Europe

Football

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has bounced back from losing out on rights to this summer’s Fifa World Cup by agreeing three important football deals.

Motorsport

Pay-television operator Sky Italia believes its acquisition of exclusive rights to motor racing’s Formula One world championship can expand its subscriber base, which has been stuck at 4.7m to 4.8m for more than five years.

Football

Aggressive bidding from telcos has helped Uefa substantially grow the value of its club competition rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

Football

Uefa has more than doubled the value of its club competitions in Czech Republic and Slovakia by striking an exclusive deal for the Champions League with pay-television broadcaster O2.

Danish telco TDC has agreed to take over multi-territory commercial and pay-television company Modern Times Group’s broadcasting and entertainment business in a deal worth SDK19.55bn (€2bn/$2.5bn).

Esports

Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has been named as the official international media rights distribution partner of eFootball.Pro, an esports company founded by Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué.

Motorsport

Rights for the World Rallycross Championship motor-racing series have been awarded in France in Finland.

Golf

Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has extended its rights deal with golf’s European Tour under an agreement that secures exclusive Nordic media rights to a host of the sport’s top properties.

Football

The IMG agency has agreed a deal to sell and distribute the media rights to LaLiga, the top tier of Spanish club football, in 12 European countries.

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Olympic Games

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has moved to further enhance its coverage of the 2018 winter Olympic Games by stating it will provide more than 50 hours of live virtual reality action from Pyeongchang.

Horse Racing

Racecourse Media Group, the holding company responsible for a range of media and data rights involving a host of horse-racing destinations, has opted to enhance its partnership with Sports Information Services, a provider of end-to-end products and services to the betting and broadcast industries, in a move that has drawn strong criticism from Arena Racing Company, the largest racecourse operator in the UK.

Olympic Games

The International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel digital platform has agreed a wide-ranging partnership with Snap Inc, the parent company of social media platform Snapchat.

Olympic Games

Russian state-backed broadcasters Channel One and Match TV have confirmed they will show coverage from the 2018 winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

Football

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has today (Tuesday) extended its highlights rights for the Premier League, the top division of English club football, in a deal worth £211.5m (€241.1m/$294.8m).

Football

The MP & Silva agency has extended its partnership with LaLiga through a deal to distribute media rights to the top division of Spanish club football in five European markets.

Equestrian

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has engaged London-based digital communications agency RedTorch to enhance its digital audience, while it has agreed a new rights deal with French pay-television broadcaster SFR Sport.