Europe

Football

LaLiga and the Mediapro agency have revealed the production plans for Sunday’s LaLiga football match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, with the ‘El Clásico’ fixture to be broadcast in 4K-HDR by 33 cam…
Football

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport showed the first live 8K ultra-high-definition sports broadcast in the country on Thursday with its coverage of the Arsenal v Olympiacos Uefa Europa League match
Football

Stephan Herth, senior vice-president of football at the Infront agency, is to step down from his position, following 17 years at the agency
Tennis

HBS, the Infront-owned sports broadcast production company, has been appointed by the French Tennis Federation (FFT) as its host broadcaster for the flagship French Open from 2021 to 2023
Cricket

Disney’s decision to refocus Star India’s Hotstar OTT platform on its domestic market paved the way for the return of Indian Premier League cricket rights in the UK to pay-television broadcaster Sky.
Horse Racing

The Mediapro agency has agreed a deal with the Asociación de Hipódromos Españoles, the collective body for Spain’s racecourses, which will lead to the creation of an over-the-top streaming platform for …
Football

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has secured rights to French football’s Coupe de France in a deal running until the end of the 2021-22 tournament.
Cricket

Organisers of the European Cricket League have furthered their plans to develop the sport in Europe through the launch of the European Cricket Series
Multi-sport

The French Football League (LFP) chief executive, Didier Quillot, has been elected president of the country's sport industry anti-piracy body, the Association for the Protection of Sports Programmes (APPS)
Football

Football streaming platform MyCujoo has signed a multi-year agreement with the Football Association of Moldova (FMF)
Football

Mediapro, the production and agency group heavily involved in sports broadcasting, is thought to be close to appointing French football and broadcast executive Jean-Michel Roussier as its deputy director…
Football

Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has said that it will consult with Lega Serie A over whether to broadcast this Sunday’s fixture between Juventus and Inter Milan on its free-to-air channel T…
Motorsport

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has launched an annual pass in Portugal for Formula 1, ahead of the second season of its coverage of the motor-racing championship
Football

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the Uefa Women’s Champions League quarter-final ties featuring German sides.
Motorsport

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired a suite of motor racing rights from the IMG agency in a deal headlined by the FIA World Rallycross Championship
Multi-sport

Greek public broadcaster ERT has signed up to support a wide range of sports properties acquired by the European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella body of public broadcasters in Europe
Multi-sport

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has agreed a four-year rights deal with international sports broadcaster Eurosport
Football

The Comisión de los Mercados y La Competencia (CNMC), Spain’s competition watchdog, has urged LaLiga to amend its tender processes within and beyond the European Economic Area for the media rights to th…