Europe
Voxwomen and Trek to offer Giro highlights
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 set to snap up Fiba national team rights in Turkey
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.
Sky mulls making Cricket World Cup final free-to-air in UK
Pay-television broadcaster Sky is considering making the 2019 Cricket World Cup final available free-to-air in the UK
EFL to review rights deals processes – report
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
Host broadcaster tender launched for 2022 Commonwealth Games
The organising committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham launched a tender this week for a host broadcaster
ESPN picks up rights to Major League Lacrosse in EMEA
International sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights across Europe, the Middle East and Africa to US-based Major League Lacrosse (MLL)
Digiturk denies SuperLig exit talk, but conversations with TFF ongoing
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
FFT launches domestic rights tender for French Open
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has launched a domestic rights tender for the French Open grand slam tournament from 2021 to 2023
DAZN to show Copa América in Spain
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 to leave Eredivisie Media and Marketing
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,…
Labour government would seek change to UK listed sports events
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…
Finnish Ice Hockey Association finds new partner in Discovery
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,…
Uefa launches free-to-air OTT platform
European football’s governing body Uefa launched on Thursday a free-to-air OTT streaming platform to show live and on-demand video content from various competitions, including national leagues, with t…
Sportitalia lands International Champions Cup rights
DTT sports broadcaster Sportitalia has acquired exclusive rights in Italy to the 2019 edition of club football competition the International Champions Cup
Massimo D’Amario joins Eleven Sports from Proximus
International broadcaster Eleven Sports has appointed Massimo D’Amario as head of business development and sponsorship in Belgium and Luxembourg.
Amazon confirms WTA rights deal in UK, Ireland
Internet giant Amazon confirmed on Wednesday that it has acquired Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour rights in the UK and Ireland in a four-year deal starting from 2020.
Sky Deutschland extends US Open deal, reinforces golf dominance
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has renewed its deal for US Open rights in Germany and Austria with the United States Golf Association, strengthening its dominance in golf broadcasting within…
Voo holds on to Premier League rights in Wallonia
Belgian telco Voo has extended its sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster Telenet for rights to club football competition the English Premier League in Wallonia, the French-language region of…