Europe

Football

The Ukrainian Premier League, the top division of football in the country, appears poised to switch to a collective broadcast rights model following a vote of its member clubs.

Football

Barcelona and Real Madrid both received €140m ($158.34m) in revenue from broadcast rights deals for the Spanish Liga and Copa del Rey competitions for the 2015-16 season as LaLiga, the governing body for the football competitions, prepares to enter into a new three-season cycle.

Turkey’s state-owned Savings Deposit Insurance Fund has approved the sale of pay-television broadcaster Digiturk to beIN Media Group, according to the Anadolu news agency.

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.