Europe

Football

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
Motorsport

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the DTM Trophy, the support series for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, the German touring car property
Rugby Union

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…
Football

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 …
Football

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
Golf

Media group Discovery has opted to showcase live and highlights coverage of golf’s PGA Tour on its Eurosport channels in 36 European and Central Asian markets in 2021.
Football

Pan-regional broadcasting group United Media has sealed a wide-ranging broadcast rights agreement with Bundesliga International, the worldwide commercial rights sales arm of the German league
Football

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has agreed its first media-rights deal covering nine markets, as it picks up exclusive rights to the Confederation of African Football’s qualifying competition matches f…
Skiing

The value of German ski association domestic rights will stay flat once again in a renewal with ARD and ZDF as the public-service broadcasters’ winter sports dominance continues to put off competitors.
Multi-sport

A long-running carriage dispute between Irish telecoms operators Virgin Media and Eir has been fast-tracked to the Commercial Court in Dublin
Rugby League

The BBC and the Rugby Football League have agreed a three-year extension to the public-service broadcaster’s deal for domestic rights to rugby league's Challenge Cup, keeping the competition's latter s…
Football

Danish government-owned broadcaster TV2 and public-service broadcaster DR have added to their recent high-profile rights acquisitions in a deal to show the 2026 Fifa World Cup
Tennis

The Women’s Tennis Association has agreed a new six-year deal with pay-television broadcaster Platforma Canal Plus in Poland, from 2021, amid interest in Polish player Iga Świątek.
Skiing

SVT, Sweden’s public-service broadcaster, has agreed a five-season deal to broadcast the Visma Ski Classics long-distance skiing events.
Football

Football media platform OneFootball has today (Tuesday) announced the acquisition of football-focused digital media company Dugout to form what the two parties claim will be the sport’s largest owned a…
Football

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

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

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