Europe

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to the upcoming fight between former world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr and mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor.

The PGA of America has furthered its new rights strategy for the PGA Championship in the UK, by stating that live streaming of the 2017 edition of the US golf major will be available via social media platforms Facebook and Twitter.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has extended a rights deal in the US for the English Championship second-tier club football competition.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has detailed a raft of rights deals for the Audi Cup, as the pre-season football tournament prepares to kick-off in the German city of Munich later today (Tuesday).

Estonian public-service broadcaster ERR has agreed a deal for a package of national team football rights marketed by European governing body Uefa through a partnership with the Estonian Football Association (EJL).

EuroLeague Basketball has appointed Andrea Bassani as the media manager of its EuroCup club competition.

The International Association of Athletics Federations has teamed up with online telephone service Skype to launch a dedicated Skype bot called Spikes.

UK bookmaker Betfred has agreed a media-rights deal with The Racing Partnership (TRP), a joint venture between UK racecourse owner and operator Arena Racing Company (ARC) and seven UK independent racecourses.

The French Football Federation (FFF) has extended rights deals with public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and sports broadcaster Eurosport for the Coupe de France club knockout tournament.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has entered into a partnership with Gfinity, through which it will showcase the esports company’s Elite Series competition.

Italy’s antitrust watchdog, the AGCM, has launched an investigation into possible cartel activity by three agencies managing overseas rights to Italian club football competitions.

German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom is to offer offer a new package of sports channels operated by pay-television broadcaster Sky from August 2.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has today (Thursday) confirmed it has acquired rights to golf major the PGA Championship.

European pay-television group Sky has reported a six per cent fall in operating profit due to the increased costs of rights to football’s English Premier League, while it has outlined plans to launch a “simple and affordable” OTT platform in Spain.

Football’s English Premier League has obtained a High Court order that will require UK internet service providers (ISPs) to block servers that are hosting illegal streams of matches.

Romania’s anti-corruption authority, the DNA, is set to bring criminal charges against a subsidiary of telecommunications company RCS-RDS.

Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and the Eurosport France channel have agreed a deal to retain rights to the Coupe de France club football knockout tournament, according to L’Équipe.