Europe

Cricket

FreeSports is hoping its two-year deal for exclusive rights to the Afghanistan and Zimbabwe national cricket teams’ home matches will help create a unique identity for the channel, which has long acted as a shop window for sister broadcaster Premier Sports.
Football

International broadcaster Eleven Sports has successfully decreased its outlay for French Ligue 1 rights in Portugal in a three-season renewal.
Football

Italy’s Serie A clubs are to convene again next week after an assembly meeting today (Thursday) failed to provide a consensus on allocating the domestic broadcast rights for the 2021-24 cycle.
Multi-sport

The GMcomunicazione public relations and media company has acquired a 50-per-cent stake in Italian digital terrestrial television broadcaster Sportitalia, according to reports
Football

Broadcasters in the Netherlands have been invited to submit their bids later this month for Uefa national team rights in the 2022-28 cycle
Tennis

Shoot the Company, the UK-based production firm, has been appointed as the host broadcaster for the UK Pro League ahead of the marked increased in live coverage planned for the second edition of the tennis…
Football

The Pro League, the top tier of Belgian club football, has ensured broadcast coverage in some key international markets in an agreement with football-based media platform OneFootball and through additional…
Football

Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has increased its outlay 10 per cent to renew its rights to Uefa’s club competitions for the 2021-24 cycle. The increase was driven by a desire to ward off the threat of resurgent pay-television broadcaster Nova.
Cycling

Spanish public-service broadcaster RTVE has increased its by expenditure 25 per cent in renewing its rights to the Vuelta a España cycling race for four years from 2021 to 2024.
Multi-sport

Russian pay-television operator Tricolor has launched three new sports channels as it looks to promote domestic athletes and competitions
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 from 2023-24 to 2026-27 in a deal worth an average of €…
Football

International pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has been successful in its bid to prevent Turkish Süper Lig football club Fenerbahçe from manipulating its branding as part of a campaign against t…
Football

Paris’ commercial court is to deliver its decision on March 11 in the legal spat between pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus and France’s Professional Football League (LFP).
Multi-sport

Norwegian customers of telco Telia are without Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group’s linear channels and OTT service following the pair being unable to agree a distribution deal.
Tennis

International subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired exclusive rights to a range of Women’s Tennis Association events for a three-year period until 2023.
Football

Virgin Media, the Irish telecoms and commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has said it is “happy to walk away” after failing in efforts to retain its rights to the Uefa Champions League.
Rugby Union

The invitation to tender for domestic broadcast rights to French rugby union’s Top 14 is reported to have attracted bids from broadcasters including incumbent rights-holder Canal Plus and free-to-air d…
Cricket

UK free-to-air broadcaster FreeSports has expanded its cricket offering for the next two years, acquiring exclusive media rights to the home Tests, ODIs and T20Is of Afghanistan and Zimbabwe