Europe

Triathlon

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has extended its rights partnership with the International Triathlon Union to continue covering its World Triathlon Series.
Multi-sport

The organising committee of the 2018 European Championships have confirmed that Eurovision, the European Broadcasting Union's production arm, is set to secure the host broadcasting services contract for the inaugural edition of the multi-sport event in Glasgow.
Horse Racing

Channel 4 will end its coverage of British horse racing four days before rival commercial broadcaster ITV becomes the exclusive free-to-air home of the sport on January 1.
Multi-sport

Discovery Communications’ decision to end negotiations with Germany’s public-service broadcasters over the free-to-air rights for the Olympic Games will be a very expensive one.

Tennis

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC moved early to renew its Wimbledon grand slam media rights last month, ahead of the renewal of its royal charter.
Handball

Germany’s Handball-Bundesliga has increased the value of its media rights by at least 67 per cent with international rights still to be sold, TV Sports Markets understands.
Football

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 outbid public-service broadcaster the BBC for rights to the women’s European Championship in 2017.
Boxing

The value of Sauerland boxing rights in Germany remained steady in a renewal with leading commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 earlier this month, despite the addition of new events from next year.
Basketball

BeIN Media Group increased its fee for National Basketball Association media rights in France by about 23 per cent ahead of the new season.
Football

Sports broadcaster Eurosport is thought to have faced no real competition for the rights in the UK and Ireland to the 2017 and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
Motorsport

Will Partington, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences for motorcycling’s MotoGP World Championship in selected European markets.
Multi-sport

Arndt Jaworski has been promoted to become the second managing director of German agency U! Sports.
Football

Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, highlights some UK television audiences in the period between Monday 7th November and Sunday 20th November

Pay-television channel Motorvision TV has extended a rights deal with the Nascar North American stock car-racing series.
Football

Benfica has requested a review of its media-rights deal with Nos after claiming that the telecommunications company’s agreement with rival Portuguese football club Sporting is worth more.
Paralympics

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have said they are confident they will retain rights to the Paralympic Games after international sports broadcaster Eurosport on Monday confirmed it will be the exclusive home of the Olympic Games in the country from 2018 to 2024.
Football

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has extended its long-running commitment to the Africa Cup of Nations in the UK and Ireland by acquiring broadcast and digital rights to the 2017 and 2019 editions of the national team football tournament.
Skiing

Swedish public-service broadcaster SVT has acquired rights for the Ski Classics long-distance skiing championship.