Europe
Eleven Sports, nSport+ pick up Ekstraliga rights
Pay-television broadcaster nSport+ and sports broadcaster Eleven Sports have acquired rights in Poland to the Ekstraliga domestic speedway competition
Haymon puts PBC on ITV; strengthens hand in Joshua-Wilder talks
Premier Boxing Champions, the series of events operated and managed by Al Haymon, has struck a three-year deal with UK commercial broadcaster ITV that spreads 15 events per year across its platforms
Discovery extends carriage deal with Sky Italia
Media company Discovery has signed a new carriage agreement in Italy with pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia
Plazamedia extends BCL production deal
Production company Plazamedia has renewed its partnership with the Basketball Champions League club competition for a third season
Basketball Bundesliga clash sets streaming first
Media technology company MediaKind and telco Deutsche Telekom have claimed a landmark by streaming the world’s first multi-channel 6K 360-degree live sports event.
Ziggo renews Premier League, PGA Tour deals
Dutch pay-television broadcaster Ziggo has extended a rights deal for football’s English Premier League and renewed an agreement for golf’s PGA Tour.
ARD, ZDF expand Formula E deals
German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have expanded their rights deals for the Formula E electric car-racing series
Finland is winter wonderland for Fifa as 2022 World Cup delivers big fee increase
Fifa has earned an increase in the value of World Cup rights in Finland after the winter scheduling of the 2022 tournament in Qatar sparked competition between the country's commercial broadcasters.
Voluntary ban on UK TV gambling ads could hurt media-rights values
Sport media-rights could become relatively less valuable in the UK if Britain’s gambling firms follow through with proposals to stop advertising during live sports coverage.
Impending carriage negotiations, rather than direct competition between operators, boosts Ligue 2
The increase of 190 per cent in the value of the rights to France’s second football division, Ligue 2, was unusual in that it was not driven by direct competition between players in the market.
TV2 acquire rights to the X Games
Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has acquired rights to the X Games from 2019, taking over rights from public-service broadcaster DR
Input retains BBC contract for Women’s World Cup
London-based production company Input Media has furthered its relationship with UK public-service broadcaster the BBC by securing the contract to produce its coverage of the 2019 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
Mediapro replaces Canal Plus as Ligue 2 rights-holder
Spanish agency Mediapro and pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports have today (Tuesday) secured domestic rights to Ligue 2, with the French Football League (LFP) reporting a near three-fold increase in…
Canal Plus hopes Premier League ‘message’ will keep subscribers on board ahead of key Ligue 1 talks
The English Premier League has benefited from a second successive strategic bid for its rights in France but that did not prevent a fall in their value
FuboTV to launch in Spain
US OTT streaming platform FuboTV will expand into Spain with the launch of FuboTV España in its first international move out of North America.
Sportklub pays up for IMG package with Premier League in mind
Pay-television broadcaster Sportklub has acquired Euroleague Basketball rights as part of a broader deal with the IMG agency
Racing TV to create ‘Netflix of racing’
Pay-television channel Racing UK has revealed it will rebrand to Racing TV as it prepares to welcome horse racing from all 26 Irish racecourses on January 1
EHF Cup lands on DAZN in Germany, Austria
Sports streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in Germany and Austria to men’s club handball competition the EHF Cup.