Europe

Motorsport

ServusTV, the commercial free-to-air broadcaster in German-speaking countries, has bolstered its coverage of elite motorcycling by agreeing a two-season extension to its rights deal for the Superbike World…
Football

Telco BT will broadcast this year’s Uefa women’s Champions League final on a free-to-air basis via its digital platforms.
Ice Hockey

Pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has acquired rights to show ice hockey's IIHF World Championship for the first time in Portugal
Multi-sport

Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has commenced antitrust proceedings against commercial and pay-television broadcaster Polsat, and media group Discovery, following complaints o…
Motorsport

Pan-regional broadcasting group Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has added Formula 1 rights from 2023 to its burgeoning portfolio in Poland
Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has signed a long-term rights deal with pan-regional broadcasting group United Media across nine markets in Southern Europe
Football

BBC Scotland, an arm of the UK public-service broadcaster, has acquired rights to the Scottish Premiership quarter-final and semi-final play-off matches for the next five seasons
Football

Italian Serie A champions Inter Milan have launched an official channel on Amazon-owned online streaming platform Twitch
Football

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian club football, has postponed its decision on the award of a second package of live domestic broadcast rights as it awaits the outcome of…
Olympic Games

Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS will continue as the exclusive free-to-air broadcaster of the Olympic Games in the Netherlands, having secured rights to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and the…
American Football

StreamAMG, the sports streaming and technology company, has been appointed by the European League of Football to provide a live and on-demand global streaming service for the new American football competition
Motorsport

Commercial and pay-television broadcaster Nova Sport has agreed a five-year rights deal in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for the Superbike World Championship with the motorcycling series adding a new…
Multi-sport

Mediaset and its second-largest investor, Vivendi, have agreed a truce on their long-running legal battle, through a deal which will see the French media group significantly reduce its interest in the…
Multi-sport

Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, has reported a 10.6-per-cent increase in revenue alongside a 33
Multi-sport

Italian production house NVP and start-up OTT platform provider Hiway Media have finalised a joint venture that will see the two companies combine to offer end-to-end services to rights-holders and broadcasters…
Athletics

L’Équipe, the French digital terrestrial channel, and start-up OTT streaming platform Sportall have acquired rights in the 2021-24 cycle to all French Athletics Federation (FFA) events and Diamond League me…
Boxing

Fightzone, a new worldwide streaming service dedicated to UK and international boxing, is launching today (Friday) on the OTT platform of Ericsson-owned broadcast services company Red Bee Media
Football

Sky Italia has renewed its rights agreement for the Bundesliga, the top tier of club football in Germany, until the end of the 2024-25 season, while the pay-television broadcaster has also struck a deal…