Europe

Tennis

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has moved closer to launching its over-the-top streaming service after beginning the search for a technical provider to put in place the new platform

German media group Constantin Medien, which will next year rebrand as Sport1 Medien, has announced that the Sport1 Media advertising and marketing division will fall under the umbrella of the Sport1 broadcast…
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Nova has taken advantage of a sharp reduction in sports rights funding at Greek public broadcaster ERT, following a snap election earlier this year, to acquire a pair of key properties and become Greek top-tier football’s main broadcast partner.  
Football

The IMG agency has sealed a deal for rights to Spain’s LaLiga, Italy’s Serie A and the US’ Major League Soccer in Sweden with media group Bonnier. The deal signals the end of its OTT experiment in the country as it had previously been broadcasting the properties on its Strive streaming platform.
Handball

The recent carve out of Ligue Féminine de Handball (LFH) rights from the wider package of French handball federation (FFHB) rights may have damaged the LFH’s prospects for coverage after beIN failed to renew their long-standing partnership.

Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has announced the launch of a new channel, which will coincide with an expansion of its agreement with the IMG agency for rights to Spain’s LaLiga and Italy’s Serie A.
Football

Turkish pay-television broadcaster Digiturk will pay nearly a fifth less per season in dollar terms for exclusive global rights to the country’s top-tier domestic football league, following protracted negotiations with the Turkish Football Federation and the league’s clubs.
Football

The BBC has paid around ten-times more for the UK rights to the 2021 Uefa Women’s Euro than commercial broadcaster Channel 4 paid for the 2017 tournament, SportBusiness Media understands.
Football

An invitation to tender has been issued in France for broadcast rights to the 2021 edition of the Uefa Women’s European Championship.
Urban Sports

The Olympic Channel, the International Olympic Committee’s OTT platform, has reached an agreement with the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) to stream live coverage of the i…
Football

The Serie D league matches of fallen Italian clubs Foggia and Palermo will be shown in Italy by subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports after an exclusive rights agreement was finally approved
Tennis

US media group Discovery saw off an aggressive bid from incumbent Match TV to take over exclusive rights in Russia to Women’s Tennis Association events from 2020, completing its tennis set in the country.
Football

French telco Altice will re-broadcast Uefa Champions League matches involving Paris Saint Germain and Olympic Lyonnais on its local channel in each club’s city.
Multi-sport

US media group Discovery has struck a deal with Amazon to bring Eurosport Player, the OTT platform of its international sports broadcaster, to the technology company’s Fire TV, Fire tablets and Echo S…
Ice Hockey

The National Hockey League has entered into a multi-year partnership with Russian internet company Yandex to exclusively broadcast games in Russia via its streaming platform. Beginning with the Oct
Athletics

Sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has been selected as the host broadcaster for Eliud Kipchoge’s attempt to break the two-hour marathon barrier in Vienna next month.
Football

Scottish commercial broadcaster STV has added FreeSports, the free-to-air sister channel of Premier Sports, to its OTT platform, allowing it show live games from the top-tier football leagues in Italy,…
Tennis

Live free-to-air coverage of France’s games at the new Davis Cup Finals will be shown by TF1 after the French commercial broadcaster announced a rights agreement.