Europe
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.
Ziggo keeps hold of Champions League rights
Dutch telecoms operator Ziggo has retained its broadcast rights to the Uefa Champions League for the 2021-24 cycle
TV4 and SVT secure Swedish rights to 2026 World Cup
TV4 Media, the Telia-owned broadcasting company that operates Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4, and Swedish public-service broadcaster SVT have acquired rights to the 2026 Fifa World Cup
TV2 seals domestic Norwegian football rights for record-breaking sum
Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 has secured domestic rights to a host of Norwegian football properties, including the top-tier Eliteserien, from 2023, in the most valuable media rights deal in the…
BT Sport and Premiership Rugby finalise TV rights renewal
BT Sport has finalised its retention of domestic broadcast rights to Premiership Rugby in an agreement that will extend the UK pay-television broadcaster’s coverage to 2024.
Serie A ‘targets €1.15bn’ per season from domestic rights sales
Italian football’s Lega Serie A is looking to raise a minimum of €1.15bn ($1.41b
NBA rights retained by beIN Sports France until 2024
North American basketball’s NBA will continue to be shown in France on pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports until 2024 thanks to a new agreement announced today (Friday).
Iceland next up for Uefa national team 2022-28 media-rights sales
The CAA Eleven agency will be looking to secure new Uefa national team broadcast deals in Iceland in the first quarter of 2021 after launching the rights sales process in the Nordic country
Eurovision Sport to recruit director of rights acquisitions
Eurovision Sport has kicked off a recruitment process for a director of acquisitions in a newly-created position at the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union
Swisscom’s Blue Sport retains Swiss Football League rights to 2025
Swiss pay-television broadcaster Blue Sport, a subsidiary of telecoms operator Swisscom, has agreed a four-year extension to its domestic media rights deal with the Swiss Football League (SFL) with one…
RTL, Talpa switch competitions as free-to-air Uefa rights awarded in the Netherlands
Dutch free-to-air commercial broadcaster RTL has upgraded its output from Uefa club competitions after winning rights to the Champions League from next season onwards
French court ‘to rule on Tuesday’ on Mediapro-LFP rights settlement
The Nanterre commercial court is expected to decide on Tuesday whether to validate the settlement reached between Spanish agency and production group Mediapro and France’s Professional Football League (…
SIC retains free-to-air Europa League rights in Portugal
Portuguese free-to-air commercial broadcaster SIC has retained its rights to broadcast one fixture per matchweek from the Uefa Europa League for a three-season period
Cosmote ‘retains Uefa club competition rights’ in Greece
Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has renewed its rights to the Uefa club competitions for the new cycle after fighting off competition from rival broadcaster Nova, it has been reported
Sport1 picks up rights to DTM support series
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the DTM Trophy, the support series for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, the German touring car property
BT Sport ‘drops Premiership Rugby rebate’ in pursuit of new deal
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport is reportedly closing in on an extension to its rights deal with Premiership Rugby after electing not to pursue a compensation claim for disruption to the rugby union…
Mediapro ‘to pay €100m’ as part of LFP settlement
Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has reportedly agreed to make a €100m ($120m) severance payment to France’s Professional Football League (LFP) as part of its settlement for the return of …
Proximus holds on to pay-television Champions League rights
Belgian telecoms operator Proximus will continue to be able to show all matches from the Uefa Champions League during the 2021-24 cycle after being awarded the pay-television rights across the country