Europe

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…
Football
Belgium

Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has finalised its extension of rights in Belgium to Spanish football’s LaLiga until the end of the 2025-26 season.
Football
Finland

Finnish public-service broadcaster has acquired rights to the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup, the only rights-holder in the Nordic region to do so following Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group’s capture of …
Athletics
Italy

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has agreed a rights deal for the 2021 edition of World Athletics’ Continental Tour series. Sky Italia will show all 11 Gold stages of the tour next year.
Football
Azerbaijan

Broadcast rights to the Uefa Champions League, Europa League and new third-tier Europa Conference League for the 2021-24 cycle are set to be sold at the start of next year in Central Asia, Azerbaijan,…
Football
Belgium

A super league comprised of top Dutch and Belgian clubs is a "realistic" prospect for the 2023-24 season, according to Club Brugge chief executive Vincent Mannaert
Football
Italy

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has bought a package of non-exclusive rights to Italian football’s third-tier Serie C for the remainder of the 2020-21 season.
Football
Poland

The Polish Ekstraklasa has initiated a request for proposal process for the service provider for its OTT subscription streaming platform, Ekstraklasa.TV, from 2021-22 onwards
Football
Europe

The German city of Leipzig has been chosen to host the International Broadcast Centre at the 2024 Uefa European Championship. The IBC will be built within the city’s Leipziger Messe convention centre.