Europe

Motorsport

Discovery, the international broadcaster that owns Eurosport, has secured a new rights deal with Formula E, the electric motor racing series, spanning over 50 European countries and including full exclusivity…
Football

Recast, the new direct-to-customer video platform that operates on a micropayment basis, has signed one of its first football clubs to a content-sharing agreement in a deal announced with Scotland’s H…
Football

International pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group will file an injunction in the Turkish courts against Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe over alleged IP infringement of the company’s branding.
Motorsport

Free-to-air broadcaster TV Cultura has become the new home for Formula E in Brazil, while the electric racing series has also agreed a multi-year deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia
Football

Telecom Italia (TIM) has clarified the nature of its support for DAZN’s bid for domestic Serie A rights as it emerged that the Italian telecoms operator would cover around 40 per cent of the proposed r…
Cricket

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has secured exclusive live rights to England’s forthcoming limited overs cricket series against India as part of a broader deal.
Multi-sport

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC paid a strong fee for rights to the 2022 Commonwealth Games, driven by the fact the event will be held in its home market and the emergence of keen competition from commercial broadcaster Channel 4.
Multi-sport

Spanish telco Telefónica has failed with a renewed application to Spanish competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), to lift an obligation it has to share rights t…
Table Tennis

Jonny Cowan, the European marketing manager at the International Table Tennis Federation, has been appointed to a role in Europe at World Table Tennis, the commercial arm of the international governing…
Multi-sport

Media group Discovery today (Monday) revealed that it has eclipsed 11 million direct-to-consumer streaming subscribers following the recent launch of the discovery+ service
Cricket

Cricket Australia has launched an invitation to tender process for its media rights in the UK for the 2021-22 Southern Hemisphere cricket season onwards, covering the coming season's Ashes Test series…
Football

French telecoms operator Free has written to France’s Professional Football League (LFP) asking for a reduction in its rights fee for a package of near-live rights to all 10 Ligue 1 matches each week, p…
Football

Chinese conglomerate Suning has said it will focus entirely on its retail business going forward, raising questions over the future of its investments in sports properties, which include Italian football…
Football

The legal case put forward by pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus against the recent broadcast rights auction run by France’s Professional Football League is to be heard on March 2.
Football

The Football Association is looking to recruit a head of broadcast and international media rights representing the governing body’s portfolio of properties.
Motorsport

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has renewed a rights agreement with Formula E ahead of the electric car-racing series’ 2021 season.
Football

The value of Uefa club competition rights has rebounded in the Netherlands due to a change in Uefa’s coefficient ranking system that will guarantee at least one Dutch club’s automatic qualification to the Champions League from 2021-22.
Football

The Portuguese Primeira Liga is one of only two European football leagues that hasn't centralised its media rights. A government-backed plan to change that is in motion, but will Portugal's big three play along?