Europe
Atresmedia renews WWE deal in Spain
Spanish commercial broadcaster Atresmedia has agreed a further rights renewal with wrestling organisation WWE.
The duration of the new deal is unknown
DAZN attempts to bolster summer portfolio with motorsports deals
OTT streaming service DAZN’s acquisition of rights to World Rally Championship, MotoGP and IndyCar in Germany, Austria and Switzerland is part of its plan to avoid customer churn and bolster content in the summer months when its football coverage breaks.
Harlequins launch content partnership with ESPN
English rugby union club Harlequins has agreed a content sharing partnership with ESPN
BeIN acquires exclusive Major League Soccer rights in France
Pay-television broadcaster BeIN Sports has acquired exclusive rights in France to Major League Soccer over an unspecified term
Italian regulator fines DAZN €500k over Serie A advertisements
OTT operator DAZN has been hit with a €500,000 ($564,000) fine for misleading advertising in Italy.
Italy’s antitrust authority AGCM found the company guilty of two breaches of the country’s consumer code. The
DFL chief keen to end German football’s ‘no-single-buyer’ rights rule
Deutsche Fußball Liga chief executive Christian Seifert has hinted that the organising body of the top two divisions of German football will push to remove the 'no-single-buyer' rule ahead of the auction …
TVP to cover remainder of 2018-19 Polish Ekstraklasa
Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has agreed a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster NC Plus that ensures the Ekstraklasa, the country's top-tier football league, will receive free-to-air…
LaLiga’s multi-sport OTT service goes live
Spanish football league LaLiga has launched its multi-sport OTT platform LaLigaSportsTV, offering free coverage of Spanish sporting competitions ranging from badminton to weightlifting
Eleven Sports picks up World Padel Tour rights in Portugal
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in Portugal to the World Padel Tour, a bat-and-ball series held primarily in Spanish-speaking countries
SIS extends rights partnership for Singapore racing
SIS, a provider of end-to-end products and services to the betting and broadcast industries, has extended its rights deal with Singapore Pools
BT Sport acquires World RX rights in UK and Ireland
Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired rights to the FIA World Rallycross Championship in the UK and Ireland from 2019 in a multi-year deal
BT strikes deal for UK IPL rights
BT Sport is set to show cricket’s Indian Premier League after Sky Sports opted not to broadcast the 2019 edition of the Twenty20 tournament.
French handball federation struggles to place national team domestic free-to-air rights
The Fédération Française de Handball is struggling to find a free-to-air partner for French national-team matches after carving these rights out of its new deal with beIN Sports, SportBusiness Media understands.
Spring Media agency recruits Petter Werner to sales and acquisitions team
Sports media agency Spring Media has recruited Petter Werner, formally of the EBU and Lagardère, to its sales and acquisitions team in Stockholm.
Eleven Sports will sublicense F1 in Poland to Polsat and TVP in 2019
Sports broadcaster Eleven Sports announced Thursday it will sublicense the Formula One motor racing championship in Poland to pay-television broadcaster Polsat and public-service broadcaster TVP for the…
Amazon partners with BT Sport, Sunset+Vine for EPL match production
US media company Amazon said on Thursday it will turn to BT Sport and its production partner Sunset+Vine to produce its package of 20 live English Premier League games per season acquired for UK broadcast…
Telco TDC Group’s entry into Danish EPL rights market may boost competition ahead of Superliga tender
A new player has emerged that could shake up the Danish sport-rights market before the upcoming domestic Danish Superliga tender after a subsidiary of the country’s largest telco, TDC Group, sublicensed English Premier League rights from Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group.
Portuguese Football Federation ends RTP tie-up amid channel launch
The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) has opted to scrap a content partnership with public-service broadcaster RTP following criticism of the deal within political circles