Europe
Al Marri returns to beIN as Digiturk’s EVP, sports content
International pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has named Rashed Al-Marri as executive vice-president of sports content at Digiturk, its Turkish pay-television broadcaster
TFF and beIN settle latest fee dispute with new payment plan
The Turkish Football Federation and pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group will hope to have put a dispute over scheduled payments behind them after a new payment plan was agreed between the two parties…
Serie A unveils packages as domestic broadcast rights tender issued
Italian football’s Lega Serie A has today (Monday) launched its domestic broadcast rights sales process for the 2021-24 cycle, issuing a bid deadline of 10am (CET) on January 26.
Barcelona wins case against Mediapro challenge to Liga Iberdrola broadcast
FC Barcelona, the Spanish multi-sport club, has successfully defended allegations from the Mediapro agency of rights infringement after the club broadcast a Primera Iberdrola league match on its own platforms
Italian court rejects watchdog’s appeal over historic Serie A TV rights fines
Italy’s Council of State has rejected an appeal from the country’s competition watchdog, the AGCM, which sought to overturn a lower court ruling concerning the sale of broadcast rights to Serie A, the…
Discovery marks OTT launch with Vodafone deal in 12 European markets
US-based media group Discovery has signed a long-term carriage agreement across multiple European markets with telecoms operator Vodafone as its new global OTT streaming service, discovery+, launches today…
Telly extends Czech carriage deal with Discovery
Czech pay-television platform Telly has extended its carriage deal with international media group Discovery for the latter’s portfolio of channels, including Eurosport.
Court ruling on Sky Italia’s Serie A payment ‘expected in January’
A court ruling on the dispute between Lega Serie A and pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia is expected to be made at the start of next year
Cosmote retains MotoGP rights in Greece
Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has retained rights to the MotoGP motorcycling series for a further three seasons
LFP-Mediapro rights settlement rubber-stamped by court
The settlement struck between France’s Professional Football League (LFP) and agency and production group Mediapro has received the legal backing of the Nanterre commercial court in a ruling issued today.
L’Équipe names Prud’homme to leading role in TV and digital push
Laurent Prud’homme, previously head of the French arm of Eurosport and senior vice-president of rights acquisitions and syndication at the pan-European broadcaster, has been named as the deputy chief e…
CCTV among EHF Final4 broadcasters, women’s EHF Euro final draws strong ratings
The European Handball Federation has announced that Chinese state broadcaster CCTV will be one of 40 broadcasters in more than 80 territories that will cover this year’s edition of its Final4 club competition.
BT Sport extends non-league English football rights to 2024
Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has renewed its English non-league football rights for a further three seasons, from 2021-22
Turkish Football Federation and beIN’s Digiturk at odds over Süper Lig payments
The Turkish Football Federation and Digiturk, the Turkish pay-television subsidiary of beIN Media Group, have publicly voiced their differences of opinion over rights fee payments to the top-tier Turkish…
Ascot head of broadcast and digital Evans on the move
Miles Evans, head of broadcast, digital and content at Ascot Racecourse, has left the famous UK horse racing venue and rights-holder
OneFootball extends streaming footprint with DFB Pokal in four major European markets
OneFootball, the Germany-based digital platform, has added more live streaming rights to its growing portfolio through a deal to show German football’s DFB Pokal, the national knockout club competition, i…
Finland’s YLE and MTV3 to split 2026 Fifa World Cup rights
Finnish public-service broadcaster YLE and commercial and pay-television broadcaster MTV3 have acquired rights in the Nordic country to the 2026 Fifa World Cup
BBC ‘closing in’ on Women’s Super League deal offering linear exposure
The English Football Association is said to be close to agreeing a deal that would see public-service broadcaster the BBC retain rights to the Women’s Super League.