Europe
French futsal league given subscription OTT home in long-term FFF, Sportall tie-up
Matches from France’s top futsal division will be streamed on a new OTT subscription platform following a five-year deal struck by the French Football Federation and Sportall, the France-based digital m…
Premier Sports nets EIHL broadcast, title sponsorship rights to 2024
UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has secured exclusive media rights to broadcast the British Elite Ice Hockey League for the next three years, from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Channel 4 nets 9.2m peak for Raducanu triumph after Amazon sublicensing deal
Channel 4, the UK free-to-air broadcaster, attracted a peak audience of 9
Eleven Sports secures non-exclusive EuroLeague digital rights in Italy
Eleven Sports has acquired non-exclusive digital rights in Italy to the EuroLeague and EuroCup, European basketball's top-tier competitions, in a three-season deal that will sit alongside pay-television…
Mediapro’s Roures to attend French parliamentary hearing
Jaume Roures, the chief executive and co-founder of Mediapro, is to attend a hearing of a French parliamentary commission next week following the high-profile collapse of the media group and agency’s F…
ACB maintains momentum with TV3 Group deal in Baltics, renewed Facebook streaming
Spanish basketball league Liga ACB has secured a multi-year contract in the Baltics with TV3 Group, following up on its latest deal with the Baltics-based media group earlier this year
BBC secures highlights rights to Raducanu’s historic US Open final
Highlights of Emma Raducanu's history-making US Open final against fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez will be shown by the BBC following an agreement struck by the UK public-service broadcaster
Gol and Twitch expand LaLiga showcase to nine matches
LaLiga rights-holder and free-to-air channel Gol has made an agreement with Twitch through which nine LaLiga matches during the 2021-22 season will be broadcast on the Amazon-owned online streaming platform
TVP negotiates eleventh-hour Champions League sublicensing deal
Matches from the Uefa Champions League will remain on Polish public-service television during the next two seasons after TVP finally negotiated a sublicensing agreement
MCS extreme sports channel revived with subscription OTT platform
MCS Extrême, previously a French pay-television channel focused on extreme sports, has been relaunched as a subscription OTT platform.
The MCS Extrême service, which is priced at €4 ($4.73)
NRK extends Norwegian athletics rights agreement
Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK has extended its rights agreement with the Norwegian Athletics Association (NFIF) for coverage of national athletics competitions
CVC spells out LaLiga exit strategy
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has said an exit protocol is in place in which it will likely disengage from its agreement with LaLiga, the organising body for the top two divisions of Spanish…
Sky Ticket added to MagentaTV in expanded Sky Deutschland-Deutsche Telekom tie-up
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has expanded its tie-up with Deutsche Telekom in a deal which will see the Sky Ticket streaming service available on the telecoms operator’s Magenta T…
DAZN to adapt NFL RedZone for German viewers
OTT sports platform DAZN is to launch a 'conference' style NFL show in Germany this season called NFL ENDZN, becoming the first broadcaster outside the US to adapt the NFL's existing, popular RedZone format
Polish senators rally against ‘Lex TVN’ broadcast bill
Polish senators have decided to reject a proposed bill which could force US media group Discovery to give up its holdings in the country
European Cricket Championship unveils Dream Sports deal, broadcaster line-up
Indian digital sports media group Dream Sports has agreed a title sponsorship and media rights deal covering this month's European Cricket Championship, a new T10 tournament
MotoGP secures five-year renewal in Portugal with Sport TV
MotoGP will remain on Sport TV in Portugal for at least another five seasons after the motorcycling series' commercial rights-holder, Dorna Sports, secured another long-term renewal from 2022 onwards
DFB strengthens media rights sales team with Eckartsberg appointment
The German Football Federation has strengthened its media rights sales department with the appointment of Lasse Eckartsberg, previously of the Spring Media, Kentaro and Team Marketing agencies, as head…