Europe

Football
United Kingdom

UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired exclusive rights to the 2020-21 and 2021-22 editions of the Copa del Rey, Spanish football’s knockout club competition.
Multi-sport
Germany

Gravity Media, the broadcast production and outside broadcast services company, is looking to expand its activities outside the UK and has appointed sports media rights executive Kay Dammholz as an advisor…
Motorsport
Germany

German media group RTL has agreed a deal with the ADAC GT Masters motor racing series, taking over domestic rights next year from sports broadcaster Sport1
Multi-sport
United Kingdom

Sky and Amazon have struck a carriage deal in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy and Austria, making Amazon’s premium football content available to certain Sky subscribers for the first time.
Football
Spain

The Comisión de los Mercados y La Competencia (CNMC), Spain’s competition watchdog, has launched disciplinary proceedings against the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) in relation to potential anti-competitive pr…
Football
France

Didier Quillot, the former chief executive of France’s Professional Football League (LFP), has said he will forego his bonus payment for overseeing the league’s ill-fated domestic rights deal with the…
Football
Portugal

Uefa has maintained the value of its club competitions in Portugal through renewals with pay-television broadcasters Eleven Sports and Sport TV.
Esports
Denmark

TV2 Denmark, the government-owned subscription and free-to-air broadcaster, has retained exclusive rights to the 2021 season of esports’ Blast Premier series.
Basketball
Armenia

Euroleague Basketball has agreed a media-rights deal in Ukraine and Central Asia until the 2022-23 season with pan-regional broadcaster Setanta, having previously been without coverage in the region
Multi-sport
Ireland

The Irish government has launched a review of the list of sporting events currently reserved for free-to-air television coverage in the country.
Football
France

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has moved closer to establishing a commercial subsidiary after clubs voted in favour of the possibility.
Football
France

The Mediapro-owned Téléfoot service will close as part of a deal reportedly reached between the Spanish agency and production group and France’s Professional Football League (LFP) over the non-payment of …
Football
Italy

Italian football’s Lega Serie A has called a meeting for December 18 to discuss the launch of the domestic broadcast rights invitation to tender from 2021-22 to 2023-24.
Football
Belgium

Commercial broadcaster RTL has retained free-to-air rights in Belgium to the Uefa Champions League for the forthcoming 2021-24 cycle
Football
Germany

Christian Seifert, the chief executive of the German Football League, has said that broadcast rights fee money from Discovery is being paid after a “comprehensive” victory against the international med…
Football
United Kingdom

Free-to-air digital terrestrial channel FreeSports has acquired rights in the UK to the Brasileirão, the top-tier league in Brazil.
Football
France

Staff at the Mediapro-owned Téléfoot channel have reportedly been warned of the possible closure of the channel amid continued wrangling between the agency and the French Professional League (LFP) over t…
Rowing
Europe

Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union, has retained broadcast rights in Europe to the major events organised by World Rowing in a four-year agreement with the Lausanne-based…