Europe

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in Portugal to events marketed by combat sports distributor Fighting Spirit

Kay Dammholz, managing director of rights and distribution for the DACH markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland has opted to leave his position at DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sport media…
Football

Polish pay-television operator NC Plus has reached an agreement with commercial and pay-television broadcaster Polsat that will allow it to continue offering coverage of the Uefa Champions League and Europa…
Athletics

The Infront agency has agreed a six-year media, marketing and commercial rights partnership with the Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL). The contract is worth a guaranteed €12.9m ($15.1m
Football

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has acquired rights in Italy to the Spanish LaLiga and French Ligue 1 club football competitions, along with adding a raft of other…
Football

European football’s governing body Uefa has sealed rights deals with three broadcasters in Romania for club competitions the Champions League and Europa League.

Croatian telco Hrvatski Telekom has furthered its backing of domestic football by agreeing multi-year deals with four First League clubs to cover their qualifying games for the Uefa Champions League and…
Handball

LaLiga TV, the official television channel of the top division of Spanish football, has acquired rights to Liga Asobal, the top tier of domestic handball
Boxing

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has reached an agreement to cover Anthony Joshua’s fights for a further three years after the world heavyweight champion boxer signed a new deal with promoter Matchroom.
Football

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has agreed a three-year extension to its strategic partnership with Belgian pay-television broadcaster Proximus
Motorsport

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has struck a three-season extension to its rights deal for the MotoGP motorcycling championship
Horse Racing

Sky Sports Racing, which is set to become the new identity for pay-television channel At The Races, has agreed a long-term deal for exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to US horse racing’s Triple C…
Football

UK free-to-air DTT channel Quest has relaunched ahead of the start of its new rights deal with the English Football League, which operates the three divisions below the top-tier Premier League
Football

Sports broadcaster Match TV has said it will launch a new pay-television channel to support its coverage of the top tier of domestic football, which has now rebranded to the Russian Premier Liga.
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has extended its deal for rights to the Wimbledon tennis grand slam, while it has also secured an agreement for the Bundesliga, the top division of German football
Wrestling

US wrestling organisation WWE has signed a new rights deal in Romania and has unveiled plans for its first all-women’s pay-per-view event.
Rugby Union

Welsh public-service channel S4C has sealed a three-season extension to its rights deal with the Pro14 cross-border rugby union competition
Football

Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky has struck a deal for its subscribers to have access to digital sports-media company Perform’s DAZN OTT service.