Europe
Denmark’s DR posts record viewing figures for Euro 2020 semi-final
Denmark’s defeat to England in the semi-final of the Uefa European Championship attracted a record audience on DR, the Danish public broadcaster.
AELTC extends BBC’s Wimbledon deal to 2027 and ESPN’s to 2035
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), organiser and commercial rights-holder of the Wimbledon grand slam, has extended its agreement for media rights to the tournament with UK public-service…
Iliad remains in talks with LFP over Ligue 1 rights fee reduction
Telco Iliad is in talks with the French Professional Football League (LFP) to lower its fee for near-live digital clip rights to Ligue 1
FMA strikes another AFC rights deal in German-speaking countries
Live streaming service Sporttotal has acquired rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to the Asian Football Confederation’s final round of qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar.
Pistoni ‘to take up role’ at DAZN in Italy
Marco Pistoni to expected to take up a new role as senior vice-president of rights in Italy for sports streaming service DAZN
NOS continues ‘steady’ approach in Uefa national team renewals
Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS has kept fees steady in its latest renewal of Dutch men’s national-team football rights and rights to the Uefa European Championship in 2024.
SRG SSR pays more to seal crucial Uefa national team rights renewal
Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has ensured it will remain the home of the Swiss men’s football team’s matches in European competition until the end of Uefa Euro 2028.
Uefa national team rights part-sold in Belgium as Wallonia process continues
VRT is set to pay a slight increase for Uefa European Championship rights in Dutch-speaking Belgium, while VTM will keep its rights fee for Belgium’s European Qualifier and Nations League matches in the region flat until the end of 2025-26.
Peak audience of 27.6m tuned into ITV coverage of England-Denmark
A peak audience of 27
Serie A launches ITT for betting, data rights
Italian football’s Lega Serie A has invited bids for packages including media rights for the sports betting sector, data for sports betting and media sectors and data sponsor rights for the three seasons f…
BeIN will pay Ligue 2 fee instalment but rights controversy remains
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has decided to pay its first fee instalment for the 2021-22 Ligue 2 season after missing the July 1 deadline in the wake of continued rancour with the French Professional…
Canal Plus retains Premier League rights in France, adds in Czech Republic, Slovakia
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has extended its rights in France to the Premier League, while it will also broadcast the English club football competition in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Italian antitrust body commences probe into DAZN-TIM Serie A deal
Telecom Italia (TIM) has defended its contentious agreement with sports subscription service and media company DAZN for the rights to Serie A, the top division of domestic club football, after Italy’s a…
Telenet retains English Premier League rights in Belgium
Telenet has renewed its deal for exclusive English Premier League rights in Belgium, extending its agreement with the league for another three seasons
Nent lands Premier League in Netherlands, Poland and Baltics in six-season deals
Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired exclusive rights to the English Premier League across the Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for the six seasons from 2022-23…
Saran Media Group’s S Sport Plus to launch in commercial venues
S Sport Plus, the Turkish sports streaming platform owned by Istanbul-based agency Saran Media Group, has teamed up with UK-based Screach to launch a direct-to-enterprise streaming service
Absorbing Euro 2020 semi-final draws heavyweight audiences in Italy and Spain
The Italian television audience for last night’s dramatic Uefa European Championship semi-final between Italy and Spain reached close to 19.5 million viewers across free-to-air and pay-television.
Newbury signs five-year rights deal with The Racing Partnership and Sky
Newbury Racecourse has agreed a five-year rights deal with Sky Sports, through which the UK pay-television broadcaster will show all of the venue’s 29 annual races from January 2024 onwards.