Europe

The SFR Sport division of French telecommunications company SFR has launched an OTT service.

Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, highlights some UK television audiences in the period between Monday 24th October and Sunday 6th November

The Infront Sports & Media agency has extended its media and marketing partnership with the Finnish Ski Association until the 2025-26 season, while public-service broadcaster YLE has sealed a five-season extension to its deal covering Nordic skiing events.

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired exclusive free-to-air rights to all England and Scotland games during the Uefa Women’s Euro 2017 national team football tournament.

The Ligue de Football Professionnel, which operates the French football league, has awarded rights for e-Ligue 1, a new nationwide esports competition, to pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports and online media company Webedia.

The Turkish Football Federation has unveiled plans for a new tender for rights to the Süper Lig and 1. Lig, the top two divisions of the domestic game.

The Basketball Champions League has partnered with sports video technology company WSC Sports Technologies to improve its video content provision.

The Scottish National Party has said the country’s government would pass a law to ensure Scotland’s competitive international football matches are ring-fenced for coverage on free-to-air television, if it held the legal powers over broadcast rights.

Greek pay-television broadcaster OTE has rebranded as Cosmote TV in an effort to use a common brand name for all of the group’s communication and entertainment products.

The CAA Eleven agency has launched new tenders for rights to Uefa national team properties.

The Swiss Football League, the operating body of the top two divisions of Swiss football, has sealed a revenue distribution agreement with its 20 member clubs that will take effect from the first season of its new broadcast rights contract.

The 20 member clubs of Ligue 1, the top division of French football, have agreed a new deal for the division of broadcast revenues over the coming seasons.

Viasat, the pay-television operator run by multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group, has extended a rights agreement in Scandinavia and the Baltic region for the MotoGP motorcycling series, while international sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in Romania to the championship.

Specialist boxing pay-television channel BoxNation has hailed a multi-year partnership with UK telecommunications company BT as a “landmark” moment in its history.

Constantin Medien plans to launch a second free-to-air sports channel as part of a strategic shift that will allow the German media company to concentrate its efforts on the sports sector.

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has lost over half a million subscribers in the past year, according to new figures released by its parent company, media group Vivendi.