Europe

The Russian Olympic Committee has said it will launch an online streaming channel in December.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC and pay-television broadcaster BT Sport have acquired live, non-exclusive rights to the Scotland national rugby union team’s 2017 autumn Test matches.

German media group ProSiebenSat.1 has joined forces with international media and entertainment company Discovery Communications to launch a new free-to-access OTT streaming platform in Germany.

Dutch commercial broadcaster Veronica has acquired exclusive rights for the Netherlands women’s national football team games.

Movistar Plus, the pay-television platform of Spanish telecommunications group Telefónica, has agreed a multi-season extension to its rights deal for North American basketball league the NBA.

Alexander Fayfman, general producer of state-controlled commercial broadcaster Channel One, has said no progress has been made on securing a rights deal for the 2018 Fifa World Cup in host nation Russia, adding that the negotiating parties are still seeking a compromise.

UK pay-television broadcasters At The Races, Racing UK and Sky have all secured rights to this year’s edition of the Breeders’ Cup US horse racing event.

Glory, a leading kickboxing promoter, has agreed a media-rights partnership with combat sports-rights distributor Fight Globe.

New Swiss pay-television channel MySports will launch a new weekly esports magazine programme later this month.

Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More has confirmed that its new sports channel will launch tomorrow (Saturday) as part of a new Standard Sport package.

Italian Serie A football club Juventus has launched a new virtual reality mobile application, Juventus VR.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has enhanced its coverage in Poland of football’s German Bundesliga and agreed a sublicensing deal with Polish pay-television operator NC Plus.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE’s aggressive move to acquire all Spanish national team matches at the end of last month is evidence the country’s advertising market recovering from its 2013 low.

Uefa has increased the value of Europa League media rights in Scandinavia by about 45 per cent in deals with TV2 in Norway and Discovery Communications in Denmark and Sweden.

Fox Sports Italia has filled the Euroleague-shaped hole in its midweek schedule and rounded out its North American sports coverage by acquiring rights to the CEV Champions League and NCAA college basketball and football

The NBA’s blockbuster deal with e-commerce firm Rakuten in Japan will soon be followed by new deals in Spain with Telefónica and Poland with NC Plus, TV Sports Markets understands.