Europe
Ligue 1 seals new deals in sub-Saharan Africa
Pay-television broadcasters Canal Plus Afrique and Kwesé Sports have been awarded media rights to Ligue 1, the top division of French club football, in sub-Saharan Africa, TV Sports Markets understands.
ARD and ZDF extend commitment to German athletics
The German Athletics Association (DLV) has agreed a four-year extension to its rights deal with public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF.
LaLiga launches latest tender for overseas rights
LaLiga, the organisation which oversees the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has launched a second tender process for its media rights outside of Spain.
Twitter to live stream Spanish women’s basketball league
Social media platform Twitter has agreed a deal to live stream games from the Liga Femenina, the top division of Spanish women’s club basketball.
Eurosport enhances commitment to Motocross World Championship
Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a two-season extension to its rights deal for the International Motorcycling Federation’s (FIM) Motocross World Championship (MXGP).
Lega Serie A outlines targets for domestic rights tender
Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has issued the tender documents for its next set of domestic broadcast rights, with €570m ($675.4m) set as the minimum price sought to acquire television rights to all 380 games per season.
NOS seeking to retain national team football rights – report
Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS is keen to retain its rights to national team matches marketed by Uefa, European football’s governing body, despite the prospect of a contract being loss making for the company, according to De Telegraaf.
Eleven sets Bundesliga first with Facebook stream
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports will stream live coverage of a German Bundesliga football match on social media platform Facebook this week.
Amazon set to bid for Premier League rights
Tech company Amazon plans to table a bid for the next round of rights to football’s English Premier League, according to the Bloomberg news agency.
Movistar Plus extends F1 rights deal
Movistar Plus, the pay-television platform of Spanish telco Telefónica, has renewed rights in the country for the Formula One motor-racing world championship, according to news service El Español.
Lega Serie A approves domestic rights tender
Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has approved the tender process for its next set of domestic broadcast rights.
Eurosport to showcase OTT platform during Coupe de France
Sports broadcaster Eurosport will showcase its OTT platform in France this weekend by exclusively streaming 15 matches from the Coupe de France club football competition.
BT Sport first signing for Channel 4’s new digital ad venture
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has signed up as the first partner of commercial broadcaster Channel 4’s new digital advertising sales house, 4 Sales.
Barcelona edges out Real to top LaLiga TV revenue table
Barcelona earned the biggest television rights payment in LaLiga last season despite rival Real Madrid winning the title.
Eurosport remains home of biathlon in Europe
Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has struck a four-season extension to its rights deal for events organised by the International Biathlon Union.
Discovery strikes Ukraine Olympics deal
Ukrainian public-service broadcaster UA:PBC has acquired rights for the Olympic Games in a sublicensing deal with media company Discovery Communications.
Discovery takes exclusive FA Cup rights in Sweden
The Discovery Networks Sweden division of media company Discovery Networks International has acquired exclusive rights to English club football competition the FA Cup.
BeIN adds Movistar channel to football offering
BeIN Media Group has claimed the “most ambitious” football offering in the Spanish market after agreeing a carriage deal for its OTT service with the Movistar Partidazo pay-television channel of telco Telefónica.