Europe
Mediaset and Sky in ‘contact’ over potential Premium deal – report
CSI Sports takes Fight Sports to Finland
Sport1 exits as Handball-Bundesliga awards domestic rights
The German handball league, the Handball-Bundesliga, has agreed new rights deals with pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland and public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF.
Digiturk scores Süper Lig rights extension
Pay-television operator Digiturk has today (Monday) retained its rights to the Süper Lig and 1. Lig, the top two divisions of Turkish football, after securing a five-season extension to its contract.
Elisa scoops up Liga ACB coverage
Finnish telecommunications company Elisa has acquired rights for Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain.
Süper Lig tender switch clears path for Digiturk as gatekeeper
The Turkish Süper Lig’s tender structure has been drastically changed shortly before bids are due on November 21, making incumbent broadcaster Digiturk the clear favourite to renew its rights.
Bamtech: stop-gap for Eurosport or Disney’s second go at Europe?
This month’s creation of the Bamtech Europe streaming operation by US technology company Bamtech and Discovery Communications provides immediate benefits for its owners.
Bumper deal in Greece helps Euroleague break €30m barrier
Euroleague Basketball has increased its media-rights income in the 2016-17 season by 36 per cent compared to 2015-16, and this will rise further in 2017-18 thanks mainly to a blockbuster deal in Greece.
TVE surprises market with FA Cup and Club World Cup deals
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE surprised the market with deals for English FA Cup and Club World Cup rights this month.
Team GB streaming platform to debut with table tennis match
The British Olympic Association (BOA) will launch a new digital platform with a live stream of the England national team’s Table Tennis European Championship qualification match against Slovenia.
DFL rejects talk of revenue distribution cut for 2.Bundesliga
The German Football League (DFL) has rejected a report stating that 2.Bundesliga clubs stand to receive a cut in their share of the revenue from the new rights deal for the top two divisions of domestic football.
Sky to be more selective with sports rights strategy
Pan-European pay-television broadcast group Sky is becoming more selective about what sports rights it seeks as it focuses more on entertainment content amid shifting viewing habits, according to chief executive Jeremy Darroch.
NBA nets digital partnership in Lithuania
North American basketball league the NBA has signed a multi-year partnership with Lithuanian internet news portal Delfi.
EXCLUSIVE: PPTV snaps up Premier League rights in China
Online streaming company PPTV has acquired rights in China for football’s English Premier League.
BBC aces Wimbledon extension
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC announced this (Thursday) afternoon that it has extended a deal to broadcast the Wimbledon tennis championships through to 2024.
Fight Sports lands knockout DAZN deal
Media company CSI Sports, the owner of Fight Sports, has struck a distribution deal for the pay-television channel with DAZN, the recently-launched OTT service operated by digital-media company Perform.
Eleven acquires Glory kickboxing rights in Belgium, Poland
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Belgium and Poland to the Glory: Collision kickboxing event, which will take place in Germany on December 10.
Sky Deutschland secures rights deal with WWE
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has acquired rights to events operated by the WWE wrestling entertainment company.