Europe
Bulgaria’s bTV secures Spanish Supercopa rights
Bulgarian pay-television broadcaster bTV has picked up rights in the country to the Spanish Supercopa club football competition this year
Former Sky Sports chief Francis to leave broadcaster
Barney Francis, the long-serving sports executive at Sky, is to leave the UK pay-television broadcaster
Germany’s ProSieben Maxx posts NFL playoff viewing record
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)
RFL bolsters OTT offering following Sky talks
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
Turkcell to continue to offer Saran’s sports channels
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
Discovery picks up Spanish Supercopa rights in Norway
Discovery, the international broadcaster that owns Eurosport, has acquired rights in the Norway to the Spanish Supercopa club football competition
Seifert: Bundesliga to increase live free-to-air matches from 2021-22
Christian Seifert, chief executive of the Deutsche Fußball Liga, has said that there will be more of Germany’s Bundesliga matches shown live on free-to-air television from the 2021-22 season, after it…
Cyfrowy Polsat handed hefty €8m fine in ARD-ZDF Euro 2016 probe
Cyfrowy Polsat, the Polish pay-television operator, has been issued with a fine of PLN34.9m (€8.1m/$9.1
TV2 picks up rights to Haaland’s Dortmund debut
Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 has acquired exclusive rights to a trio of friendly matches featuring Borussia Dortmund as Norway’s star striker Erling Braut Haaland prepares to make his debut for t…
Benfica claims Portuguese first with VOD platform
Portuguese Primeira Liga football club Benfica has launched its new Benfica Play video-on-demand service through a link-up with OTT platform developer Insys Video Technologies
Constantin Medien rebrand as Sport1 Medien takes effect
German media group Constantin Medien has officially rebranded as Sport1 Medien, with the new company name designed to highlight its “passion” for sport.
Premier League issues broadcaster-focused ITT in Nordics from 2022-23 onwards
The English Premier League is inviting bids in the Nordic region for broadcast rights from the 2022-23 season onwards
Digi extends AMC Networks and Discovery carriage deals
Telcoms operator Digi Communications has extended carriage deals with media group AMC Networks International and international media company Discovery in agreements that will allow it to continue offering…
Rambler ‘targets Match TV clips in latest Premier League rights case’
Russian sports broadcaster Match TV, owned by Gazprom Media, is reported to have become the subject of a lawsuit in Rambler Media Group’s crackdown on what it claims is illicit broadcasts of the English P…
Sky Italia extends ATP rights deal
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has agreed a three-year extension to its ATP Tour rights deal
Altice’s BFM TV suffers blow in Champions League final court ruling
The Conseil d'État, the highest administrative court in France, has ruled that free-to-air news channel BFM TV, which is owned by telco Altice, was not authorised to broadcast last season’s Uefa Champions Le…
Teleclub secures exclusive Uefa club rights in Switzerland
Swiss pay-TV broadcaster Teleclub has been awarded exclusive rights to Uefa club competitions from 2021-22 to 2023-24 in a deal announced today (Friday)
Uefa secures massive Champions League hike in Germany as broadcaster battle heats up
Uefa has increased the value of Champions League rights in Germany by nearly 70 per cent in the 2021-24 cycle, driven by an intense broadcaster battle in which DAZN ousted Sky Deutschland and Amazon made another foray into premium football.