Europe

The German Football League (DFL) has outlined the terms of the tender for national media rights covering the next four-season cycle of its competitions and is aiming to double proceeds gained from the process.

Spanish regional pay-television operator Telecable has become the latest company to agree a carriage deal for the beIN Sports LaLiga channel.

O2 Sport, a subscription sports channel operated by telecommunications company O2 in the Czech Republic, has acquired rights for the Women’s Tennis Association Tour.

Telecommunications companies Vodafone and Orange have agreed carriage deals in Spain for the beIN Sports LaLiga channel.

French basic-tier sports broadcaster Ma Chaîne Sport has acquired rights to the Chinese Super League, the top division of football in China.

Germany’s federal cartel office, the Bundeskartellamt, has today (Monday) confirmed that it will enforce a ‘no single buyer’ rule in the tender for the next set of domestic broadcast rights to the Bundesliga, the top division of German football.

French digital-terrestrial television channel L’Équipe 21 has reached an agreement with pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport to acquire rights in the country to the International Motorcycling Federation’s Endurance World Championship.

French media group Vivendi has sealed a deal to acquire the Mediaset Premium pay-television operation of media company Mediaset, one of the leading sports broadcasters in Italy.

Specialist boxing pay-television channel BoxNation has secured the exclusive UK live broadcast rights to unified world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s highly-anticipated rematch against Wladimir Klitschko.

Austria’s Eishockey Liga, the top division of ice hockey in the country, has agreed rights deals with pay-television broadcaster Sky Österreich and Servus TV, the German commercial broadcaster owned by energy drinks brand Red Bull.

Moving coverage exclusively to pay-television in the UK helped Formula One Management increase its media-rights value significantly last month.

France Télévisions last month retained its hold on Six Nations and national team test rugby in long-term deals, increasing its fees for both by about 25 per cent.

Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS moved quickly to sublicense rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games from Discovery Communications.

Greek public-service broadcaster ERT’s acquisition of two blue-chip properties is a sign it may slowly be recovering after its short-lived closure almost two years ago.

The value of Vuelta a España rights in Spain fell for the third successive time in a renewal with TVE last week.

Barcelona’s commercial director Francesco Calvo has said the Spanish Liga football club’s recent virtual-reality based initiative with social media platform Facebook will mark the beginning of a longer partnership between the two parties.