Europe

Athletics
Europe

Eurovision Sport, the production arm of the European Broadcasting Union, has reached an agreement with European Athletics to cover The Match, a new team event that will be contested by athletes from Europe…
Football
Spain

Mediapro chief executive Jaume Roures has warned that LaLiga could lose 30 per cent of its media-rights income if legislation is introduced that limits Spanish football matches to weekends
Ice Hockey
France

Global sports streaming service Fanseat has renewed its production and distribution partnership with the French Ice Hockey Federation (FFHG) until 2024
Basketball
Cyprus

Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova has paid a premium to renew its exclusive rights to EuroLeague and EuroCup basketball in Greece and Cyprus, SportBusiness Media understands, marking a second consecutive fee increase for the European tournament’s rights in the territory.
Rugby League
France

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports France has decided against pursuing an extension of its rights deal for rugby league’s Super League beyond the conclusion of the 2019 campaign.
Rugby Union
Wales

Welsh public-service channel S4C has acquired rights to the upcoming Rugby World Cup
Football
Czech Republic

Pay-television broadcaster O2 has renewed rights to Women’s Tennis Association events in the Czech Republic for a further three years, from 2020 to 2022.
Football
Norway

Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has struck a domestic carriage deal for its TV2 Sport 1 channel to be available on pay-television providers Telenor Norway and Canal Digital
Football
United Kingdom

The English Football Association has announced that it will launch a new OTT platform focused specifically on women’s football.
Golf
United Kingdom

Sports Channel Network (SCN) has renewed an agreement with the IMG agency to show the Golfing World magazine programme in the UK until the end of the 2020 season.
Football
Romania

Commercial broadcaster Look TV will broadcast the Formula One motor racing series and France’s top-tier football league Ligue 1, after agreeing a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster Digi S…
Football
Portugal

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired exclusive rights in Portugal to the Championship, the second tier of English club football
Football
Global

The English Premier League was a benefactor of sterling’s decline in the wake of the UK’s vote to leave the European Union in June 2016, SportBusiness Media can reveal.
Football
Turkey

The Turkish Football Federation and beIN-owned pay-television broadcaster Digiturk have resolved their dispute over top-tier Turkish Süper Lig rights after weeks of negotiations.
Football
Portugal

The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) has officially launched its new in-house television channel, 11
Football
Italy

Italian telecommunications company TIM has reached an agreement with Sky Italia to offer the pay-television broadcaster’s ‘NowTV – Ticket Sport’ service. The
Football
Switzerland

Swiss pay-television broadcaster Teleclub has extended a carriage agreement with French sports broadcaster RMC Sport for coverage of football’s English Premier League.
Football
Spain

A Spanish court has ruled that the country's women’s football clubs are the owners of their individual broadcast rights, with the implication that a deal signed earlier this year by the Mediapro agency f…