Europe

The Formula One motor-racing championship has struck new rights deals with the Advisers Media International and Saran Media agencies covering multiple markets in Europe and Asia.

Rugby Union

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has agreed a content partnership with US satellite-television provider DirecTV that will grant the Top 14 domestic rugby union league exposure in the US.

Multi-sport

A consortium led by French billionaire Xavier Niel has completed a deal to acquire a majority stake in telecommunications company Eir, whose pay-television broadcaster Eir Sport is a key player in the Irish sports rights market.

Ice Hockey

Pay-television broadcaster O2 TV has acquired rights in the Czech Republic to the country’s top-tier ice hockey league, the Extraliga.

Tennis

British No.1 Kyle Edmund has become the latest tennis player to stream his matches via social media channels through an agreement with endorsement partner British Airways.

Football

The Mediapro agency has put on the market seven packages of rights to Serie A, the top division of football in Italy.

Football

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports-media company Perform, has extended a rights deal for LaLiga Spanish football coverage in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

Italian state broadcaster Rai has extended an agreement for rights to the International Motorcycling Federation’s (FIM) Motocross World Championship (MXGP).

Football

Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid has agreed a deal with Korean consumer electronics company Samsung to offer exclusive video content through social media platform Twitter.

Football

Football’s English Premier League and pay-television operator Fox Networks Group Latin America have claimed two significant wins in their ongoing efforts to fight piracy of their content.

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Football

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has secured exclusive Ultra HD rights to national team football tournament the 2018 Fifa World Cup.

Rugby Union

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has renewed an agreement for Rugby World Cup rights ahead of next year’s edition of the national team tournament in Japan.

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Table Tennis

The International Table Tennis Federation has agreed a three-year extension to its rights partnership with international sports broadcaster Eurosport.

Cycling

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have agreed rights partnerships with the DOSB New Media division of the German Olympic Sports Confederation and cycling’s returning Deutschland Tour event.

Rugby Union

European Professional Club Rugby, the governing body for club rugby union in Europe, has awarded the RDA agency global distribution rights for its Champions Cup and Challenge Cup competitions.

Football

Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova has confirmed individual rights deals with five Superleague football clubs as the top division of domestic football moves away from a collective rights selling model.