Europe

Rugby

Pay-television broadcaster Eir Sport has today (Thursday) become the new home of the Pro14 in Ireland, with the cross-border rugby union league stating the three-season deal represents a “quantum leap” for the competition.

Football

The English Football League, which operates the three divisions below the top-tier Premier League, has agreed a four-season deal for free-to-air DTT channel Quest to become its new partner for highlights of its competitions.

Rugby Union

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 is set to enhance its rugby union coverage by acquiring rights to Wales’ three summer Test matches, according to multiple reports.

Motorsport

French digital-terrestrial sports channel L'Équipe has extended rights deals for motorsport’s FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC) motorcycle-racing series.

Horse Racing

Racecourse Media Group, the holding company responsible for media and data rights involving a host of British horse-racing destinations, has said that its 37 affiliated racecourses will receive a nine per cent increase in revenues generated from their media rights in 2017.

Football

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has today (Wednesday) moved into a new market after ousting pay-television broadcaster Sky as the rights-holder to LaLiga, the top division of Spanish club football, in the UK and Ireland.

Football

Polish commercial and pay-television broadcaster Polsat has said it will launch two new sports channels in an effort to support its rights for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League club football competitions.

Boxing

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has renewed an agreement for rights to boxing events organised by promoter Frank Warren, which will include British heavyweight fighter Tyson Fury’s comeback fight in June.

Snooker

International sports broadcaster Eurosport and UK free-to-air DTT channel Quest have expanded their partnership with World Snooker by agreeing a deal to show the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out tournament.

Football

The Infront agency has invested in London-based digital media company Copa90, according to the Financial Times.

Rugby Union

The Pro14 cross-border rugby union league has today (Monday) concluded rights deals in the UK and Northern Ireland with pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports and free-to-air digital television channel FreeSports, with the former set to launch a new channel to showcase its coverage.

Horse Racing

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky will launch a dedicated horse racing channel through an agreement that will result in the rebranding of pay-television channel At The Races.

Motorsport

German touring car racing series DTM has secured full live coverage in Austria for the first time through a deal with public-service broadcaster ORF.

Cricket

Cricket Ireland has struck a rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky to show live coverage of the national team’s inaugural Test match against Pakistan on May 11-15.

Football

French pay-television broadcaster SFR Sport, a division of the Altice telco, is “unlikely” to bid for the next cycle of rights to Ligue 1, the top division of football in France, according to SFR Group chairman Alain Weill.

Football

Eredivisie Media & Marketing renewed its deal with NOS for highlights to Dutch football’s top tier for the same fee due to the wide exposure the broadcaster guarantees.

Football

Geopolitics, as much as commerce, is likely to determine whether the value of Coppa Italia international rights continues to increase dramatically.

Football

Pay-television broadcaster Eleven Sports has renewed deals in Poland for Spain’s LaLiga and Italy’s Serie A, paying modest increases for both.