Europe

Spanish competition regulator the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y La Competencia (CNMC) has threatened Spanish telco Telefónica with sanctions over alleged overcharging for access to rights for the 2…

Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has acquired rights to the Wimbledon tennis grand slam in a four-year deal beginning this year, replacing the Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group

German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 and US media group Discovery have officially launched their new Joyn OTT platform. Joyn is a 50:50 joint venture between ProSiebenSat

OTT sports streaming service DAZN has acquired exclusive live rights in a number of territories for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and Concacaf Gold Cup football tournaments

Telco Virgin Media has announced that it has acquired rights in Ireland to the Bellator mixed martial arts promotion events in Europe. The deal's duration was not announced

The Danish Superliga has announced on Tuesday a record-breaking domestic rights deals for the 2021-24 cycle with incumbents Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, US media group Discovery and public-service…

Online women’s cycling platform Voxwomen has struck a global partnership with the Trek-Segafredo team to offer free highlights of the 2019 Giro Rosa women's race in Italy next month.

Saran Media has agreed to acquire exclusive multi-platform rights in Turkey to a series of national team events operated by Fiba, basketball’s global governing body.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky is considering making the 2019 Cricket World Cup final available free-to-air in the UK

The English Football League will review the processes by which it negotiates broadcast deals after an independent report questioned the way it extended its contract with pay-television broadcaster Sky

The organising committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham launched a tender this week for a host broadcaster

International sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights across Europe, the Middle East and Africa to US-based Major League Lacrosse (MLL)

Pay-television broadcaster Digiturk has denied claims that it is set to exit its Turkish SuperLig contract, despite allegations from the president of SuperLig team Konyaspor

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has launched a domestic rights tender for the French Open grand slam tournament from 2021 to 2023

OTT sports streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in Spain to this year’s edition of the Copa América national team football tournament.

Alex Tielbeke, the statutory director of the Eredivisie CV and commercial director of Eredivisie Media and Marketing, has announced he will be stepping down from both roles, on August 1 and December 1,…

The UK’s Labour party has said it will look to revise the current ‘crown jewels’ legislation governing sporting events reserved for broadcast on free-to-air television by adding more women’s sport and the…

The Finnish Ice Hockey Association, the governing body of the sport in the country, has signed a six-season deal with media group Discovery for the rights to a host of national team matches from 2020-21,…