Europe

Basketball

Sky Italia has signed a new four-year deal with the US’s National Basketball Association that will allow the Italian pay-TV broadcaster to air more than 300 regular-season matches live.
Basketball

Spain’s triumph at the 2019 Fiba Basketball World Cup drew significant audience figures for commercial free-to-air broadcaster Mediaset’s Cuatro channel.
Swimming

Discovery-owned broadcaster Eurosport’s deal in Europe and Asia-Pacific for new franchise-based competition the International Swimming League also mandates it to act as the rights-holder’s global media-rights agency.
Ice Hockey

Media group AMC Networks acquired rights to the Swedish Hockey League in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, bolstering its ice hockey portfolio

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has claimed a landmark with the delivery of the first live broadcast in 4K High Dynamic Range (4K HDR) and Dolby Atmos sound
Rugby League

The RDA agency has reached an agreement to distribute rights for the Great Britain Rugby League Lions’ upcoming tour.
Golf

UK pay-TV broadcaster Sky today began its live coverage in earnest from women’s golf’s Solheim Cup, offering up a production output that matches the levels provided at the men’s 2018 Ryder Cup. S
Ice Hockey

Russian internet company Yandex will look to expand its sports-rights portfolio after acquiring exclusive rights to the National Hockey League in Russia amid fierce competition.
Football

The Belgian Pro League is looking to kick off its domestic broadcast rights auction “at the end of October or early November” despite still lacking consensus from clubs over the collective sale of the…
Football

Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 has announced plans to add sports coverage to its TV4 Play streaming service
Basketball

Digiturk, the beIN Media Group-owned pay-TV broadcaster, has agreed a three-season deal from 2019-20 onwards for the exclusive rights to Euroleague basketball in Turkey
Urban Sports

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC will provide coverage of the inaugural edition of the World Urban Games, which gets underway in the Hungarian capital of Budapest today (Friday)
Tennis

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has reported significant ratings growth for its coverage of the US Open tennis grand slam in Europe
Football

French telecoms group Altice has revealed that the subscription total for its RMC Sport channels is “close to” two million as it heads into its second season of Uefa Champions League and Uefa Europa Lea…
Basketball

Eurovision Services, the business services arm of the European Broadcast Union, has agreed a deal with Spanish basketball’s governing body the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto to distribute the broadcast si…
Handball

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has agreed a one-season deal for the rights to the European Handball Federation’s men’s and women’s Champions League, including the Final Four, in Poland. T
Multi-sport

French-language public broadcaster RTBF has agreed a sublicensing deal with US media group Discovery for exclusive, free-to-air rights in Belgium to the 2020-2024 Olympic Games cycle in the French-speaking…
Rugby Union

UK pay-TV broadcaster Premier Sports has raised doubts over the future of Pro14 highlights coverage on its channels given the focus on producing its extensive live output of all matches from the cross-border…