Europe

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has extended rights for the North American NBA basketball league and secured coverage of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations tournament as part of a package of African football rights.

Channel 5 has become the new free-to-air rights-holder in the UK for the Formula E electric car-racing world championship, dislodging rival commercial broadcaster ITV.

Turkish telecommunications company Turkcell has acquired rights to club football’s English Premier League.

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has opted to drop coverage of horse racing showpiece the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, citing an escalated rights fee.

The Vodafone and Orange telecommunications companies have extended special offers on sports packages as they bid to win customers in Spain.

Channel 5 will dislodge rival UK commercial broadcaster ITV as the free-to-air rights-holder of the Formula E electric car-racing world championship in the country, according to the Current E website.

French digital-terrestrial television channel L’Équipe 21 has dropped coverage of the domestic Pro A men’s top-tier basketball league for the 2016-17 season.

The sublicensing deals agreed this week by Discovery Communications with public-service broadcasters in Slovakia and Slovenia for the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games fit the pattern of others agreed so far in Europe: public-service broadcasters paying higher fees for fewer rights than they had in 2014 and 2016.

The Perform Group believes the profitability of DAZN, is a realistic aim within three years in Germany, despite a current outlay of more than €45m ($50.9m) per year on sports rights.

Channel 4’s deal last month for British Darts Organisation media rights is the governing body’s largest ever.

Spain’s LaLiga finalised the sale of its rights for 2016-17 to 2018-19 last month, taking its total domestic income over the cycle to at least €1,031.2m ($1,166.3m) per season.

Independent pay-television broadcaster Football TV has ridden out the country’s tough media market since the rouble crashed in late 2014, and believes it could be in a position to thrive over the next three years.

Caiway, a regional pay-television operator in the Netherlands, has struck a new carriage deal with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports.

Interview with John Gleasure, chief commercial officer of DAZN, on the Peform-owned OTT platform's launch in Japan and Germany, Austria & Switzerland.

French telecommunications company SFR-Numericable, through its Altice Media Group France division, has confirmed a deal to acquire rights for the Premiership, the top division of rugby union in England.

The Swedish Floorball Association has extended a rights deal with Swedish media company TV4 Group.