Europe

Formula 1

Spanish telco Telefónica will hold steady its per-year outlay on Formula One rights in its renewal for the 2021-23 cycle, SportBusiness Media understands.
Football

Uefa and its exclusive club competition sales agency Team Marketing have launched an invitation to tender for Uefa Champions League, Europa League and new third-tier Europa Conference League rights in…
Multi-sport

Allan Hvid, the head of esports and football at TV2 Denmark, the government-owned subscription and free-to-air broadcaster, is to leave his position at the end of the year in order to form his own company
Football

Matches from Serie C, the third tier of Italian club football, will be shown on video-sharing platform YouTube and social media website Facebook after rights-holder Eleven Sports’ coverage was hit by c…
Multi-sport

Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova has launched a new international channel targeted at Greek nationals abroad
Football

American private equity firm TPG Capital is reported to be working with former BBC and Discovery executive Dominic Coles to table a £300m ($392mm/€332m) bid for a 20 per-cent stake in the English Football Le…
Football

Joye Media, the parent company of Spanish agency and production group Mediapro, has been downgraded by credit rating agency Moody’s amid doubts relating to Mediapro’s rights agreement with France’s Profe…
Football

The Brazilian arm of US pay-television broadcaster Turner has acquired the final package of Italian Serie A rights in Brazil, SportBusiness Media understands
Football

Talks between the Turkish Football Federation and pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports have continued as the country’s governing body pushes for an amendment to the pair’s arrangement.
Football

Uefa has seen the value of its top-tier Champions League competition fall by a fifth in Italy for the coming 2021-24 cycle. But the drop has been cushioned by the entry of ecommerce giant Amazon, which has committed a considerable amount to acquire a package of rights.
Basketball

The NBA has avoided a severe decrease in fee for its rights in Belgium despite an absence of competition, renewing with Eleven Sports Network for the 2020-23 cycle at a slight reduction compared to the previous cycle.
Football

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Football

The Austrian Football Federation (ÖFB) has teamed up with sports streaming and technology company StreamAMG and digital sport specialists Result Sports to launch a new OTT platform it claims is the first o…
Multi-sport

Sales revenues for the Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group’s Viaplay streaming service bounced back in the third quarter on strong subscriber growth.
Football

LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has furthered its association with Twitch by becoming the first major European sports competition to officially join the global…
Skiing

Infront has edged closer to enhancing its dominance over skiing media rights, with the agency entering exclusive negotiations with the Swiss Ski Association for international rights from 2022-23, following a hotly contested tender process.
Football

Jaume Roures, chief executive of Mediapro today (Wednesday) maintained that the agency and production group is committed to its French football pay-television service Téléfoot but doubts persist over i…
Basketball

Spanish telco Telefónica has agreed to pay a modest per-season uplift to renew its exclusive NBA rights in Spain for the 2020-23 cycle, SportBusiness Media understands.