Europe
DAZN Spain signs deal for app carriage on Huawei phones
OTT platform DAZN has signed a carriage agreement in Spain with Chinese telco Huawei
AMC lands AFCON 2019 rights in Czech Republic
US entertainment company AMC Networks' central Europe division has acquired rights in the Czech Republic to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations national team football tournament
Legal battle looks inevitable as Lega Serie A rejects IMG’s damages claim
Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, has written to IMG rejecting the claim for damages relating to the agency’s contract for the league’s global media rights, SportBusiness Media has learned.
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Nent picks up Nordic rights to the inaugural W Series
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired rights in the Nordics to the 2019 edition of the W Series, the new women’s motorsport championship.
Infront to market 2019 Audi Cup rights
The Infront agency has secured exclusive media and marketing rights to the 2019 edition of the Audi Cup pre-season football tournament
Racecourse Media Group rights payments break £100m barrier
Racecourse Media Group, the holding company responsible for media and data rights involving a host of horse-racing destinations, has reported an 18-per-cent increase in payments to its members, with talks…
IMG takes big step in recouping Premier League investment after new deal in the Balkans
IMG continues to recoup its investment in English Premier League rights in Eastern Europe with a new deal with pay-television broadcaster Sportklub in the Balkans.
LaLiga seeks to set example after Danish anti-piracy victory
Denmark’s RettighedsAlliancen, an organisation dedicated to protecting creative content, has partnered with LaLiga, the governing body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, to secure the f…
SPFL issues RFP for international media rights
The Scottish Professional Football League has issued a request for proposals for its international media rights (outside the UK and Ireland) in the period from 2020-21 onward
Nent extends Open Championship deal in the Nordics
The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has renewed rights for golf’s Open Championship in the Nordics until 2024.
RFEF opens tender for Copa del Rey final rights in Spain
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has opened a tender for domestic rights to the final of the Copa del Rey club competition
Sky UK to show World Boxing Super Series semi-finals
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired exclusive rights in the UK to the upcoming semi-finals of the World Boxing Super Series
Channel 4 adds W Series to motorsport line-up
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired rights to the W Series, the new women’s motor-racing championship that will debut next month.
Romania Liga I confirms new domestic rights agreement
The Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal, which operates top-tier Romanian football league Liga I, has confirmed a new domestic media-rights agreement with Romanian digital agency EAD, from 2019-20.
FloSports acquires exclusive 2019 rights to London Marathon in selected territories
OTT platform FloSports has acquired exclusive live and on-demand rights to the 2019 London Marathon across Europe, Asia, Canada and Australia
France Télévisions extends Olympics rights with Discovery deal
French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has agreed a deal with US media company Discovery for exclusive free-to-air rights to the Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024 Olympics.
Nent makes shock move for winter sports in Nordics
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has gained a foothold in winter sports in the Nordics with its shock acquisition of a host of properties from the Infront agency.
Mediapro, TVE front-runners for unsold LaLiga free-to-air rights
Spain’s Mediapro agency and public broadcaster TVE will likely try again to acquire LaLiga’s two unsold domestic free-to-air rights packages for the 2019-20 to 2021-22 cycle, SportBusiness Media understands.