Europe

Football

Commercial and pay-television broadcaster Nova Sport has launched two new sports channels after adding a raft of premium football content to its offering in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Olympic Games

The record-breaking 400m hurdles victory by Norway’s Karsten Warholm attracted a peak audience of only 183,000 viewers in the Nordic country due to the seven-hour time difference with Tokyo.
Football

Hungarian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has renewed a rights agreement for football’s English Premier League and signed a new deal to cover the German Bundesliga, while also preparing t…
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has secured exclusive rights to broadcast the top-tier German Bundesliga in the UK and Ireland for four seasons, from 2021-22 to 2024-25
Football

OneFootball, the football-based media platform, has teamed up with Deutsche Telekom’s MagentaSport OTT service to offer pay-per-view coverage of matches from Germany’s third-tier 3.Lig
Football

German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has detailed plans to showcase its Bundesliga football output on a new ultra high-definition channel. The ProSiebenSat
Multiple Sports

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has launched a new temporary subscription model and reduced its price for multi-platform subscriptions. For €14.99 ($17.7
Football

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has been successful in being granted an interim order against beIN Sports over the payment of broadcast rights to Ligue 1, although the pay-television broadcaster r…
Football

The UK government has approved the English Premier League’s rolling over of its current broadcast deals with Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime and BBC Sport for another three years.
Football

Virgin Media, the Irish telecoms and commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has secured rights to show one Uefa Champions League fixture per matchweek along with all Europa League and Europa Conference…
Football

The Saran Media Group has secured media rights to Italian football's Serie A across 17 countries spanning the Commonwealth of Independent States region, Eastern Europe and Turkey for the three seasons…
Football

The United Soccer League has expanded its reach within Europe by securing a media rights deal in Italy with streaming service OneFootball
Swimming

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has extended its commitment to the International Swimming League by agreeing to cover its entire third season
Olympic Games

Media group Discovery has reported record engagement across its digital platforms after its opening coverage of the summer Olympic Games in Europe
Football

Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has acquired rights to Serie A, the top division of Italian club football
Football

Italian football’s Lega Serie A has awarded its betting video and data rights to Stats Perform, the sports data and technology company, in a three-season deal that represents a marked increase on the v…
Football

Sportitalia, the multi-sport broadcaster, has retained its domestic rights to the Primavera youth football competitions operated by Lega Serie A
Football

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) was this afternoon preparing to join pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports’ legal action against Canal Plus as the league body changes tack in its bid to pro…