Europe
Inter Milan targets Indonesian market with Indosat partnership
Italian Serie A football team Inter Milan has entered into a partnership with Indonesian telecommunications company Indosat for carriage of its club television channel.
Eurosport adds European Athletics events to rights portfolio
The European Broadcasting Union consortium of public-service broadcasters has agreed a deal with Eurosport that grants the sports broadcaster multi-platform rights in Europe to a number of European Athletics-organised championships over the next four years.
Fox Sports bolsters football rights in Netherlands
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired rights in the Netherlands for football’s Copa América Centenario and International Champions Cup football tournaments.
Bundesliga clubs join forces in call for revenue distribution reform
Six German Bundesliga clubs have teamed up in a new collective designed to reform the means by which broadcast rights revenue is distributed across the top two divisions of domestic football.
Eleven gets in the saddle for Giro del Trentino
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has agreed a deal for rights to the 2016 edition of cycling’s Giro del Trentino.
TV4 enhances coverage of Sweden’s Superserien
Swedish commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 has ramped up its commitment to American football in the country by agreeing an expanded rights deal for the domestic Superserien league.
BT Sport nets FIH Champions Trophy rights
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to this year's Champions Trophy national team hockey tournaments.
RTBF and Telenet share F1 spoils across Belgium
Formula One Management this month extended a deal with Telenet for Flemish-language rights in Belgium, earning a decent rights-fee increase.
Saran struggles with NBA as Turkish interest wanes
The Saran Media agency’s barter deal with Turkish commercial broadcaster TV8 for National Basketball Association rights demonstrates how local interest in the NBA has waned over the last two years.
Clubs chafe at FLi digital deal but have few options
The English Football League is battling to keep all of its clubs locked into a collective agreement for the exploitation of digital rights
New format for Belgian second tier drives revenues
Introducing a professional format from 2016-17 and reducing its number of clubs has helped the Belgian second-tier football league more than double the value of its media rights.
TVR’s struggles mean deal for Euro 2016 looks difficult
Huge debts and the threat of insolvency mean TVR, Romania’s public-service broadcaster, is struggling to agree a deal for this summer’s Euro 2016.
Digiturk secures share of Euros
Turkish state broadcaster TRT is set to sublicense a package of Euro 2016 matches to pay-television operator Digiturk.
Sky to become exclusive UK F1 rights-holder
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has struck a deal to become the exclusive rights-holder in the UK and Ireland for the Formula One motor-racing world championship from 2019.
L’Équipe 21 picks up triathlon rights
French digital-terrestrial television channel L’Équipe 21 has bolstered its rights portfolio through agreements for a series of triathlon properties.
Sport1 picks up pre-season football tournament rights
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired platform-neutral rights for the International Champions Cup pre-season club football tournament.
Swiss sports channel shuts down – reports
Swiss sports television channel SSF has ceased broadcasting amid financial difficulties, according to reports.
France Télévisions gets in the saddle for home MotoGP race
French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has agreed a deal to cover the country’s round of the 2016 MotoGP motorcycling championship.