Europe

Rugby Union

Premiership Rugby Limited and UK telco BT’s agreement in December on a three-season renewal marked the end of a saga that saw its fair share of twists and turns. But while the rights-holder will see a drop in annual rights revenue compared with the final season of the current deal, it is thought to view a direct-to-consumer strategy as a viable means of addressing the shortfall.
Rugby Union

The Rugby Football Union is actively seeking a domestic broadcaster for the top-tier women’s Premier 15s league.
Cycling

Spanish public-service broadcaster RTVE has renewed its rights to cycling race the Vuelta a España for a four-year period covering the 2021-24 cycle.
Football

The CAA Eleven agency has launched its sales process in Austria for Uefa national team broadcast rights in its first tender of the year
Multi-sport

Telekom Srbija, the state-owned Serbian telecoms operator, has expanded an agreement with Discovery to offer customers access to a number of the media group’s channels, including Eurosport.
Tennis

German public-service broadcaster ZDF has retained rights to the next two editions of the Noventi Open, a grass court event on men’s tennis’ ATP Tour.
Multi-sport

Setanta Sports Eurasia has been acquired by the Adjara Group, parent company of Georgian pay-television broadcaster Adjarasport, in a deal that sees Setanta's media-rights portfolio and carriage agreements…
Football

Pay-television broadcaster C More has acquired rights in Finland and Sweden to the Asian Football Confederation’s club and national teams competitions across the 2021-24 cycle.
Football

Subscription broadcaster Eleven has retained its rights in Portugal to France’s Ligue 1 for three more seasons.
Football

Italian Serie A leaders AC Milan has launched its own in-house digital media production company, known as The Studios: Milan Media House
Football

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group is thought to be unlikely to bid to extend its rights deal for Italian Serie A football in the Middle East and North Africa region due to multiple concerns over…
Football

Italian football’s Lega Serie A is to hold a meeting on Thursday to discuss the award of its domestic broadcast rights from 2021-22 to 2023-24 after clubs decided against holding a vote last night.
Squash

Live streaming coverage in Europe of the Professional Squash Association’s events will return to SquashTV, the governing body’s subscription OTT platform, following the expiration of a long-term deal wit…
Basketball

German telco Deutsche Telekom has renewed key basketball rights deals with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba), the German Basketball Federation (DBB) and Euroleague Ventures, the joint venture…
American Football

German commercial broadcaster ProSieben has acquired exclusive rights to the new European League of Football gridiron football competition
Rugby Union

Scotland’s win over defending champions England during the opening weekend of rugby union’s 2021 Six Nations was watched by a peak audience of 8.7 m
Rugby Union

Premiership Rugby’s plan to halt relegation and grow its league to 13 clubs next season has been put on hold due to opposition from pay-television broadcaster BT Sport, its domestic broadcast rights-holder.
Football

Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has expanded its coverage of Uefa club competitions by retaining rights to the Uefa Europa League and also adding the new third-tier Europa Conference League…