Basketball

Finnish commercial broadcaster Nelonen Media has announced a four-year rights deal with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) to broadcast the country’s national team games and major tournaments.
Multiple Sports

Media group Discovery has reported just under $1.3bn (€1.1
Multiple Sports

Stefan Kürten, the former executive director of sport at the European Broadcasting Union, has been named as chief executive of the organising committee for the 2025 FISU Summer World University Games …
Football

Public-service broadcaster YLE and commercial and pay-television broadcaster MTV3 have agreed to share rights in Finland to next year's Fifa World Cup, to be held in Qatar
Multiple Sports

Daniel von Busse, chief operating officer at Sport1, is to succeed the retiring Michael Amsinck in heading up the management of the sports rights department at ZDF, the German public-service broadcaster
Football

French telecoms operator Free has been holding talks with France’s Professional Football League (LFP) about adding the ability to show social media clips of goals to its existing contract, it is claimed.
Multiple Sports

Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has appointed Marco Zwaneveld as head of sports for its Viaplay subscription streaming service in the Netherlands
Multiple Sports

Newly-launched Slovakian pay-television channel Joj Sport has widened its reach as it has become available to subscribers of telco Orange
Motorsport

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has secured exclusive rights in its European territories to the IndyCar motor racing series from 2022 to 2024
Volleyball

Polish pay-television broadcaster Polsat could face a penalty from the country’s National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) after failing to make a women’s European Volleyball Championship match available on …
Multiple Sports

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights to next year’s FIG World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool and renewed an agreement to cover The Boat Race until 2025.