Europe

Motorsport

Spanish telco Telefónica has renewed its exclusive rights to Formula 1 in Spain for a further three years.
American Football

The National Football League has seen a fall in its media-rights income from France in the 2020-23 cycle driven by a decline in the value of its deal with pay-television broadcaster beIN, SportBusiness Media understands.
Football

English Premier League matches in October that were not set for domestic televised coverage will be made available to watch on a pay-per-view basis while fans are unable attend
Football

France’s Division 1 Féminine, the top tier of women’s football in the country, is to receive broadcast coverage in the US, UK, Germany and Italy from the 2020-21 season.
Football

European football’s governing body Uefa has increased the value of its top-tier Champions League rights in Albania in the 2021-24 cycle by almost a third while also securing free-to-air coverage.
Football

Sports talent and marketing agency Mediacom Sport and Entertainment has announced Real Madrid and Brazil footballer Vinícius Junior will star in a new social media series documenting his life and career.
Football

European football’s governing body Uefa has secured a huge hike in revenues from national-team rights in Finland as public-service broadcaster YLE overcame strong competition to secure a long-term deal.
Football

The English Premier League is suing its former Chinese broadcast rights-holder for $215.3m (€183m) over its battle for unpaid rights fees, it has been reported.
Football

Concerns have been raised among French football clubs after it emerged that Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has asked for more time to make its second broadcast rights fee instalment payment…
Football

Fifa, football’s world governing body, has initiated broadcast rights sales processes in the Nordic region for the Fifa Women’s World Cup in 2023 and the men’s World Cup in 2026. T
Multi-sport

Sport1 Medien-owned production company Plazamedia has extended its production deal with telco Deutsch Telekom into the 2020-21 season, significantly expanding its services for the telco’s MagentaSport c…
Football

Italian Serie C football outfit Como has announced that its OTT streaming service has acquired rights in Italy to 2022 World Cup qualifying matches in South America’s Conmebol zone.
Football

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports achieved its highest-ever day for viewing figures on Sunday, with its coverage headlined by two high-scoring Premier League football matches
Motorsport

Motorsports-focused digital media group Motorsport Network has recruited Oliver Ciesla, the former managing director and chief executive of the FIA World Rally Championship commercial arm WRC Promoter
Motorsport

Formula 1 fans in France will be able to watch free-to-air coverage of the races in Portugal and Emilia Romagna in Italy after commercial network TF1 revealed its scheduling plans
Horse Racing

HBA Media, the horse racing media-rights agency, it to sponsor the stable of UK racehorse trainer Tom George in a two-year agreement
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights to mixed-martial arts promotion Bellator’s Paris event. It will exploit the rights on its iPlayer digital platform.
Football

The private equity companies interested in acquiring a stake in Lega Serie A’s new media-rights business are thought to have revised their bids, with the offers to now be reviewed on October 13 after P…