Europe

Pay-television channel Motorvision TV has broadened its footprint in Europe by agreeing a spate of distribution deals in 14 countries

German combat sports platform fight24.tv has agreed a strategic partnership with Martial Arts Broadcasting Network, a pan-European operation, with the latter rebranded under the fight24 banner

Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports will replace rival Sky to broadcast the Scottish Cup alongside BBC Scotland for the next six seasons, from 2018-19 to 2023-24

The Cricket Ireland governing body has secured its first multi-year media rights deal through an agreement with the Total Sports Marketing agency

English Premier League rights in Cyprus will increase in value following a direct renewal with telco Cyta. The new three-season deal with Cyta, from 2019-20 to 2021-22, will be worth just under €1.5

Sky Italia’s head of sports rights, programming and production Matteo Mammì said today that his impending departure from the company was not linked to Lega Serie A’s search for a chief executive. He

Bulgarian commercial broadcaster Nova has acquired English Premier League rights in a new three-season deal, from 2019-20 to 2021-22, directly from the rights-holder

The European Broadcasting Union has finalised a deal for rights to “other Fifa events” until 2022 in 38 territories.

Greek media reports claim that pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has renewed its English Premier League rights for three seasons, from 2019-20 to 2021-22

Public-service broadcaster TVP has acquired Coppa Italia rights in Poland for the next three seasons, from 2018-19 to 2020-21, further bolstering its sports portfolio

The French football league, the Ligue de Football Professionnel, has today (November 6) issued a tender for media rights in the country to the second-tier Ligue 2 and the Coupe de la Ligue competition

The German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) has extended its rights deal with sports broadcaster Sport1 and has agreed a new partnership with Telekom Sport, the pay-television platform telco Deutsche Telekom

The value of Uefa club competition rights in Ukraine has decreased drastically after Media Group Ukraine and telco Volia jointly acquired rights to both the Champions League and the Europa League

Live and on-demand sport streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in a host of markets to this weekend’s undisputed cruiserweight boxing clash between champion Oleksandr Usyk and former world champion Tony Bell…

Fifa, football’s global governing body, has today issued invitations to tender for various media rights in France, Italy and Scandinavia.

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has reached an agreement to show finals of the men’s and women’s International Handball Federation World Championships with French participation.