Europe
Borussia Dortmund links up with Sportradar for OTT platform
Borussia Dortmund has teamed up with Sportradar to relaunch the German Bundesliga football club’s OTT platform, BVB-TV.
Uefa completes slew of deals as new cycle draws close
Uefa has finalised a host of media-rights deals for its national-team properties around the world as the start of its new cycle draws near.
Ziggo scores Serie A, FA Cup rights
Dutch pay-television broadcaster Ziggo has strengthened its football rights portfolio by securing coverage of Serie A, the top division of Italian football, as well as the English FA Cup
Telefónica adds Segunda Division to football portfolio
Movistar Plus, the pay-television platform of Spanish telco Telefónica, has acquired rights to the Segunda Division, the second tier of domestic football, and has also added France’s Ligue 1 to its li…
IMG to debut OTT football service in Scandinavia
The IMG agency has said it will launch its first direct to consumer football OTT channel in Scandinavia.
Entitled Strive, the new platform will be available in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
Rai adds to Serie B coverage
Italian state broadcaster Rai has added to its rights package for Serie B, the second tier of football in the country
TVI seals Champions League deal, Eleven to set first in Portugal
Portuguese commercial broadcaster TVI has concluded a deal for free-to-air rights to club football competition the Uefa Champions League
Mediaset nets Euro 2020 rights in Spain
Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset has acquired exclusive free-to-air rights to the Uefa Euro 2020 national team football tournament, along with a package of matches played by overseas national teams
DAZN lands Pro14 rights, Italian launch line-up revealed
DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has secured rights in Italy to the Pro14 cross-border rugby union league as it unveiled its full line-up for its launch in the country
BBC to stream World Boccia Championships
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has agreed to stream live coverage of the 2018 World Boccia Championships, which will take place later this month in Liverpool
Cypriot telcos join forces in sports pact
Cypriot telcos Cablenet and PrimeTel have agreed a deal through which they will bring their sporting content under one roof from 2019
Eleven lifts lid on pricing strategy for UK and Ireland
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has today (Friday) revealed its pricing strategy as it prepares to launch in the UK and Ireland later this month
HBA Media hires new MD amid restructure
Horse racing media consultancy HBA Media has appointed Will Oscroft as managing director under an overhaul of its senior management structure
Megogo adds LaLiga to football rights portfolio
Ukrainian video-on-demand service Megogo has added the Spanish LaLiga to its portfolio of top-tier European club football league rights
LaLiga takes back rights from MP & Silva in Eastern Europe
LaLiga has taken back its rights in a series of Eastern European countries from the MP & Silva agency and will re-tender them, TV Sports Markets understands.
Sky Italia holds on to MotoGP as new rival DAZN picks up LaLiga and much of the Fox inventory
Pay-television platform Sky Italia and Perform Group’s OTT service DAZN will probably both be happy with the outcome of an intense period of rights negotiations in Italy.
Sunset+Vine bolsters rugby portfolio with Pro14 agreement
Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has appointed UK production company Sunset+Vine as its partner in delivering its new contract for the Pro14 cross-border rugby union league
Rai snaps up Serie B rights
Italian state broadcaster Rai has acquired rights for Serie B, the second tier of football in the country