Europe

Esports

Esports tournament organiser PGL has appointed the IMG agency to distribute its media rights globally for its PGL Stockholm Major 2021, which will be held in Sweden for the first time since 2014
Para Sport

French broadcasters have been invited to bid for media rights to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games after an invitation to tender process was launched by the Organising Committee
Football

Lega Serie A, organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has stepped up its commitment to fans in Indonesia by launching an official account on Helo, a platform owned by Chinese internet…
Multiple Sports

Canal Plus, the pay-television broadcaster active in different international markets, has reported a 4.8-per-cent increase in revenues to €4.25bn ($4.95bn) in the first nine months of 2021.
Basketball

Fanseat, the subscription-based sports streaming service owned by the Spring Media agency, has secured rights to broadcast six basketball leagues in the Denmark, France and the UK
Rugby Union

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has agreed a four-year extension to its radio rights deal for the Six Nations rugby union championship
Football

Greece’s Cosmote has paid a strong increase to take Serie A rights back from rival pay-television operator Nova, preserving its status as a broadcaster of top European football.
Basketball

The value of Fiba’s Basketball Champions League has fallen slightly in Greece as it shifted from public broadcaster ERT to pay-television operator Cosmote. 
Football

Gazprom Media-owned Match TV has retained its Russian Premier League domestic rights, paying an increase of about 320 per cent after a hard-fought behind-the-scenes battle to avoid an open tender.
Football

Spain’s LaLiga has more than doubled its fee in the Baltics thanks to a deal with Setanta Sports, which saw off competition from rival broadcasters and agencies.  
Football

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group paid an almost three-fold increase to acquire rights to Uefa’s club competitions in the Baltics after a neck-and-neck bidding process with TV3 Group. 
Football
Media

Telco Telia was able to seal a three-season deal for Serie A in Sweden and Finland for a relatively modest increase amid strong competition and high increases for rights fees in the Nordics.
Motorsport
Media

Discovery-owned Eurosport’s five-year renewal for media rights to the Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) motorcycling series was driven by the preference of commercial rights-holder Dorna to provide the property with wide exposure.
Football

The Hellenic Football Federation has, for the second time in three months, invited bids for broadcast rights to this season’s Greek Cup, following an unsuccessful attempt in the summer.
Football

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is seeking an investment of €1.5bn ($1.75b
Football

The CAA Eleven agency has initiated the rights sales process in the Balkan countries for Uefa national team rights between 2022 and 2028
Football

Spain’s LaLiga is to press ahead with a domestic broadcast rights tender that allows bidders to lodge offers over four and five seasons despite advice from the country’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Naci…
Winter Sports

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have retained rights to top FIS World Cup skiing events held outside of Germany in a new five-year deal announced this morning with the Infront agency