Europe

Football

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky and Russian sports media platform Match TV have acquired rights to the 2016 edition of pre-season club football competition the International Champions Cup.

Football

Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has acquired rights for Norway national team football matches over the next four years.

Football

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has retained rights for the Coupe de France club football knockout competition under a three-season contract extension.

Basketball

The MP & Silva agency has extended a worldwide rights distribution deal with Lega Basket, the top division of club basketball in Italy.

Football

Italian pay-television broadcaster Mediaset Premium is to launch the country’s first Ultra HD sports channel for the 2015-16 final of club football competition the Uefa Champions League, which is being hosted in Milan.

Basketball

The Basketball League of Serbia has sealed a deal to launch a video subscription platform in partnership with online services provider StreamAMG.

Martial Arts

The Fight Channel Group has agreed a carriage deal for its Fight Channel and Fight Channel World HD pay-television channels with Macedonian cable television operator Blizoo.

Motorsport

German-based pay-television channel Motorvision TV has expanded its reach in France by agreeing a carriage deal with telecommunications company Bouygues Telecom.

Mixed Martial Arts

Extreme Sports Channel, a pay-television service, has sealed a rights deal in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to show coverage of events operated by the International MMA Federation, which organises mixed martial arts contests.

Rugby Union

BT Sport, which holds exclusive Premiership Rugby live rights through to the 2020-21 campaign, is considering sublicensing a package of live free-to-air rights during the 2017-18 season, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Boxing

The IMG agency has been appointed to produce live coverage of the heavyweight boxing clash between British fighter David Haye and Kosovo-Albanian Arnold Gjergjaj in London on May 21.

Volleyball

The MP & Silva agency is thought to have paid an increase of just under 35 per cent to renew its global rights deal with Italy’s top men’s volleyball league, Lega Pallavolo Serie A.

Olympic Games

Czech public-service broadcaster Česká Televize acquired rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games from Discovery Communications this week, paying substantially more than the value of the 2014 and 2016 Games in the country.

Football

Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has acquired a share of Euro 2016 rights from Polsat in what local experts believe is an excellent deal for the latter.

Basketball

Sky Italia’s deal for International Basketball Federation (Fiba) national team rights this month is part of a broader plan to help revive the fortunes of the sport in Italy.

Snooker

Stronger ratings, new events and the offer of exclusivity helped World Snooker agree a contract extension with Eurosport last month at a significantly increased fee.

Football

The European Broadcasting Union is in the process of finalising a long-form contract for international rights to Swiss skiing federation events, TV Sports Markets understands.

Football

Pay-television broadcaster BeIN Sports will stream live coverage of the 2015-16 finals of the Uefa Champions League and Europa League club football tournaments to audiences in Spain via video-sharing platform YouTube.