Europe
Sky appeals award of Serie A rights to DAZN
Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has moved to block the recent award of domestic Serie A broadcast rights to DAZN, the subscription streaming broadcaster, in an appeal lodged with a Milan…
Cyta retains hold on Uefa club competition rights in Cyprus
Cypriot telco Cyta has retained its exclusive broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Finland becomes Sportway’s second-biggest market in domestic ice hockey deal
Sportway, the Stockholm-based automated production and live streaming firm, is to install artificial intelligence camera production infrastructure in 70 ice hockey arenas across Finland in a deal with…
AELTC names former IMG and Universal executive Henderson as commercial director
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), organiser of the Wimbledon Championships tennis Grand Slam, has appointed former IMG and Universal Music Group executive Gus Henderson as its new commercial…
Sport TV’s losses widen to €5.7m
Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has seen its losses increase by 59 per cent year-on-year.
Sport TV registered a loss of €5.69m ($6.8
BeNeLeague Basketball domestic rights tender in progress with May 5 deadline
BeNeLeague Basketball, the new commercial rights-holder of Belgian and Dutch domestic basketball, is expecting bids by May 5 for media rights to the competitions under its banner, SportBusiness understands
Loop acquisition adds to Matchroom’s in-house production capabilities
The Matchroom agency has acquired Loop, the live streaming and production company that it has worked with on various projects
RMC Sport acquires PFL rights in France, Bild to show content on new channel
Mixed martial arts promotion the Professional Fighters League has agreed media-rights deals for the 2021 season with pay-television broadcaster RMC Sport in France and media company Bild in Germany
Sportway hires ex-Lagardère Sports rights executive Gårdebäck, Darktrace’s Personne
Sportway, the Stockholm-based automated production and live streaming firm, has made two additions to its commercial team, including Ludvig Gårdebäck, a former broadcast rights sales executive at the L…
Vivendi ordered to pay €1.7m in damages to Mediaset
French media group Vivendi has been ordered to pay €1.7
Sky Italia chief Ibarra steps down to lead Bain-backed technology firm
Sky Italia chief executive Maximo Ibarra has resigned from his role with the pay-television broadcaster to take up a new role at Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, the Italian technology company backed…
Dutch TV first as Ziggo lands rights to Netherlands-Ireland ODI cricket
Dutch telco Ziggo has acquired live rights to this summer’s series of one-day cricket internationals between the Netherlands and Ireland.
European Super League project crumbling as clubs withdraw
The controversial European Super League project is on the brink of failure following the withdrawal of most of its founding clubs
Uefa revenues drop to €3bn as fewer matches, rebates take effect
Uefa, football’s European governing body, recorded revenues of €3.04b
Mediapro suffered €702m revenue hit in 2020
Mediapro has outlined how the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a €702m ($846.3
TG4 to return World Athletics meets to Irish free-to-air television
World Athletics’ annual series of meetings will return to television in Ireland for the first time in over two decades after Irish-language broadcaster TG4 agreed a rights deal with the sport’s world gov…
Belgian league clubs comforted by early Eleven Sports rights payment
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has settled its final rights fee instalment for Belgian football’s 2020-21 Jupiler Pro League season ahead of schedule.
Spring Media’s Fanseat acquires AFC rights across Europe
Sports streaming service Fanseat has acquired rights to show Asian Football Confederation major national and club team tournaments for 2021 and 2022