Europe

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

French free-to-air commercial broadcaster M6 has acquired rights to European mixed martial arts promotion Cage Warriors just weeks after the country’s media regulator lifted a broadcast ban on the sport.
Football

The English Football League has said piracy of its iFollow streaming service has surged after it removed restrictions on the number of matches fans could watch on the platform during the Covid-19 pandemic
Rugby Union

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport is to broadcast all Premiership Rugby matches played behind closed doors this season and will offer free access to club season ticket holders until at least the end…
Football

Telco Altice has acquired the exclusive rights to all home matches played by Olympique Lyonnais in the Women’s Champions League for the 2020-21 season.
Football

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, the Stockholm-based media group, has acquired exclusive rights in Denmark, Norway and Sweden to the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup, which will take place in Australia a…
Multi-sport

Telco and cable operator Vodafone will be the first to resell the DAZN OTT streaming platform as part of its offering, including the two new linear DAZN channels
Equestrian

International equestrian sports network Horse & Country has appointed the WePlay sports marketing agency to drive subscriptions to its H&C+ over-the-top streaming platform
Football

The Turkish Football Federation and pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group have renegotiated the terms of the final two years of their Turkish Süper Lig media rights agreement, bringing to an end …
Football

Scotland’s win over Serbia in last week’s Euro 2020 play-off attracted a peak audience of 2.6 million viewers in the UK after pay-television operator Sky made the match available on a free-to-air basis.
Football

Lega Serie B, governing body of the second tier of Italian club football, has revised guidelines for the marketing of its broadcast rights for the next cycle
Rugby Union

Rugby Europe, the administrative body for rugby union in Europe, has hired the River Media Partners and Sports Media Venture agencies to develop its media and sponsorship rights revenues
Volleyball

Italian public broadcaster Rai has acquired rights to broadcast volleyball’s European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) Champions League across both the men’s and women’s game. R
Multi-sport

Charly Classen, previously a leading figure at ESPN’s international business, has been named as the new executive vice-president of sports at German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland, replacing J…
Football

The Team Marketing agency has today (Monday) initiated sales processes in Greece for broadcast rights to the Uefa Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Football

The Premier League has announced that all fixtures from November 21, and throughout the Christmas and New Year period, will be made available to fans to watch live in the UK as the top division of English…
Basketball

The British Basketball League has been buoyed by the return of a rights deal with a domestic broadcaster in a two-year agreement with pay-television broadcaster Sky
Motorsport

Metro TV, the Discovery-owned free-to-air channel, is to broadcast coverage from the first full season of Pure ETCR, the electric touring car racing series launched earlier this year by Discovery-owned…
Football

OTT subscription service NetTV Plus is to stream all matches of the Greek Super League internationally following an agreement with Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova