Europe

Motorsport

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport is the latest company to have penned a deal to broadcast races from motorsport series Extreme E
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Eleven Sports and Canal 11, the in-house television channel of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), have acquired media rights in Portugal to the final stages of the 2020-21…
Football

Mediapro chief executive Jaume Roures has issued a statement distancing himself from a financial guarantee provided to Joan Laporta following his recent election as FC Barcelona president
Multi-sport

Irish telecoms operator Eir has said it will not be taking part in the latest rounds of sports rights auctions as it reconsiders its business model amid ongoing difficulties posed by the Covid-19 pandemic
Rugby Union

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has held on to one of its flagship properties in France by retaining rights to French rugby union’s Top 14, paying an increase of about 17 per cent on its previous deal.
Multi-sport

The sports industry has paid tribute this week to Marco Bogarelli, who died of complications relating to the Covid-19 virus on Monday evening, aged 64
Football

Matches from the Scottish Premiership will be streamed in seven international markets by OneFootball in a deal between the football-based media platform and the Infront agency
Basketball

Lega Basket Serie A, the organising body for the top division of Italian basketball, has further extended its broadcast reach through various rights deals in European markets
Ice Hockey

Sportway, the automated production and live streaming firm, is to add another 68 Swedish arenas and stadiums to the list of venues that it provides its production systems for
Football

The Swiss Football League has announced new kick-off times for its top two divisions as it prepares to enter its next broadcast rights cycle
Rugby League

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has agreed a deal with rights-holder Sky to resume its French coverage of the Super League, the top tier of rugby league in the UK
Esports

Sport1, the German sports broadcaster, has agreed a distribution deal for its new eSportsONE channel with telco Telenor in Norway and Sweden
Tennis

Free-to-air commercial broadcaster ServusTV has acquired rights in Germany for the upcoming Stuttgart Open and German Open tennis events
Football

Russian pay-television operator Tricolor has strengthened its football rights portfolio after agreeing a deal with web portal Yandex to show the Football National League (FNL), the second tier of the domestic…
Motorsport

Sky Deutschland’s decision to sublicense free-to-air Formula One rights to RTL in Germany was agreed in the hope that wider coverage of the sport will drive subscriptions to Sky and its new dedicated F1 channel.
Skiing

The Infront agency has agreed a six-year deal to sell the international broadcast rights to FIS World Cup events organised by Swiss-Ski, the Alpine country’s national ski federation.
Football

Italian Serie A football clubs have once again failed to reach a consensus on the allocation of domestic broadcast rights for the 2021-24 cycle
Ice Hockey

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has agreed a new deal with the National Hockey League for rights across the Baltic region for five seasons, from 2021-22 to 2025-26