Europe

Football

Christian Seifert, chief executive of the Deutsche Fußball Liga, has suggested that Germany's Bundesliga is wary of having too many domestic pay-television partners when it agrees its next cycle of domestic …
Football

Absent any competition for Greek Cup rights in Cyprus, Cyta translated a 33-per-cent fall in inventory directly into a near one-third discount. 
Multi-sport

Erlinda Tabla has been promoted to a role overseeing legal activities at the French operations of Eurosport, the international pay-TV sports broadcaster, and its parent company Discovery
Football

Amazon has revealed that its debut coverage of football’s Premier League this week led to a record number of new sign-ups to its Prime subscription service.
Football

Mediapro’s accusation of impropriety in the Uefa Champions League tender process in France has cast a cloud over a record rights-fee outcome for Uefa in the country. But the agency’s threat to take Uefa to court may not be credible, industry experts told SportBusiness Media.
Football

Streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in Germany to the 2019 Fifa Club World Cup. The deal was negotiated by the Dentsu agency, Fifa’s sales agent for the competition.
Football

A ‘9:16’ aspect ratio production format designed particularly for smartphones and social media dissemination is the latest broadcast technology feature to have been trialled in German football’s Bunde…
Tennis

Saran Media has leveraged its long-standing relationship with the All England Lawn Tennis Club to extend its deal for Wimbledon rights in Turkey and Central Asia.
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Movistar+ has acquired the exclusive rights to broadcast the Spanish Supercopa tournament through to 2022
Motorsport

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has revealed its viewing figures for the 2019 Formula 1 motor-racing season, with average audience share figures rising year-on-year
Olympics

Eurosport has acquired pay-television rights in France for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus and public-service broadcaster France Télévisions.
Football

Uefa has unveiled plans to centralise all media rights from the group stage onwards in a revamped Women’s Champions League from the 2021-22 season onwards.
Volleyball

French volleyball clubs competing in the men’s and women’s CEV Champions League this season will still have to pay a share of broadcast production costs despite a new rights agreement, it has emerged.
Football

The value of Spanish football’s LaLiga in Turkey has fallen by more than 40 per cent in pay-television broadcaster D-Smart’s acquisition of exclusive multi-platform rights to the property. The deal was the direct result of the cancellation of LaLiga’s agreement with Digiturk earlier this season.
Handball

Slovenian telecommunications provider Telekom Slovenije has halted the availability of the Sport TV 1, 2 and 3 channels on its television platform after accusing the broadcaster of hiking up the carriage…
Biathlon

German sports broadcaster Sport1 will show highlights of a series of winter sports competitions on its digital platforms after reaching a new sublicensing agreement
Multi-sport

Stefan Kürten, executive director of sport at the European Broadcasting Union, is to step down in June 2020 after nearly two decades at the umbrella body of public-service broadcasters.
Handball

The EHF Marketing division of the European Handball Federation (EHF) has announced viewing patterns for its men’s and women’s Champions League competitions, with the number of broadcasts having increased sig…