Europe

The next cycle of domestic rights for the Bundesliga, the top division of German football will not include a shortened Saturday nights highlights programme, according to reports in the country.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has extended its long-term rights deal for the Commonwealth Games to cover the 2018 edition of the multi-sport event.

The European Broadcasting Union consortium of public-service broadcasters has agreed a rights deal with the Union Européenne de Cyclisme, the sport’s European governing body, to cover the European Cycling Championships from this year onwards.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has agreed a rights deal with the Mediapro agency for coverage of domestic Brazilian football leagues.

German public-service broadcaster ARD has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal for German club football’s knockout competition the DFB-Pokal.

Italian media company Mediaset is closing in on a deal to sell its pay-television division, Mediaset Premium, to French media company Vivendi, according to the Reuters news agency.

UK pay-television operator Virgin Media will broadcast live coverage of tomorrow’s (Saturday’s) Mexican leg of the Formula E electric car-racing championship.

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG SSR has agreed a three-year rights deal with Indoor Sports – the umbrella body that oversees national championships in basketball, handball, floorball and volleyball.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has raised its savings target by £100m (€128.5m/$141.6m) to £800m per year over the next five years, blaming an increase in the cost of sports rights and producing quality drama programming.

The European Broadcasting Union consortium of public-service broadcasters has agreed a four-year extension to its exclusive media rights partnership with the United World Wrestling global governing body.

Latvian telecommunications company Lattelecom has acquired rights for the World Rallycross Championship.

Everton of the English Premier League has become the latest major football club to enter into a partnership with mobile social media platform Snapchat.

Norwegian state broadcaster NRK has sealed a rights deal for the World Rallycross Championship.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has expanded a rights deal to show live coverage of the forthcoming Mexico City ePrix on March 12.

Russian state broadcaster Channel One has agreed a deal with the Russian Football Union for rights to national team matches.

The French Badminton Federation (FFBaD) has agreed a broadcast deal with digital-terrestrial television channel L’Équipe 21 for its staging of the sport’s 2016 European Championships.