Europe
Sky strikes new SPFL deal for clubs’ in-house live streaming
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has reached a new agreement with the Scottish Professional Football League so that clubs can also live stream matches to their season ticket holders next season
RMC Sport ‘opts to retain’ exclusivity for PSG’s Champions League semi-final
French pay-television broadcaster RMC Sport is thought to have elected to retain exclusive rights to the forthcoming Uefa Champions League semi-final between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City
LTA claims UK first with TikTok streaming for Billie Jean King Cup
Video streaming platform TikTok will provide live coverage of a sports event in the UK for the first time after agreeing a deal with the Lawn Tennis Association to cover this weekend’s Billie Jean King C…
Standard Liège ‘secures upfront bank funding’ against future media-rights income
Belgian top-tier football club Standard Liège has reportedly become the first in the country to agree a deal that gives it an upfront payment in exchange for future television rights income.
Europa League remains on Czech public television in new deal
Česká Televize, the public-service broadcaster in the Czech Republic, has retained rights to European club football’s second-tier Uefa Europa League from 2021-22 to 2023-24.
Variable reserve prices set for Serie B domestic broadcast rights
Lega Serie B has informed broadcasters in Italy of the prices assigned to the non-exclusive rights packages available in its newly-launched domestic rights tender that spans the 2021-24 period
Shakhtar Donetsk launches international PPV service
Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk will broadcast its match with Dynamo Kyiv this weekend to an international audience on its own pay-per-view service
La Vuelta continues Twitch mainstream sport move, Allsvenskan launches on TikTok
Organisers of cycling’s Vuelta a España have announced it will be the first of the sport’s ‘grand tours’ to have an official account on Twitch, the Amazon-owned online streaming platform.
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TF1, RMC Sport ‘in talks’ over rights to PSG Champions League semi-final
French commercial broadcaster TF1 is reportedly in talks with RMC Sport to sublicense the latter’s rights to the Paris Saint-Germain versus Manchester City Uefa Champions League semi-final.
Serie B clubs approve non-exclusive domestic rights packages
Clubs from Italian football’s Lega Serie B have approved an invitation to tender for domestic broadcast rights, a process that will offer non-exclusive packages to the market.
Eurosport, L’Équipe and TV2 Denmark among Tour of the Alps broadcasters
Organisers of the Tour of the Alps, a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) ProSeries race held in Italy and Austria, are expecting live, delayed and on-demand broadcast coverage in around 100 countries
OneFootball follows Ligue 1 rights acquisition with LFP content tie-up
OneFootball, the football-focused media platform, has signed its first editorial content deal with a professional league in a tie-up with France’s Professional Football League (LFP).
FFT launches European rights sales process for French Open
The French Tennis Federation has announced an invitation to tender for broadcast rights in Europe to the French Open from 2022
Uefa and domestic league benefit as Telekom Srbija, United Media rivalry moves into Slovenia
The rivalry between United Media and Telekom Srbija is having dramatic effects on the sports broadcasting landscape in the Balkans and beyond.
SuperTennis expands coverage through two-year Sky Italia deal
SuperTennis, the free-to-air channel owned by the Italian Tennis Federation (FIT), has reached an agreement with pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia that includes live coverage of 12 ATP tournaments…
Motorsport Network hires Stegelmann as CCO
Digital media company Motorsport Network has appointed Lars Stegelmann as its chief commercial officer
Eredivisie renews league channel carriage deals with T-Mobile, Delta and Caiway
Eredivisie Media & Marketing (EMM) has struck carriage agreements for its ESPN Eredivisie pay-television channels with Dutch telcos Tele2, Delta and Caiway, expanding the channel's reach across the Netherlands
Hungarian broadcasters handed May deadline for Uefa competitions rights bids
The Team Marketing agency has started the sales process for Uefa club competitions broadcast rights in another European country, after inviting interested parties in Hungary to bid across the 2021-24 cycle