Europe

Multi-sport

Live coverage of the inaugural World Urban Games is to be shown across Europe by Eurosport, the Discovery-owned sports broadcaster
Football

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has launched an invitation to tender process for broadcast rights in most of Europe to the Copa del Rey domestic cup competition, offering centralised rights from…
Football

Italian digital terrestrial television broadcaster Sportitalia has acquired the rights to Scottish Premiership football

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has been given a €1.5m ($1.7
Esports

7Sports, the sport business unit of Germany media company ProSiebenSat
Boxing

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has acquired rights to The Golden Contract, a new boxing tournament organised by MTK Global
Rugby Union

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has acquired exclusive rights in Italy to the 2019 Rugby World Cup
Rugby

Italian public broadcaster Rai acquired the exclusive rights to the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan at a two-thirds reduction in value from the previous edition after a long stand-off between the company’s internal departments.
Football

Premier Sports has acquired exclusive linear and digital rights in the UK and Ireland to Spanish football’s LaLiga for 2019-20 to 2021-22, in a deal that will see the league launch its dedicated channel, L…
Football

Spanish competition regulator the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has called on the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to alter several aspects of its invitation to tender process …
Athletics

European Broadcasting Union member broadcasters in 13 countries are showing the inaugural edition of The Match, a Ryder Cup-style athletics clash between Europe and the USA which begins today (Monday)…
Football

German subscription broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball has added Belgium’s Jupiler Pro League and USA’s Major League Soccer to its portfolio of football leagues.
Handball

France’s top-tier women’s handball league is in “serious discussions” with the French Olympic committee’s ‘Sport in France’ channel and the country’s National Sports Agency to broadcast the competition…
Football

The Mediapro agency is reportedly seeking to charge €30 ($33) per month for a subscription to its proposed television channel for Serie A, the top division of Italian club football.

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group will launch its OTT streaming service Viaplay in Iceland in 2020, meaning the service will be available in all five Nordic countries
Football

The battle over rights to Spanish women’s club football has intensified, with the Mediapro agency stating it will take “all necessary legal action” after it was prevented from broadcasting yesterday’s (Sunday…
Ice Hockey

Swedish pay-TV broadcaster C More has acquired rights to 192 of the 225 matches from the top-tier women’s ice hockey league in Sweden, with public broadcaster STV picking up rights to the end-of-season f…
Football

Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) chief executive Tiago Craveiro has criticised the lack of live free-to-air coverage of the country’s Primeira Liga, describing the blanket coverage on pay television a…