Europe

Wrestling
Greece

Greek commercial broadcaster Skai has agreed a rights deal with US wrestling organisation WWE. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it covers WWE’s flagship programs, Raw and SmackDown.
Football
Italy

Italy’s second-tier football division, Serie B, is in talks with three agencies over its international media rights and expects to close a deal in the coming weeks, but exposure rather than revenue will b…
Football
Spain

LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has claimed another win in its ongoing battle against audiovisual piracy by securing the closure of three IPTV platforms in…
Czech Republic

Media group AMC Networks International – Central and Northern Europe has agreed a new multi-year distribution agreement with subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
United Kingdom

MMA promotion Bellator’s US-based events will be shown on Sky in the UK, adding to a deal for Europe-based events with Channel 5.
Equestrian
Germany

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have renewed rights agreements for the CHIO Aachen equestrian event
China

27 year-old Chinese football star Wu Lei's €2m ($203m) move to Espanyol in LaLiga went largely unnoticed in Europe as the January transfer window closed.  Wu Lei previously featured for Shanghai SIPG.
Winter Sports
Global

The Infront agency’s acquisition of the International Skating Union’s global media rights is the latest plank in the company’s strategy to dominate the winter sports rights market. T
Football
Europe

Uefa president Aleksander Čeferin has announced that European football’s governing body will launch its own OTT platform later this year.
Rugby Union
France

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has added international rights to its domestic coverage of the Top 14 after agreeing a new deal with the Ligue Nationale de Rugby, operator of the country’s t…
Football
United Kingdom

Intel’s production partnership with three of the Premier League leading clubs will deliver multi-angle replays and player-eye-view technology to the league’s domestic broadcasters to allay fears of can…
Germany

Sports streaming service DAZN has announced details of its new MultiView feature, whereby viewers will be able to watch up to four live or on-demand events at the same time on one screen
Handball
France

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has renewed a rights agreement in France for the domestic Ligue Nationale de Handball (LNH) competition. The new four-season deal will run from 2019-20 to 2022-23
Football
United Kingdom

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in the UK, Ireland, Belgium and Poland to the semi-finals of this year’s Copa del Rey Spanish football competition.
Motorcycling
Spain

Catalan public-service broadcaster TV3 will cover the MotoGP motorcycling championship for the first time in three decades after agreeing a sublicensing deal with sports streaming service DAZN
Esports
United Kingdom

UK esports organisation Fnatic has agreed a long-term exclusive streaming partnership with social video platform Twitch
Football
Greece

Greek commercial broadcaster Open TV has acquired rights to the semi-finals of this seasons Copa del Rey, Spanish football’s top club cup competition.
Rugby Union
United Kingdom

The Six Nations has partnered with Amazon Web Services, a division of e-commerce company Amazon, to enhance television coverage of the rugby union championship