Europe
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
Premier League scores latest win in anti-piracy campaign
The English Premier League has claimed a victory in its ongoing campaign against piracy after three men were jailed for a total of 17 years for conspiracy to defraud
FloSports to stream Boston Marathon in Europe
Sports-streaming service FloSports has announced a deal for live and on-demand coverage of the 2019 Boston Marathon in over 40 European countries.
The deal was agreed with the Boston Athletic Association
Eleven Sports set to renew F1 rights in Poland until 2022
Sports broadcaster Eleven Sports is set to agree a three-year renewal for rights to the Formula One motor racing championship in Poland, SportBusiness Media understands
BBC strikes four-season renewal for FA Cup
The BBC has agreed a new four-season domestic broadcast deal with the English Football Association for the FA Cup
Sky will not show 2019 IPL in UK, Star India to exploit rights on Hotstar
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky confirmed on Tuesday that it will not broadcast the 2019 edition of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament
BT Sport to broadcast Ultimate Boxxer series
BT Sport has agreed a deal to televise new boxing format Ultimate Boxxer across its pay-television, YouTube and BoxNation channels
LNR shifts to minimum income model for French rugby Top 14 international rights
The Ligue Nationale de Rugby’s desire for greater revenues drove the shift to a minimum guarantee from a pure revenue share in its renewal of the Top 14 international rights distribution contract with Canal Plus.
Fifa relaxed over World Cup rights sale in Italy after MP & Silva collapse
Italy remains the only one of Europe’s big five television markets where Fifa has yet to sell the rights to the 2022 World Cup, but world football’s governing body is understood to be in no hurry to come to market and there are several reasons why it makes sense to wait.