Europe
Blast Premier awards CIS broadcast rights to WePlay Esports
Esports tournament organiser Blast Premier has agreed an exclusive Russian-language broadcast deal in the Commonwealth of Independent States region with WePlay Esports, the esports media holding company…
No precautionary measures from competition body to block TIM-DAZN deal
Italy’s antitrust regulator, the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), will not impose precautionary measures on Telecom Italia’s (TIM) contentious agreement with sports subscription serv…
A1 Bulgaria retains Champions League, adds Europa League, Conference League
Pay-television broadcaster A1 Bulgaria has extended its rights to the Uefa Champions League and also secured rights to the Europa League and new third-tier Europa Conference League for the next three seasons
LFP takes legal action against beIN in response to latest court ruling
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has reacted to the Nanterre Commercial Court’s Ligue 1 broadcast rights ruling by initiating its own legal action against pay-television broadcaster and rig…
Digi Sport retains Bundesliga rights in Romania
Romanian pay-television broadcaster Digi Sport has agreed a four-season extension to its rights deal for the Bundesliga, the top division of German club football
Sport TV renews Serie A rights to 2024
Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has renewed its exclusive media rights to Italy's Serie A for three seasons, from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Sky Italia names Vodafone’s Duilio as CEO, ties up futsal rights
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has appointed long-serving Vodafone executive, Andrea Duilio, as its new chief executive
French volleyball league launches host broadcast tender
The French volleyball league (LNV) has launched a host broadcast tender for the production of top-tier matches from both the men’s and women’s leagues.
Champions League returns to Mega TV in Greece
The Uefa Champions League will return to the screens of Mega TV after the Greek free-to-air broadcaster agree a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster Cosmote
Ziggo responds to Nent arrival with Ligue 1 deal, various renewals
Dutch telco Ziggo has acquired broadcast rights to French football’s Ligue 1 and extended rights to various other sports properties in a response to the market entry by the media company Nordic Entertainment (…
Fininvest regains control of Mediaset in Vivendi pact
Fininvest, the holding company of the family of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has returned to having the absolute majority of voting rights in Italy-based commercial broadcaster Mediaset…
BeIN ‘compelled’ to sue LFP as court rules in Canal Plus’ favour
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has been “compelled” to take legal action against France’s Professional Football League (LFP) after losing a legal case against Canal Plus this afternoon at the N…
Fanseat adds French league to speedway portfolio
Pay-per-view and subscription-based sports streaming service Fanseat has bolstered its speedway rights portfolio through a wide-ranging deal with the French Motorcycling Federation (FFM)
Strong competition serves up French Open rights boost in Europe
The Fédération Française de Tennis has increased the value of its European media rights by nearly 20 per cent in its pan-continental deal with US media giant Discovery, driven by strong competition for the rights.
New DFB-Pokal domestic deals deliver fee increase of over 20 per cent
The German Football Federation (DFB) has today (Friday) signed off on new domestic broadcast deals for the DFB-Pokal worth an uplift of over 20 per cent on the current agreements
Match TV nets English Premier League rights in Russia
Gazprom Media-owned free-to-air and pay-television broadcaster Match TV has secured exclusive media rights in Russia to the English Premier League from 2022-23 onwards
Lyon takes 35-per-cent revenue hit, Mediapro deal collapse a contributing factor
Olympique Lyonnais’ revenue dropped by 35 per cent to €177.4m ($208.9m)
La7 acquires free-to-air rights to women’s Serie A
La7, the Italian free-to-air television channel, has secured rights to the country’s women’s Serie A competition, along with the women’s Coppa Italia and women’s Supercoppa.
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