Europe

Football

German newspaper publisher Bild and Mi TV, the internet television arm of Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi Corp, have acquired rights for the Uefa Euro 2016 national team football tournament, which gets underway on Friday.

Olympics

International media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has said it is in talks with social media platforms Facebook and Twitter to show programming in Europe from its sports broadcaster Eurosport, including Olympic Games content.

Cycling

Russian sports media platform Match TV has acquired rights to the 2016 edition of UCI WorldTour cycling event the Tour de Suisse.

France’s media regulator, the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel, has questioned aspects of Canal Plus’s exclusive carriage deal with pay-television rival beIN Sports.

The Mediapro agency has launched Gol, a new free-to-air sports channel in Spain.

Tennis

UK media regulator Ofcom is analysing a proposed deal that would result in international sports broadcaster Eurosport becoming the first commercial entity to televise live coverage in the UK of the Wimbledon tennis grand slam.

Football

LaLiga, which operates the Primera and Segunda divisions of Spanish football, has launched a tender process for the remaining five packages of domestic rights covering three seasons, from 2016-17 to 2018-19.

Basketball

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for the country’s Basketball Bundesliga and sealed a deal to show the ESL One Frankfurt 2016 esports event.

Multi-sport

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has struck a deal with the country’s national airline, TAP, to show a daily news programme on flights.

Tennis

Social media platform Snapchat has signed a three-year partnership with the All England Lawn Tennis Club under which it will broaden its involvement in the Wimbledon grand slam tournament.

Skiing

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have extended their agreements for rights to the Ski Classics series of long-distance skiing events.

Rugby Union

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a global rights partnership with the French Rugby Federation (FFR) and has acquired rights in Russia to North American ice hockey league the NHL.

Multi-sport

The European Broadcasting Union consortium of public-service broadcasters has said it is “deeply concerned” after its member in Bosnia and Herzegovina, BHRT, announced it would cease operations at the end of the month due to financial difficulties.

Football

Portuguese telco Nos and Benfica have said the latter’s in-house pay-television channel, BTV, will continue to show Primeira Liga top-tier football clubs' games during the 2016-17 season.

Rugby Union

Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has extended a rights deal for the France rugby union U-20 national team.

Football

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has acquired rights to the Copa América Centenario, the special edition of the national team football tournament which is being hosted by the United States next month.

Football

German commercial broadcaster RTL has acquired rights for German national football team qualifiers ahead of the Uefa Euro 2020 and 2022 Fifa World Cup tournaments.

Football

The Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y La Competencia, Spain’s competition regulator, has asked LaLiga, the Spanish football league, to alter details of a tender for unsold rights to the top two divisions in the country and the domestic Copa del Rey knockout competition.