Europe

Sky Sports Racing, which is set to become the new identity for pay-television channel At The Races, has today (Tuesday) signed a rights deal with Ascot Racecourse, replacing rival Racing UK as the pay-television partner for the leading British venue.

The PP Sports division of Chinese new media company PPTV has acquired television and online rights to the Bundesliga, the top division of German club football.

Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS has acquired rights to all matches played by the men’s national football team over the next four years, the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) has announced.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights in Spain to the International Champions Cup pre-season football competition.

Clubs from the top two divisions of Danish football have agreed to major reform plans that will bind together all commercial rights on a long-term basis and alter the structure of the league system, while also seeking to extend deals with existing domestic broadcast rights partners.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired rights in the UK and Ireland to cricket’s Caribbean Premier League.

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has bid aggressively to acquire a host of sports rights in recent weeks ahead of a public offering in 2019.

The value of Uefa Champions League and Europa League media rights in the Netherlands will decrease by about 27 per cent in the next cycle, TV Sports Markets understands.

Telekom Austria’s push for Champions League rights helped drive the value of Uefa club competitions in Bulgaria up by about 30 per cent from 2018-19.

Maltese telcos Go and Melita will progress with a long-discussed joint venture after two media-rights deals removed one of its biggest sticking points.

The value of French Ligue 1 rights in Greece and Cyprus is set for a small increase in a renewed deal with pay-television broadcaster Nova.

Public-service broadcaster ORF has extended its rights to domestic club football competition the ÖFB Cup as part of a wide-ranging four-season deal with the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB).

Interview with Kim Mikkelsen, SVP group head of sports at Nordic Entertainment Group, about the company’s host of media-rights deals in recent weeks, including English Premier League, Formula One, International Handball Federation and European Handball Federation agreements.

SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in sub-Saharan Africa, and direct-to-home and IPTV platform Digi have acquired rights to Serie A, the top division of Italian football.