Europe
BeIN yet to pay Ligue 2 rights instalment as it mulls next move
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has yet to make its latest instalment payment for domestic broadcast rights to France’s Ligue 2 as it continues to weigh up its options following the French Professional F…
Belgian, Danish and Swiss public broadcasters net Euro 2020 ratings boost
Action from the Uefa European Championship quarter-finals attracted strong audiences on public-service broadcasters in the competing nations of Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland
Prices set for Helbiz Live’s novel Serie B rights offering
Helbiz, the US-based micro-mobility company, has presented its innovative business model for the domestic streaming rights to Serie B, the second tier of Italian club football
Bernhard and Englund hires further swell Sportway commercial team
Sportway, the automated production and live streaming firm, has bolstered its commercial team with the hiring of sports industry veterans, Kim Bernhard and Martin Englund, as it seeks to continue expansion…
Canal Plus to show Fury-Wilder 3
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has acquired rights to the forthcoming heavyweight bout between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder
Italian TV audience tops 17m as Azzurri reach semi-final
Italy’s win over Belgium in the Uefa European Championship attracted a combined audience of over 17 million viewers on Italian free-to-air and pay-television.
OneFootball picks up J.League rights in Italy
Football-based media platform OneFootball has picked up the broadcast rights for Japan’s J.League in Italy.
The over-the-top platform will stream J.L
England-Ukraine is UK’s most-watched live TV event of 2021
England’s run at Uefa Euro 2020 continues to break viewing records, with the national football team’s 4-0 win over Ukraine in the quarter-finals on Saturday pulling in a peak television audience of 20.9 m
BT holds Ligue 1 fee steady in UK, Ireland renewal
Telco BT has kept its outlay flat in its latest renewal of French Ligue 1 football rights in the UK and Ireland.
Swedish audience tops 3m for national team’s Euro 2020 exit
TV4, the Swedish commercial broadcaster, attracted a second-half audience of 2.83 million viewers on Tuesday evening for the Uefa European Championship round-of-16 clash between Sweden and Ukraine
Suspended BTRC loses EBU sports rights access
The European Broadcasting Union membership of BTRC, the state broadcaster in Belarus, has been suspended amid ongoing political instability in the country
Nova extends long-running MotoGP coverage in Czech Republic, Slovakia
Commercial and pay-television broadcaster Nova Sport has renewed an agreement in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for coverage of the MotoGP motorcycling series
Blue Sport retains Serie A rights in Switzerland
Swiss pay-television broadcaster Blue Sport, a subsidiary of telecoms operator Swisscom, has retained rights to Italian football’s Serie A.
DAZN sues Vodafone Italia for ‘deliberate’ breaches of carriage deal
Multi-platform broadcaster DAZN has filed a claim against Vodafone Italia at London’s High Court, accusing the telco of multiple ‘deliberate’ breaches of a carriage deal between the two.
Mediaset digs deep to land Coppa Italia domestic rights
Commercial broadcaster Mediaset has today (Thursday) been awarded domestic broadcast rights to the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Centralised rights sales targeted for Spanish sports federations
The Spanish Sports Association (ADESP) president, José Hidalgo, has said the organisation’s priorities during his second term in office will include the centralised sale of its members’ broadcast righ…
Di Giovanni to replace Cirio as Deltatre CFO
Deltatre’s chief financial officer for the last 18 years, Gianluca Cirio, has announced that he will step down from his position at the end of this month, with the sports streaming technology company t…
Roma TV moves from linear to digital
Italian Serie A football club AS Roma's dedicated TV channel has become digital-only and will no longer be available on pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia