Europe

Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has revealed that its recent World Cup in China delivered a total cumulative average television audience increase of over 80 per cent compared to the 2014…
Football

The 2022 Fifa World Cup will receive widespread free-to-air and pay-TV coverage in Russia after the 2Sport2 consortium picked up the rights

Spanish public broadcaster TVE has secured the rights to the Spanish women’s national team qualifying matches and the finals for the women’s European Championships in 2021.
Multi-sport

The Belgian operation of pay-TV broadcaster Eleven Sports has, for the first time, reported positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda), after launching in the country…

In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape in Italy.
Basketball

Competition between pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia and OTT platform DAZN for the rights to the American National Basketball Association ensured the former paid a substantial uplift for exclusive rights in the country from 2019-20 to 2022-23.
Winter Sports

The Olympic Channel, the International Olympic Committee’s OTT platform, has said it will provide 300 hours of coverage of the 2020 winter Youth Olympic Games, which takes place in Lausanne, Switzerland f…
Football

Sports AI and data company Stats Perform has extended deals with beIN Media Group for betting video rights to club competitions organised by the French Football League (LFP) and Turkish Football Federation
Athletics

The IAAF World Athletics Championships’ sparse attendances and complaints over searing heats for marathon races have failed to dissuade the German television audience as viewing figures pick up in the c…
Multi-sport

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has responded to competitive pressures in the market with another sharp temporary fee reduction for new subscribers to its digital services
Football

Spain’s LaLiga has for the first time agreed a revenue-sharing deal for its rights in the UK and Ireland for the 2019-22 cycle. LaLiga will receive a fee from pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports, but the two parties will also share revenues in both territories from LaLiga’s dedicated channel, LaLigaTV, SportBusiness Media understands.
Athletics

The production division of the Infront agency has claimed a first through its role in the successful testing of a 5G-connected camera set-up at Sunday’s Berlin Marathon.
Football

A pair of Greek Super League 2 clubs are considering legal action against Greek public broadcaster ERT in the wake of proposals which would see severe fee reductions for the coming season, SportBusiness…
Football

Italy’s Lega Serie A has delayed its final decision on rights agency and production group Mediapro’s €1.3bn ($1.42bn)
Football

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football club Flamengo will have its domestic league matches broadcast in Portugal after striking an agreement with Canal 11, the newly launched in-house television channel …
Multi-sport

UK telco BT has appointed Andy Haworth as managing director of Sports Rights and Commercial. Haworth will manage BT’s sports rights portfolio and its commercial business in the newly-created role.
Football

Cypriot telco and pay-television broadcaster PrimeTel will show the home matches to Cyprus First Division side AC Omonia after renewing its contract until 2024
Football

An invitation to submit offers (ISO) will soon be launched in the US market for rights to the Uefa Champions League, the Europa League and the new third-tier Europa Conference League covering the 2021-22…