Europe
Greek Super League side Panionios extends Nova deal
Greek football club Panionios has agreed a new deal with pay-television broadcaster Nova for the rights to its home matches for the 2019-20 season
Gol to broadcast Women’s World Cup in Spain
Spanish agency Mediapro has confirmed that its commercial broadcaster, Gol, will exclusively broadcast the 2019 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
BBC commits to televise women’s cricket final for The Hundred – report
UK public broadcaster the BBC has reportedly confirmed it will televise the women’s final of new white-ball cricket competition The Hundred, granting live free-to-air exposure in the country to the women’s gam…
Euroleague beats bearish Spain outlook with DAZN deal
Euroleague Ventures – the joint venture between Euroleague Basketball and the IMG agency –secured a robust price from sports streaming service DAZN for the 2019-20 to 2022-23 rights cycle in Spain despite an initially unpromising market outlook, SportBusiness Media understands.
Women’s motorsport series goes for ‘reach over reward’ in inaugural season
W Series, the all-female motorsport competition, is prioritising exposure over revenue in its media-rights strategy for the series’ inaugural year, it has told SportBusiness Media, although it would be difficult for the series to adopt any other approach, according to industry experts.
IMG extends Premier League Productions partnership
The Premier League has agreed a three-season extension to its contract with IMG that will see the agency continue to work with the top-tier of English club football to operate Premier League Productions
Bonnier boosts investment in HockeyAllsvenskan to avoid tender
Swedish media group Bonnier has significantly increased its investment in Sweden’s second-tier ice hockey league, the HockeyAllsvenskan, to prevent a tender process that might have allowed a rival to swoop.
DR boosts summer content in rights blitz including Women’s World Cup
Danish public-service broadcaster DR has acquired rights to a host of properties this summer, including the Fifa Women’s World Cup, the European Games multi-sport event and the Uefa U-21 European Championship.
Amazon takes WTA Tour UK rights from BT Sport
Internet giant Amazon has acquired exclusive UK rights to the WTA tennis tour from 2020, SportBusiness Media understands, taking the property from pay-television broadcaster BT Sport
Chelsea FC Women to film season-long documentary
Chelsea FC, in conjunction with London-based production company Fulwell 73, will create a behind-the-scenes documentary following the women's side during the 2019-20 campaign
BBC to broadcast exclusive radio commentary of 2019 Rugby World Cup
BBC Radio 5 Live has secured exclusive UK radio commentary rights to the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The competition runs from September 20 to November 2 and will be held in Japan
BT Sport set to wrestle WWE from Sky in UK – report
Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport is reportedly set to take WWE rights in the UK from rival Sky Sports
All Media Baltics renews Premier League rights
Commercial and pay-television broadcaster All Media Baltics has secured English Premier League rights across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for a further three seasons, from 2019-20
Sportitalia expands Sportradar OTT deal with four new channels
Italian DTT sports broadcaster Sportitalia has expanded its OTT partnership with sports and betting-related services company Sportradar in a deal that will see the broadcaster launch four new HD channels…
DAZN picks up Copa América rights in Italy
OTT streaming service DAZN has acquired exclusive rights in Italy to this summer’s Copa América national team football tournament.
Nova extends Eredivisie deal with IMG in Greece
Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova has agreed with the IMG agency a deal to extend Dutch Eredivisie rights for a further season.
The deal will be for the 2019-20 season only
ITV poised to acquire domestic rights to English FA Cup – report
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is reportedly on the verge of acquiring domestic rights to the FA Cup for the 2021-25 cycle
NBA Western Conference Finals not to be broadcast on Turkish TV
The NBA's Western Conference Finals will not be shown on Turkish television due to the presence of Turkish star Enes Kanter’s Portland Trail Blazers, who has been an outspoken critic of Turkish President R…