Europe
Saran reasserts its dominance in Turkey with Europa League buy
Saran Media is set to acquire rights to the Uefa Europa League in Turkey for a marginally smaller fee than the governing body’s allocation in the current cycle, TV Sports Markets understands.
Sky pays premium for exclusive, eight-season Bundesliga deal
Selling global rights exclusively to pay-television broadcaster Sky has netted the Austrian Bundesliga the biggest media-rights deal in the country’s history.
Premiership Rugby expands into Sweden with C More
Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More Entertainment has agreed a deal to show live coverage of Premiership Rugby, England’s top division of club rugby union, in the Scandinavian country for the first time.
Uefa mulling over potential pay-TV exclusivity switch in Greece
Uefa is considering selling Champions League and Europa League rights in a new cycle exclusively to a pay-television broadcaster to maximise value in Greece.
IPC renews key EBU deal which ensures wide European coverage
The International Paralympic Committee secured an increased rights fee and wider coverage from its renewal with the European Broadcasting Union last month.
TVR to sign off 2018/2020 Games deal for Romania and Moldova
TVR is in the process of completing its deal for rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games in Romania.
Amazon seals ATP rights deal in UK and Ireland, adds US partnership
The Association of Tennis Professionals, organising body of the men’s world tour, has today (Friday) confirmed a rights deal with Amazon for the UK and Ireland, along with a partnership with the internet company for the US market.
Watching Brief (Vol.182) UK TV Audiences 30th October to 5th November
Premier League clubs give green light to more live matches
Chairmen of English Premier League football clubs have backed plans to increase the number of games available for live broadcasts each season from 168 to between 190 and 210.
Canal Plus picks up Women’s World Cup rights
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has struck a sublicensing deal with commercial broadcaster TF1 for rights to the 2019 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
Women’s World Handball Championship secures free-to-air exposure with Sport1 deal
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the upcoming edition of the women’s World Handball Championship, which will be hosted by Germany.
New OTT sports service launches in Hungary
Hungarian media services provider Antenna Hungária has launched MindiGO Sport, its first standalone OTT streaming service.
Rai takes rights to Italian Ski Classics
Italian state broadcaster Rai has secured rights to the Ski Classics series of long-distance skiing events.
Amazon snaps up US Open tennis rights
Internet company Amazon has acquired exclusive rights in the UK for the US Open tennis tournament, according to multiple reports.
EHF receives seven bids for media, marketing rights
The European Handball Federation has received seven offers for the audio-visual and marketing rights to a raft of its competitions for the period from 2020 to 2030.
Eurosport secures extension to US Open rights deal
International sports broadcaster Eurosport has reached an agreement to continue showing the US Open grand slam tennis tournament across Europe, with the exception of the UK and Ireland.
Canal Plus to offer Ligue 1, Top 14 free-to-air treatment
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus is set to offer free-to-air coverage of the top divisions of domestic football and rugby union, Ligue 1 and the Top 14, by utilising its general entertainment channel C8.
Hahn scales back stake in Constantin Medien – report
Dieter Hahn, formerly a major shareholder in Constantin Medien, has sold off a sizeable portion of his interest in the German media company, according to the Meedia.de website.