Europe

Esports

Esports broadcast and content production company Maincast has secured exclusive rights in Russia and CIS markets, including Ukraine and Georgia, to esports properties operated by ESL and DreamHack
Golf

UK digital television channel FreeSports will broadcast coverage of this week’s rescheduled Hong Kong Open golf tournament, which gets underway tomorrow (Thursday).
Football

Malta has become the latest country in which the Team Marketing agency is inviting offers for broadcast rights to the Uefa Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Horse Racing

Ascot Racecourse has appointed horse racing media-rights agency HBA Media to market its global media rights in a five-year deal
Multi-sport

Greek public broadcaster ERT is set to undergo a major revamp of its output which will see top-tier sporting properties exploited on its flagship ERT1 channel as part of a wider reshuffle
Esports

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has renewed its agreement with esports organisation DreamHack, with content to be distributed across its eSports1 pay-television channel
Football

The English Football Association has said it will review its strategy on the sale of betting streaming rights to the FA Cup when its existing six-year agreement with the IMG agency expires at the end of…
Winter Olympics

The number of athletes competing at this year's Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne is 1,872, up 40 per cent on the previous edition in Lillehammer in 2016
Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired rights in the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe to this month’s West Indies v Ireland one-day and Twenty20 cricket series.
Football

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has landed rights to all 51 matches, including 28 of them exclusively, to this summer’s Euro 2020 football championship.
Volleyball

The French Olympic committee’s ‘Sport in France’ free-to-air channel has agreed a deal with France’s National Volleyball League (LNV) to broadcast the men’s and women’s top-tier competitions for the rem…
Multi-sport

Turkish media-rights agency Saran has completed a third Turkish carriage deal for its two S Sport channels in under a month after agreeing terms with telco Vodafone
Football

Bulgarian pay-television broadcaster bTV has picked up rights in the country to the Spanish Supercopa club football competition this year
Multi-sport

Barney Francis, the long-serving sports executive at Sky, is to leave the UK pay-television broadcaster
NFL

ProSieben Maxx, the German commercial free-to-air channel, has registered its highest-ever target market viewing share for an NFL playoff match beginning at 7.05pm (CET)
Rugby League

The Rugby Football League has enhanced the schedule of live games available via its streaming platform, Our League, following talks with domestic rights-holder, pay-television broadcaster Sky
Multi-sport

Turkish telco Turkcell will continue to offer the S Sport and S Sport 2 channels after extending its carriage deal with their owner and operator, rights agency Saran Media
Football

Discovery, the international broadcaster that owns Eurosport, has acquired rights in the Norway to the Spanish Supercopa club football competition