Europe
RMG betting deal provides big uplift and avoids leakage
Racecourse Media Group’s betting rights deal with Satellite Information Services will provide UK racecourses with a significant uplift in rights fees, while also ensuring more of its revenues will be distributed directly to the racecourses.
Euro 2016 grows reach with TF1 sublicensing deal
French commercial broadcaster TF1's deal to show a further 11 matches from Euro 2016 will enhance the tournament’s free-to-air reach.
Mario Hernando, director of media, Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB)
Interview with Mario Hernando, director of media (communications and TV) at Spain’s top-tier basketball Liga ACB, about its move to pay-television in this month’s deal with telco Telefónica.
Murdoch raises prospect of full Sky buy-out
James Murdoch, the chief executive of 21st Century Fox, has suggested that the media company will bid to acquire complete control of pan-European pay-television broadcaster Sky, a major broadcaster of sports coverage.
ECB investigating broadcast options for county cricket
England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Colin Graves has said the governing body is looking at creating various broadcast packages for county cricket amid a proposed overhaul of the domestic game.
New digital fight sports platform launched in Germany
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has launched a subscription-based streaming service for fight sports.
LaLiga lines up new domestic rights tender
LaLiga will launch a new tender process before the end of the year for the domestic media rights to Spanish club football from the 2016-17 season, according to El Pais.
NC Plus retains hold on NBA rights
Polish pay-television operator NC Plus has agreed a two-season extension to its exclusive rights deal with North American basketball league the NBA.
Virgin Media makes latest claim in Premier League rights battle
UK pay-television operator Virgin Media has stepped up its claim for UK media regulator Ofcom to allow more games from football’s English Premier League to be broadcast live on television by releasing research detailing that the majority of fans want access to further coverage of matches.
Setanta to offer Premiership Rugby highlights in Ireland
Irish pay-television broadcaster Setanta Sports has agreed a two-season deal for highlights of the Premiership, the top tier of English club rugby union.
Eleven Sports acquires Liga ACB rights in Belgium and Singapore
International pay-television operator Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Belgium and Singapore to Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, for the 2015-16 season.
Sky converts Sanzar rights extension
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has agreed a five-year extension to its rights contract with Sanzar, the umbrella body for the Australian, New Zealand and South African rugby unions.
NBA teams up with L’Equipe for new online platform
North American basketball league the NBA has partnered with French sports daily L’Équipe to launch an official online platform in the country.
BT Sport signs Deltatre deal for European football coverage
Sports media and technology company Deltatre has struck a deal with BT Sport to support the UK pay-television broadcaster’s coverage of the Uefa Champions League and Europa League European club football tournaments.
RMG, Betgenius deal overcomes online distribution hurdles
Racecourse Media Group, the owner of media rights to many of the UK’s major racecourses, has signed an exclusive partnership with gambling services provider Betgenius to distribute content to online bookmakers.
L’Équipe 21 secures rights to Liga ACB
French digital-terrestrial television channel L’Équipe 21 has acquired rights to Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain.
Ligue 1 club set to assume control of regional broadcaster
French Ligue 1 football club Angers SCO is set to conclude a takeover deal for regional broadcaster Angers TV.
ITV to take control of UTV
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has struck a deal to acquire 100 per cent of Irish commercial broadcaster UTV, which owns the television assets of UTV Media, for a total cash consideration of £100m (€136.7m/$154.8m).