Europe

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights to golf major the PGA Championship, according to multiple reports.

Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport has secured rights to golf’s Open Championship, the 2017 edition of which gets underway tomorrow (Thursday).

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has renewed a rights deal for golf’s PGA Tour.

Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired rights for the upcoming clash between boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr and mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor.

Talks have resumed over a possible sublicensing rights deal for the Olympic Games between media company Discovery Communications and German state broadcasters ARD and ZDF, according to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper.

Internet company Amazon is targeting UK rights to professional men’s tennis circuit the ATP World Tour, according to the Daily Mail.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in Poland for the DFB-Pokal, the top domestic football knockout competition in Germany.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the national basketball team’s games in the Supercup tournament, along with a friendly against France, as it prepares for the 2017 EuroBasket competition.

UK free-to-air DTT channel Quest has secured exclusive rights for the 2017 Emirates Cup pre-season football tournament.

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland is to launch an OTT sports service in Switzerland, according to the Broadband TV News website.

Social media platform Twitter is in negotiations to acquire rights in the UK to the PGA Championship, one of golf’s four major tournaments, according to the Financial Times.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired rights for this year’s Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has spelled out its plans for its latest international media rights tender after staging the first edition of a new roadshow initiative.

Multinational telecommunications company Altice has further strengthened its position in the Portuguese market by sealing an agreement to acquire Spanish media group Prisa’s stake in Media Capital.

The Russian Premier League, the top division of domestic football, is targeting a 50 per cent increase in the value of its next broadcast contract as it emerged that two clubs have agreed rights deals with local broadcasters ahead of the start of the 2017-18 season.

The PGA of America has said it will not extend its UK rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky for the PGA Championship, one of golf’s four major tournaments, in favour of exploring a new model for the event.