Europe

Football

Uefa has more than doubled the value of its club competition media rights across five Balkan countries, awarding almost all rights to aggressive bidder Telekom Srbija, as the telco’s battle with rival United Media intensified.
Multi-sport

Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR has temporarily laid off 600 employees due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
Motorsport

Dutch public broadcaster NOS has renewed its rights to the FIM Motocross World Championship for 2020
Multi-sport

The Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) has expanded its long-running distribution agreement with Altibox, the Norwegian IPTV operator
Esports

BeIN Media Group, the international pay-television broadcaster, has acquired rights in a number of territories to the All at Home Gaming Cup, a new esports competition launched by French Ligue 1 side Paris…
Multi-sport

Eurosport is trying to meet the simultaneous challenges of keeping its channels on air across its various markets while also considering creative content that goes beyond simply archive and esports or…
Multi-sport

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has announced a discount offer to its sports subscribers in an effort to compensate for the lack of live action during the Covid-19 pandemic
Football

Polish pay-television broadcaster Polsat has agreed a new deal with the Polish Football Association (PZPN) for rights to the country's top domestic cup competition and its second-tier league, the 1 Liga
Cricket

India-based agency ITW has apologised to the Pakistan Cricket Board for a mix-up that saw Pakistan Super League cricket matches streamed on UK betting website Bet365 against the board's wishes
Basketball

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports will from today (Tuesday) devote one of its overflow channels exclusively to archive content from the National Basketball League
Football

French free-to-air commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 have asked to defer their rights payments for football’s 2020 European Championship after the tournament was pushed back by a year, it has been reported.
Horse Racing

The loss of the Grand National, the biggest annual horse race in the UK, will leave an estimated £500m ($615m/€569m) hole in the sport.
Multi-sport

The Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) has renewed its distribution contract in Sweden with telecoms and cable television operator Com Hem
Football

French Ligue 1 bosses have “full confidence” in PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi's ability to negotiate with pay-television Canal Plus over its refusal to meet a €110m ($116.9m) ri
Football

Cypriot telco Cyta has told the Cypriot First Division that it will not pay its third and final instalment for the 2019-20 season, resulting in the prospect of €2.2m ($2.3
Wrestling

Wrestling entertainment series WWE has secured a new pay-television rights deal with international streaming service DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Football

The English and Scottish FAs have lifted their bans on the televisual broadcast of Saturday 3pm football fixtures for the remainder of the season, in a move that suggests both bodies are preparing for…
Rugby Union

Six Nations Rugby, the organising body of the annual national team tournament, has paused the sales process for the next cycle of domestic and international rights to the Six Nations and Autumn Internationals due to the widespread uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.