Europe
Canal Plus nets Club World Cup rights
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has acquired rights to the 2015 Fifa Club World Cup football competition.
Russian Premier League returns to Sky Italia
Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired rights for football’s Russian Premier League.
ZDF withdrawn from CanalSat platform
German public-service broadcaster ZDF has left French satellite and digital-terrestrial television platform CanalSat.
BeIN Media and PPTV to aid El Clasico initiative for LaLiga
LaLiga, the governing body of the top division of Spanish football, has teamed up with beIN Media Group and PPTV to deliver an experience themed around Saturday’s ‘El Clásico’ clash between Real Madrid and Barcelona to three overseas markets.
Bakcell, Digiturk secure content partnership
Azerbaijani broadband and mobile phone operator Bakcell has entered into a long-term content partnership with Turkish pay-television operator Digiturk.
CAA Eleven opens UK tender for Uefa rights
The CAA Eleven agency has launched a tender in the UK for rights to the European Qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2020 and 2022 Fifa World Cup national team tournaments, the 2018-19 and 2020-21 Nations League competitions and other international matches.
Sport1 extends rights deal with ESPN
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has extended its media rights deal with US sports broadcaster ESPN through to the end of the 2017-18 season.
Laola1 secures television platform in Austria
Online sports broadcaster Laola1.tv, a subsidiary of Sportsman Media Group, has broadened its reach in Austria through a new partnership with telecommunications firm Telekom Austria.
LaLiga launches rights tender, rethinks Saturday kick-off slots
LaLiga, which operates Spanish club football’s top competitions, has launched a tender process for domestic media rights across the three seasons spanning 2016-17 to 2018-19.
Vivendi chief targets sports investment
Vincent Bolloré, the chairman of Vivendi, has said the media company’s French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus requires up to €2bn ($2.2bn), including a major investment in sport, to remain competitive.
Formula E extends Portuguese rights deal, video partnership
The Formula E electric car-racing series has extended its media rights deal with Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV and renewed a video partnership with technology developer 360 Racing.
LFP launches tender process for Coupe de la Ligue rights
The Ligue de Football Professionnel, the French football league, has launched a tender for broadcast rights to the Coupe de la Ligue knockout competition.
WWE Network set to launch in Germany
The WWE wrestling organisation will launch its WWE Network pay-television channel in Germany on January 5.
Eurosport revamps brand identity
Pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport has unveiled a new brand identity following its takeover by US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications.
Sky snaps up Premier League rights in Ireland as Setanta seals BT Sport deal
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired six packages of rights in the Republic of Ireland for football’s English Premier League.
TV3 strengthens rugby portfolio with Six Nations deal
Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 has acquired rights for rugby union’s Six Nations Championship for four years, from 2018 to 2021.
Match TV completes capture of VGTRK’s sports assets
Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus has completed the acquisition of assets held by state-owned broadcaster VGTRK for sports media platform Match TV.
ITV boosted by Rugby World Cup advertising revenue
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has said that additional advertising activities for its coverage of the 2015 Rugby World Cup rugby union national team tournament helped it to achieve year-on-year revenue growth over the nine months through to September 30.