Europe

Rugby League

The Rugby Football League, the governing body for rugby league in England, has announced that the national team’s upcoming Test match against Samoa will be streamed live online, with fans required to pay £3.49 (€4.08/$4.34) to watch the match.
Football

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has agreed a deal to show coverage of the English Women’s Super League One Spring Series club football competition on its television and online platforms.
Esports

Spanish agency Mediapro will invest more in esports after hailing 2016 as its “best ever year.”
Football

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko has added to the criticism of Fifa regarding the sale of domestic broadcast rights to the 2018 World Cup and 2017 Confederations Cup, stating world football’s governing body is imposing “special conditions” on the host nation for the events.
Multi-sport

The European Commission has given unconditional approval to US media company 21st Century Fox’s proposed £11.7bn (€13.7bn/$14.5bn) takeover of pan-European pay-television broadcaster Sky.
Football

The Austrian Bundesliga has moved to revamp its distribution system for broadcast revenues as the top division of domestic football prepares to launch a tender for its next domestic rights deal.
Football

The Norwegian Football Federation, Norsk Toppfotball and Fotball Media have taken legal action against commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 in the belief it has infringed rights regulations for coverage of the Eliteserien, the top division of domestic football.

The Puls 4 division of German media group ProSiebenSat.1 Media is set to undertake a major restructuring of ATV after concluding its takeover deal for the Austrian commercial broadcaster.

UK viewing audiences for the week between Monday 20th March  and Sunday 26th March, plus a round-up of 2017's most-watched live golf programmes so far.
Motorsport

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to motor-racing series the World Endurance Championship.
Football

Stakeholders in the process to assign rights in Russia to the 2018 Fifa World Cup and the forthcoming Confederations Cup have claimed world football’s governing body is asking for too much for a deal in the host nation for the two tournaments.
Football

Spain’s anti-trust regulator, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y La Competencia (CNMC), has opened an investigation into the Mediapro agency in relation to possible anti-competitive practices.
Tennis

The InfrontRingier agency has said the inaugural edition of Women’s Tennis Association tournament, the Ladies Open Biel Bienne, will set a first for the sport by providing live virtual reality coverage.
Football

Chinese retail giant Suning has agreed a media and strategic partnership with the German Football League (DFL), according to Kicker.
Football

Italian Serie A football club Juventus has launched an on-demand video platform for its international fan base.
Cricket

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky is set to revamp its sports offering this summer, with dedicated channels to be launched for football, cricket and golf, according to the Daily Mail.
Multi-sport

The International World Games Association has become the latest global sporting body to partner with the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel.
Football

A collective of major broadcasters and Europe’s leading football organisations have joined forces to call on the G7 group of industrial nations to take action to tackle internet piracy.