Europe

Athletics

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has sealed rights to athletics’ Diamond League in Germany and Austria, from 2021 to 2023.
Sport Climbing

The International Federation of Sport Climbing has agreed new broadcast rights deals in China, Italy, Switzerland and Israel as the sport prepares to make its Olympic Games debut. Zhibo
Table Tennis

Recast, the UK-based direct-to-customer video platform, has acquired the rights to broadcast highlights and exclusive content from Table Tennis England, the governing body for the sport in England
Football

The English Premier League has voted to roll over its existing domestic broadcast deals into the 2022-25 cycle after receiving approval in principle from the UK government to sidestep its usual tender…
Football

Nova, the Greek pay-television broadcaster now owned by United Media Group, has acquired rights to Spanish football’s LaLiga from next season onwards, replacing rival Cosmote.
Rugby Union

UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 has finalised its acquisition of rights to highlights of the British & Irish Lions’ three tests against South Africa, along with live rights to the pre-tour Test m…
Athletics

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has secured the rights to show athletics' Diamond League series live from 2021 to 2024
Motorsport

German free-to-air commercial broadcaster RTL has acquired rights to broadcast the FIA World Endurance Championship, which includes the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the ADAC Total 24 Hours of Nürburgring races.
Football

The German Football Federation (DFB) has unveiled the broadcast details for tomorrow’s (Thursday’s) DFB Pokal final, which will be streamed via the governing body’s official YouTube channel in countries witho…
Football

Uefa has significantly increased the value of its national team rights in Austria from 2022-23, capitalising on fierce competition between ORF and Servus TV as the latter continues its sports-rights push.
Motorsport

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia is in the process of finalising a deal to retain rights to motorcycling’s MotoGP World Championship, SportBusiness understands.
Football

The value of the rights to second- and third-tier properties in Italy is enjoying a mini-boom in the wake of DAZN’s acquisition in March of the main live rights to Serie A for the next three seasons. Faced with the loss of its key property, Sky is fighting back, renewing deals with MotoGP and the Bundesliga and snatching rights currently held by DAZN, such as Serie B and Ligue 1.
Football

French pay-television broadcaster RMC Sport will show this season’s Uefa Champions League final on its unencrypted RMC Story channel.
Rugby Union

Telco BT and the Rugby Football Union have finalised a domestic broadcast deal for the climax to this season’s Premier 15s, the English women’s top-tier rugby union competition.
Motorsport

Eurosport has retained rights across Europe to motorcycling’s Superbike World Championship until 2025 in a deal that includes exclusivity in 32 countries.
Football

Hungarian media group Network4 has acquired rights to Germany’s Bundesliga for the next four seasons. The deal also grants Network4 rights to the second-tier 2.B
Football

LaLiga president Javier Tebas has said that the emergence of some OTT platforms is driving rights fees down and making negotiations with more traditional broadcasters more difficult
Football

Broadcast rights to Italian football’s Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana from 2021-22 to 2023-24 have been acquired by a string of agencies and broadcasters in different international markets.