Europe
Ekstraklasa to increase media-rights value and exposure
The Polish Ekstraklasa has managed to significantly increase the value of its domestic media rights, whilst securing free-to-air coverage in new deals beginning in 2019-20
Sky Deutschland renews Wimbledon coverage
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has reached an agreement with the All England Lawn Tennis Club to extend its coverage of Wimbledon until 2022
UK sport set for TV betting ad ban
UK gambling operators have today (Thursday) agreed to introduce a voluntary ban on advertising during pre-watershed live sport broadcasts, the Industry Group for Responsible Gambling (IGRG) has announced
BT the latest UK broadcaster to show Formula E
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has announced that it will broadcast live races, qualifying sessions and highlights from the 2018-19 Formula E season
Eleven Sports vows to fight on in UK market
Eleven Sports has confirmed it is in talks to restructure its deals for rights to Italy’s Serie A and Spain’s LaLiga, as its chief executive Marc Watson has vowed the OTT service will fight on in the UK.
UFC’s UK deal with Eleven collapses as rights head back to BT
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has triggered an exit clause in its contract with Eleven Sports in the UK and will return to BT Sport from 2019, SportBusiness Media understands.
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.