Europe

Olympic Games

Italy’s double gold medal success in track and field attracted strong viewing figures on Rai, the Italian public-service broadcaster, yesterday (Sunday) afternoon.
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Polsat has expanded its agreement with the Polish Football Association (PZPN) and 1 Liga to offer all matches from the second tier of domestic football via its OTT streaming…
Football

Belgian commercial broadcaster VTM has secured free-to-air rights in the country's Dutch-speaking Flanders region for Tuesday evening Uefa Champions League matches across three seasons, from 2021-22 to…
Football

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has called on a conciliator in a bid to solve the bitter payment dispute that continues to engulf French football a week before the 2021-22 Ligue 1 season kicks off
Football

German digital lifestyle company CLIQ Digital has acquired rights in German-speaking countries to Serie B, the second tier of Italian club football
Multi-sport

The number of subscribers internationally to pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus increased to 22.13 million for the first half of 2021, with 8.91 million of these in mainland France
Multi-sport

Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, has reported a 28-per-cent increase in second quarter-revenues to $5.22bn (€4.3
Tennis

Both deals were completed in private negotiations without extensive discussions with other broadcasters in the respective territories.
Counter Strike: Global Offensive

The company staged the most-watched CS:GO matches of all time in January this year, twice exceeding the existing record during its Blast Premier Global Final.
Football

RMC Sport’s owner, telco Altice, has backtracked on its decision last year to retreat from the French sports-rights market.
Multi-sport

As media giants jostle for position in an increasingly competitive European market, Frank Dunne explores the state of the pay-television industry in 2021.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Mediapro, the international broadcast production group and rights agency, claims to have “recovered quickly from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic” after reporting revenues of €669m ($795.2m) i
Cricket

Alliance Advertising & Marketing, the media buying and advertising agency, has secured exclusive linear broadcast rights in the UK to Sri Lanka Cricket events until the end of the Future Tours Programme…
Football

Orange has renewed its agreement with Telefónica in Spain for carriage of the latter's Movistar LaLiga and Movistar Liga de Campeones channels, ensuring that LaLiga and Uefa club competitions remain available …
Football

French pay-television broadcasters RMC Sport and Canal Plus are reported to have reached a new rights sharing agreement that will see the Altice-owned broadcaster co-broadcast the two top Uefa Champions…
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has built on its association with the German Football Federation’s DFB-Pokal by agreeing a five-season deal for rights to the women’s edition of the club com…
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has secured rights to the 2021-22 edition of German football’s DFB-Pokal in a deal covering the UK and Ireland.
Football

The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the European football market contracting 13 per cent to overall revenues of €25.2bn ($29.9