Europe
Eleven Sports picks up Copa del Rey rights
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.
TV3 lands MotoGP rights package, DAZN partners up with Márquez
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
Fnatic seeks new content experiences with Twitch tie-up
UK esports organisation Fnatic has agreed a long-term exclusive streaming partnership with social video platform Twitch
Open TV to broadcast Copa del Rey el Clásico in 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.
Six Nations boosts TV coverage with Amazon partnership
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
FREE | Germany market report, 2019
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Latest Bundesliga tender to dominate the German market in 2019
The German market is bracing itself for a new Bundesliga tender this summer, with media chatter at this year’s Spobis conference in Düsseldorf concentrated on the parties set to be involved.
Russian web giants make their move as Rambler buys English Premier League rights
Web portal Rambler has acquired English Premier League rights in Russia, moving the country’s sports broadcast market further into the digital realm.
Mediapro faces delicate balancing act to make a World Cup profit in 2022
The Mediapro agency faces a challenge to refinance its investment in the media rights in Spain to the 2022 Fifa World Cup
Eleven Sports loses Serie A, Eredivisie rights in UK
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has announced its coverage of football’s Italian Serie A and Dutch Eredivisie in the UK and Ireland will cease at the end of February.
Germany market report, 2019
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Sport1 bolsters esports channel’s content with Blizzard deal
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has added further content for its new esports channel by agreeing a two-year rights deal with US video game developer and events organiser Blizzard Entertainment
Small gain for the Premier League in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The English Premier League has increased the value of its rights in 27 territories across Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia in two separate deals, after carving out Bulgaria to capitalise on…
Pakistan Super League strikes UK rights deal
The Alliance Advertising & Marketing agency has stepped up its association with the Pakistan Super League by acquiring exclusive UK broadcast rights to the Twenty20 cricket competition
Coppa Italia value set to plummet as sales process drags on into new season
Italy’s Lega Serie A is heading for a big drop in the value of the media rights to the Coppa Italia and the Italian Super Cup following last year’s decision to take the rights in-house and sell market-by-market.
F1 TV set for new markets
The Formula One motor-racing championship has announced that its F1 TV OTT service will be rolled out in eight new territories from next month
Nent Group adds IndyCar to motorsport line-up
Nordic media company Nent Group has acquired rights to US motor-racing series IndyCar.
Nent Group will broadcast the series in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland until 2021
Sport1 to continue to broadcast German youth football
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a new deal with the German Football Association (DFB) for rights to a selection of youth competitions in 2019