Europe

Cricket
United Kingdom

Sports Channel Network has acquired rights in the UK to the European Cricket League and the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes competitions
Football
Spain

Orange will continue to provide LaLiga and Uefa Champions League coverage in Spain after signing a new sublicensing agreement with fellow telco Telefónica.
Multi-sport
Spain

LaLigaSportsTV, the OTT platform of Spanish football’s LaLiga, has acquired rights to this year’s Pan American Games multi-sport event, which officially gets underway on Friday in Lima, Peru.
Football
Belgium

The Spanish LaLiga and Belgian Pro League have extended an agreement that seeks to combat audiovisual piracy of the latter’s content.
Golf
United Kingdom

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky’s extension of its rights deal for The Open is an attempt to shore up its dominant position in golf in the UK and Ireland against the threat of GolfTV, the dedicated channel run by the Discovery-PGA Tour joint venture, SportBusiness Media understands.
Tennis
Denmark

Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has targeted tennis rights, with the additions of the ATP Tour and Wimbledon to its portfolio over the last two months complementing its WTA rights.
Football
Italy

Serie A football clubs Torino and Fiorentina are seeking financial damages from IMG and other unnamed parties, the agency has confirmed in a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Tennis
France

The French tennis federation (FFT) has awarded domestic rights to the French Open for the 2021 to 2023 cycle to public broadcaster France Télévisions and internet giant Amazon, it said Thursday.
Basketball
Cyprus

Pay-television broadcaster Novasports has retained rights in Greece and Cyprus for Euroleague Basketball’s two main competitions, EuroLeague and EuroCup.
Football
United Kingdom

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky is reportedly considering offering free online highlights of English Premier League matches in the upcoming season
Football
Greece

Greek football’s governing body, the Hellenic Football Federation, has launched a tender for domestic and international rights to its premier cup competition.
Football
United Kingdom

Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has secured rights in the UK and Ireland to the second-round Uefa Europa League qualifying tie between English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers and…
Rugby Union
France

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has secured coverage of the French national rugby team's Rugby World Cup warm-up match against Italy on August 30 after sublicensing the rights from public-service broadcaster…
Football
Belgium

Belgian telco Proximus has merged its domestic and international sports packages into a single ‘All Sports’ option, which will also see the creation of a new proprietary offer called Proximus Sports in …
Softball
Netherlands

The World Baseball Softball Confederation has agreed a host of broadcast rights deals for its Women’s Softball Europe/Africa Qualifier event for the 2020 summer Olympic Games.
Cricket
United Kingdom

Digital terrestrial broadcaster FreeSports has acquired exclusive free-to-air rights in the UK to this year’s edition of cricket’s Global T20 Canada.
Football
Turkey

Turkish football’s governing body, the Turkish Football Federation, has rejected beIN-owned broadcaster Digiturk’s latest offer to renegotiate the remainder of its five-season deal for the top-tier Süp…
Tennis
France

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has entered into a period of direct negotiation with interested broadcasters for the 2021-23 domestic rights to the French Open grand slam tournament after the failure…