Europe

Sports promoter Matchroom Sport has sealed a new five-year rights agreement with DAZN, the new OTT sports subscription service operated by digital media specialist Perform, and German sports broadcaster Sport1.

Czech commercial and pay-television broadcaster Nova has secured a new rights deal for the Wimbledon tennis grand slam tournament.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired rights for the light-heavyweight bout between Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward.

Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4 has agreed a two-season deal with the Austrian Football Association (OFB) for rights to domestic club knockout competition the OFB Cup.

Swedish pay-television broadcaster C More has acquired rights for the Swedish Hockey League, the top division of ice hockey in the country.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky and international sports broadcaster Eurosport have acquired rights to this year’s edition of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe horse racing event.

Pay-television broadcaster Setanta Sports Eurasia has launched a channel in Kazakhstan dedicated to the English Premier League after acquiring rights to the club football competition in the country.

Catalan public-service broadcaster TV3 has acquired rights for highlights of Spanish football’s top-tier LaLiga, second-tier Segunda División and Copa del Rey knockout competition.

Uefa’s latest deal for its national team rights in Austria is evidence of a change in strategy for sales in Europe from 2018-19, as European football’s governing body attempts to meet its targets for both revenue and exposure.

New sports-rights agency Interregional Sports Group beat rival offers from betting rights specialists Sportradar and Perform to pick up domestic betting rights to Italy’s Serie A.

The German handball league, the Handball-Bundesliga, will receive bids for its domestic media rights one week from today, TV Sports Markets understands.

Industry experts believe the Portuguese sports-rights market is set to stagnate for the foreseeable future after the country’s three biggest telcos took equal stakes in dominant pay-television broadcaster Sport TV, ending any possibility of competition between them.

National Basketball Association media rights soared in value in Hong Kong by more than 500 per cent this week as LeSports displaced incumbent rights-holder PCCW.

DB Video will extend its contract for media rights to Belgium’s top-tier basketball league for a further season despite losing money on the current deal, TV Sports Markets understands.

The MP & Silva agency has secured a solid increase in the value of Serie A media rights in Turkey, but will wait to see how the market develops before committing to a deal for more than one season.

Hungarian broadcaster TV2 has made aggressive moves into the sports-rights market in recent weeks, acquiring English Premier League, National Hockey League and MotoGP rights.