Europe

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 31st June and Sunday 6th August featuring audiences from the IAAF World Athletics Championships and the first weekend of the English Football League season. W

The Telesport agency has acquired exclusive rights in Russia to LaLiga, the top football division in Spain, according to Kommersant.

Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has extended an agreement for exclusive rights in the Nordic region to Germany’s Handball-Bundesliga.

Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4 has renewed a rights agreement for the Uefa Europa League club football competition.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a deal with esports event operator ESL to show coverage of a number of upcoming contests.

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 24th July and Sunday 30th July. Watching Brief Vol. 168

Polish pay-television operator NC Plus has joined forces with media company Grupa Onet-RAS Polska to launch a new digital sports platform.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has agreed a deal to stream live its BT Sport Score football results service via social media platform Twitter.

German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom has acquired rights to national team events operated by the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).

Spanish cable television operator Telecable has said it will close its OTT platform Tedi.tv after failing to secure football rights for the 2017-18 season.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired rights in Italy to the 2017 World Judo Championships.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights to International Surfing Association events in a number of markets around the world.

The European Hockey Federation has teamed up with sports and betting-related services company Sportradar to launch a new OTT platform.

The Italian division of the Infront Sports & Media agency has recorded a drop in turnover, but has seen its net profits rise by over 50 per cent.

Internet company Amazon is to start offering content from international sports broadcaster Eurosport to subscribers of its Prime subscription service in Austria and Germany.

The European Broadcasting Union consortium of public-service broadcasters has outlined its plans for the inaugural European Championships, the new multi-sport event that is set to debut in Glasgow and Berlin next year.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Belgium to the upcoming fight between undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor.

Norwegian pay-television distributor RiksTV has extended its carriage deal with Modern Times Group under a new agreement that will give greater prominence to the sports channels operated by the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster.