Europe

Swiss telecommunications company UPC has agreed a deal to show content from production company Red Bull Media House on its new sports broadcast platform, MySports.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky will show coverage of next month’s world heavyweight boxing clash between Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev via a new Box Office streaming service, which will be launched in partnership with technology provider NeuLion.

Boxing promoter Hennessy Sports has entered into a wide-ranging partnership with video-sharing platform YouTube, through which this month’s WBO World Heavyweight Championship title fight between Joseph Parker and Hughie Fury will be streamed exclusively live in the UK and Ireland.

Italian broadcaster Mediaset and major shareholder Fininvest are claiming €3bn ($3.6bn) in damages from French media group Vivendi.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired rights for the inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series through an agreement with the MP & Silva agency.

Representatives of the 20 football clubs in the English Premier League will meet this week to discuss the possibility of introducing a new 7.45pm kick-off time on Saturday evenings for the purpose of television coverage, according to multiple reports.

German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has renewed a rights deal for coverage of the NFL American football league.

Canadian cable and satellite-television broadcaster Super Channel has acquired rights to the World Boxing Super Series, while rights deals for the tournament have also been agreed in the Netherlands and the Balkans.

Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote TV has extended a rights deal for the MotoGP motorcycling series.

Last month’s Olympic Games sublicensing deal in Germany with ARD and ZDF has plugged a large gap in Discovery Communications’ revenue projections.

The French football federation increased the value of its domestic Coupe de France media rights by about 33 per cent in a joint renewal with France Télévisions and Eurosport.

The Telesport agency is aiming to take advantage of Match TV’s weakened financial position and become the main buyer of sports rights in Russia, wresting control of the market from the Gazprom Media-owned broadcaster.

The depreciation of the Turkish lira since 2014 continues to hurt the value of football rights in the country. Italy’s Serie A, the German Bundesliga and – most significantly – Turkey’s domestic cup, have all been affected.

Amazon secured its first major sports rights deal in the UK with the acquisition of ATP World Tour 1000 and 500 rights, a move which surprised local experts.

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 14th August and Sunday 20th August. We also look at July's audiences on Eurosport. Watching Brief Vol. 171

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has agreed to stream part of its ‘Rugby Tonight’ rugby union magazine programme on social media platforms Facebook and Twitter.