Europe

Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has confirmed the acquisition of exclusive rights in the country for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League European football club competitions.

Clubs from Serie A, the top division of Italian football, have reportedly rejected a lucrative proposal from the International Bank of Qatar related to the league’s broadcast rights.

The Lagardère Sports Germany division of the sports marketing agency has applied for a licence to establish a new streaming service for sports fans.

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 25th and Sunday 31st December, along with a summary of December's leading audiences on Eurosport. Watching Brief Vol. 190

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 18th and Sunday 24th December. We also include leading audiences in November on free-to-air television. Watching Brief Vol. 189

Swedish telco Tele2 has struck a deal to take over cable-television operator Com Hem in a $3.2bn (€2.7bn) deal.

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 11th and Sunday 17th December. This week we also include leading audiences in November on Eurosport and across pay-television. Watching Brief Vol. 1

The Ligue de Football Professionnel, which operates the French football league, has opted to again delay the tender process for its next set of media rights as it seeks to benefit from the growing status of its competitions, according to L'Équipe.

European football’s governing body Uefa has launched a tender process for broadcast rights to its Champions League and Europa League club competitions in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has sealed a sublicensing deal with media company Discovery Communications for rights to the 2018 winter Olympic Games.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in a number of territories to the G League, the NBA basketball league’s developmental competition.

Irish commercial broadcaster TV3, a major platform for sport in the country, is set to be rebranded as Virgin Media Television.

French telco Altice, which operates pay-television broadcaster SFR Sport, has revealed plans to split its European and US operations, as well as form a new pay-television unit which will include its major sports rights.

UK sports promotional company Matchroom Sport has signed a new seven-year rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky.

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.

The German Athletics Association (DLV) has agreed a four-year extension to its rights deal with public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF.