Europe

Football

Global sports subscription service and media company DAZN has acquired non-exclusive domestic broadcast rights to Italian football's second-tier Serie B from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Football

The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired exclusive rights in Poland for the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup, which will take place in Australia and New Zealand.
Football

Ukrainian telco Volia and international OTT streaming platform Megogo have continued their recent collaboration by agreeing a carriage deal for the latter’s coverage of the Uefa club competitions.
Football

European Leagues, the body of European football leagues, has pooled together the international broadcast rights to nine different leagues and initiated a Request for Proposals from interested broadcasters,…
Motorsport

Spring Media, the Stockholm-based agency, has extended its agreement to commercialise the broadcast rights and improve broadcast exposure for Sweden’s top speedway league.
Rugby Union

The British & Irish Lions and South Africa Rugby have appointed Whisper Cymru, part of live sports production company Whisper, to serve as the production partner for the upcoming series between the two s…
Football

Pay-television broadcaster DigitAlb has agreed a new deal in Albania and Kosovo for exclusive rights to the Bundesliga, the top tier of club football in Germany
Football

Maxime Saada, chief executive of Canal Plus, has said the French pay-television broadcaster will stand firm after pulling out of its agreement to broadcast Ligue 1 football matches following the award…
Boxing

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has moved to bolster its boxing coverage in the UK and Ireland through agreements with promoters Top Rank and Boxxer. Both deals will run for four years
Football

Media Group AMC Networks International has secured media rights to show the Uefa Champions League and Italian football's Serie A from 2021-22 to 2023-24 on its Sport1 and Sport2 channels in Hungary
Ice Hockey

Sportway, the Stockholm-based automated production and live streaming firm, has reached an agreement with the Danish Ice Hockey Union (DIU) to install artificial intelligence camera production infrastructure…
Horse Racing

HBA Media, the horse racing media rights agency, has agreed a string of new deals for this year’s edition of the prestigious UK meeting at Royal Ascot.
Football

Online retail giant Amazon has established a stronger foothold in the French marketplace by landing a package of domestic rights to eight Ligue 1 matches per week across the next three seasons after submitting…

SportBusiness Media speaks to Robert Klein, chief executive officer at Bundesliga International, about the league's most-recent media rights sales cycle in Europe, private equity investment proposals, and the league's five-year marketing plan in Asia-Pacific.
Football

The Infront agency has finalised its first Serie A media-rights deal since taking over from rival IMG as the league’s international rights-holder, sealing a deal in the Balkans with pay-television broadcaster A…
Football

Bundesliga International chief executive Robert Klein has said that Germany’s top-tier league has secured a “strong increase” for its international media rights across Europe from 2021-22.
Football

Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in Italy to this year’s Copa América national team football tournament, which gets underway on Sunday.
Rugby League

The host broadcast of this year’s Rugby League World Cup, which will be carried out by Whisper, the live sports production company, will look to draw in as wide an audience as possible, making the event m…