Europe

Handball
Media

Sports data and technology company Stats Perform has signed a 10-year betting streaming rights deal for the European Handball Federation's club and national team competitions
Horse Racing

Commercial broadcaster Virgin Media Television has extended and expanded its rights in Ireland to Racecourse Media Group’s UK horse races until 2023.
Football

Norwegian telecoms rivals Altibox and Telenor have made a joint bid for domestic rights to Norwegian football, including the men’s top-tier Eliteserien, from 2023 onwards.
Motorsport

Saran Media Group, the Istanbul-based media rights agency, has retained broadcast rights in Turkey to motor racing’s Formula 1 World Championship until 2023.
Ice Hockey

The Swedish Hockey League has ensured its long-term financial security by boosting the value of its domestic rights by over a third in a renewal with TV4 Media out to 2029-30.
Handball

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has acquired rights to the 2021 IHF World Men’s Handball Championship which takes place in Egypt next month.
Football

Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset has hailed the end of a four-year legal battle with LaLiga after a ruling from the country’s National Court, the Audiencia Nacional, over the airing of short highlights p…
Football

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has added exclusive rights in the Baltic countries to Uefa’s club competitions from 2021-22 to 2023-24 ahead of its launch in the region next year.

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Football

Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2, and public-service broadcaster NRK, have continued their cooperation in the football rights market by agreeing a deal for the 2026 Fifa World Cup
Motorsport

UK commercial broadcaster ITV is not thought to have seen any competition in its latest five-year renewal of British Touring Car Championship rights.
Skiing

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have signed a four-year extension to their rights agreement with the German Ski Federation (DSV)
Football

IMG Arena, the sports betting arm of the IMG agency, has renewed its international betting streaming rights to Poland’s Ekstraklasa for four more seasons.
American Football

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has extended and expanded an agreement with the German Football League (GFL) and will cover up to 15 games from the American football competition in 2021
Ice Hockey

Commercial Sports Media, the Sweden-based sports marketing agency and consultancy, is to market international broadcast rights to Germany’s premier ice hockey league, the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Multi-sport

Slovakian pay-television broadcaster PlusTelka is the latest operator in the country that will end is distribution of Discovery’s Eurosport channels from 2021, it has been reported.
Multi-sport

Dutch pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has confirmed it will rebrand under the ESPN banner from January 1 next year
Multi-sport

Italian consumer rights organisation Codici has launched a class action lawsuit against subscription OTT broadcaster Eleven Sports for outages that have affected its coverage of Serie C, the third tier…