Europe
Comcast’s Strong named Sky CEO as Darroch steps down
Jeremy Darroch is stepping down as group chief executive of pay-television broadcaster Sky and will be replaced by Dana Strong from Comcast Cable, a division of Sky’s parent company.
Canal Plus joins Téléfoot in broadcasting Trophée des Champions
The 2021 Trophée des Champions football match will be shown live in France by pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus as well as Téléfoot, the subscription service of the Mediapro agency and production gr…
Nørrelund: We’ve reached ‘pain threshold’ on Danish Superliga rights fee
Nordic Entertainment Group's (Nent) sports rights head Peter Nørrelund says the company “can no longer tighten the screw” on consumers by expecting them to pay more for premium sports content and unde…
Ski Classics lands Russian exposure in Match TV deal
The Gazprom-owned broadcaster Match TV has acquired exclusive rights in Russia to broadcast the Visma Ski Classics series
Extreme E signs rights deals in Greece and China, details NEP’s production role
Electric off-road racing series Extreme E has agreed new rights distribution deals with Greek pay-television operator Cosmote and Chinese internet platform Channel Zero
Disney ‘to stream England’s India tour in the UK’
Rights to England’s forthcoming cricket tour to India will be retained in the UK by the Walt Disney Company to exploit itself, it has been reported.
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.