Europe
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…
Agnelli offers joint study into impact of Uefa competition reform on top 5 leagues
European Club Association (ECA) chairman Andrea Agnelli has accused Europe’s top 5 leagues of ‘protectionism’ in opposing plans to reform Uefa club competitions (UCC) post-2024 and disputed suggestions that …
English FA spurns higher pay-TV revenue for free-to-air Cup reach
The Football Association rejected a higher bid for domestic FA Cup rights for the 2021-25 cycle from incumbent pay-television broadcaster BT Sport in favour of commercial broadcaster ITV, SportBusiness Media understands, in a move that took the competition exclusively free to air in the UK.
Uefa to launch Euro 2024 tender in Germany on June 11
European football’s governing body Uefa said on Friday that an invitation to tender for the media rights to Euro 2024 in its host country of Germany will be launched on June 11.
Discovery offer to take lower-tier rights helps ATP acquisition in Nordics
Media group Discovery’s willingness to acquire more ATP Tour content in the Nordic region than rival broadcasters had in the current cycle was key to its successful acquisition of the property.
RFEF could face legal action over Copa del Rey final award
The Spanish football federation’s award of 2019 Copa del Rey final rights to public-service broadcaster TVE could have left it open to legal action.
Greek snap election set to stymie PAOK’s ambitious media rights target
A snap general election in Greece could thwart Greek football club PAOK’s attempts to seal a lucrative rights deal with public-service broadcaster ERT.
Lagardère holds off local agencies to renew VTB United League international rights
The VTB United League, a pan-European club basketball competition, has significantly increased the value of its international rights in a new deal with the Lagardère Sports agency amid interest from local Russian agencies.
Mediapro keeps LaLiga domestic free-to-air rights fees steady
Spain’s Mediapro agency has again acquired LaLiga’s package of live, free-to-air Primera División matches, paying a similar fee in the 2019-22 cycle as it did in 2016-19. The sale of this package to Mediapro – alongside one containing free-to-air rights to two Segunda División matches per match-week – closes LaLiga’s domestic tender for the cycle.
BBC acquires GolfSixes digital rights in UK
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired digital rights to this week’s GolfSixes tournament.
The event, which runs from June 7-8, is part of the European Tour.
Protocol Sports to market select Liga ACB rights in Asia, Eurasia
Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, has chosen Protocol Sports Marketing to market the competition to key territories in Asia and Eurasia
Serie A clubs to consider damages claim against three agencies after antitrust ruling
The clubs from Italy’s Serie A will discuss next Monday the possibly of launching a damages claim against the three agencies – MP & Silva, IMG and B4 – fined late last month for allegedly being involved in a cartel in the acquisition of the league’s international rights.
World Softball to stream Championship on YouTube, Česká Televize acquires rights
The World Baseball Softball Confederation has said it will provide a global live stream of all matches from the 2019 men’s Softball World Championship on video-sharing platform YouTube, while it has a…
DAZN picks up rights to World Cup of Pool
OTT streaming service DAZN has secured rights to the 2019 World Cup of Pool across a number of markets
Caffeine lands exclusive rights to Dignitas esports teams
UK esports organisation Dignitas has signed streaming platform Caffeine as its exclusive broadcast partner
Mediaset acquires stake in ProSiebenSat.1
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has acquired a 9.6-per-cent stake in German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1.
The Reuters news agency reported that Mediaset’s €330m ($368m) investment saw ProSiebenSat.1’s
France Télévisions signs Snapchat partnership
French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has partnered with social media company Snapchat to launch a new series of sport-focused videos.
French Olympic Committee launches new TV channel
The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) has launched a new channel designed to promote a wide range of sports across all levels