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Germany’s Sportdigital is closing in on an agreement to acquire the pay-television channels of Sport1 as the broadcaster now jointly owned by Turkey’s Acunmedya trims its sports content offering.

A series of raids have been undertaken in Paris this morning in relation to the conditions of CVC Capital Partners’ €1.5bn ($1.6bn) investment deal with France’s Professional Football League (LFP).

The UK’s Netball Super League is relaunching in a new, professional format from March 2025. It is looking to its domestic deals with Sky and the BBC to drive stronger viewership, particularly through digital channels.

A report by the French senate has recommended that future domestic media rights to Ligue 1 are allocated to just one broadcaster and has called for a fresh crackdown on piracy to defend the property’s d…

The sponsorship element of beIN Sports' rights deal with France's Professional Football League (LFP) is under serious threat as Ligue 1's new domestic media rights contracts could be further devalued.

Sky and the BBC are to remain as the domestic homes of English football's Women’s Super League until 2030 after long-term five-year rights deals were announced today (Wednesday).

Uefa has committed to investing €1bn ($1.1bn) in women’s football until 2030 as part of its new ‘Unstoppable’ strategy, with plans to launch a second club competition and a new commercial concept for the Women’s Champions League.

Eleven Sports is continuing to profit from Viaplay's planned exit from Poland, after regaining rights in the country to Formula 1 motor racing.

Viaplay is to share coverage in Norway of the upcoming European Women's Handball Championship with TV2, part of the media group's wider strategy of sublicensing rights where possible to recoup fees

Serie A's blackout in France is finally over after L'Équipe, the digital terrestrial and streaming broadcaster, struck a two-season deal with the Italian league.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has agreed a four-year deal with the Football Association to continue to show matches of the Lionesses, the England women’s team.

The European Broadcasting Union today (Monday) announced a new agreement with Fifa covering media rights in five countries for the next two men's World Cups

New indoor golf league TGL will be broadcast by Telenet in Belgium and Ziggo in the Netherlands after deals were signed off in the Low Countries, SportBusiness understands

Saran Media secured Serie A rights for 15 territories across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, along with its home country of Turkey, at a slightly lower fee than it previously paid.

The European Broadcasting Union's new Tour de France deal will continue to ensure free-to-air coverage in 13 countries, but Warner Bros. Discovery is set to enjoy UK exclusivity as long-running coverage by EBU member ITV comes to an end.

A Norwegian blackout of the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season-opener in Sölden, Austria has been averted after the VG TV platform of newspaper VG bought the rights.