Europe
Liga ACB renews rights deals in European markets
Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, has renewed media rights deals in Cyprus, Latvia and Lithuania for the 2015-16 season.
Sky Deutschland ready for Bundesliga rights contest
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has signalled its intention to remain the main rights-holder of the Bundesliga when the tender for the next rights contract to the top division of German football is launched.
BBC and ITV agree European Championships deal
Public-service broadcaster the BBC and commercial broadcaster ITV have acquired rights in the UK to the next two editions of the Uefa European Championship national team football tournament.
Perform scores Europa League rights in Netherlands
Digital sports media company Perform has acquired digital clip rights in the Netherlands for the Uefa Europa League club football competition.
RTL to look at Bundesliga rights after qualifiers success
RTL will explore a possible bid for the next cycle of domestic rights to the Bundesliga, the top division of football in Germany, according to the commercial broadcaster's programme director, Frank Hoffmann.
Mediaset denies wrongdoing as Serie A rights probe continues
Italian media company Mediaset has said it and its management "have always acted in full compliance with the regulations" after further details emerged this week about an investigation into the allocation of rights for Serie A, football's top division in Italy.
NTV Plus extends Euroleague coverage deal
Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus has extended a rights deal for the Euroleague Basketball European club tournament.
R&A finds new production partner for Open
European Tour Productions has been appointed by the R&A to produce broadcast coverage of golf’s Open Championship in Britain.
Viasat nets Euroleague extension in Baltic and Nordic markets
The Euroleague Basketball organisation has agreed a five-season extension to its partnership with Viasat, the pay-television broadcaster owned by media conglomerate the Modern Times Group, across multiple Baltic and Nordic markets.
Fox Sports expands Bundesliga coverage
The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has expanded a rights deal for coverage of the Bundesliga, the top division of football in Germany.
Formula E extends rights deals in Balkan markets
The Formula E electric car-racing championship has agreed two-season extensions to its rights deals with telecommunications firm Telekom Romania and pay-television broadcaster Arena Sport TV.
ZDF to show Race of Champions
German public-service broadcaster ZDF has acquired rights for the 2015 Race of Champions motorsport event.
Infront confirms details of Serie A rights probe
Infront Sports & Media has confirmed that the prosecutor of Milan opened an investigation on Friday against Marco Bogarelli, the president of the agency’s Italy division, and associates Andrea Locatelli and Giuseppe Ciocchetti.
MTG picks up LaLiga, Serie A rights, extends Ligue 1 in Nordic region
Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has acquired exclusive rights across the Nordic region for the LaLiga and Serie A top football divisions in Spain and Italy.
NBC to begin Open coverage in 2016
The NBC Sports Group division of media company NBCUniversal has struck a deal to assume live coverage in the US of golf’s Open Championship from the 2016 edition of the British event – a year earlier than planned.
Liberty Global invests in Copa90
Media company Liberty Global has acquired a stake in London-based digital media company Copa90, which specialises in football content.
Documents seized in Serie A rights probe
Documents have been confiscated from Lega Serie A offices and several clubs in the top division of Italian football as part of an ongoing investigation by the country's financial police, the Guardia di Finanza, into the sale of domestic media rights, according to the Ansa news agency and the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper.
Badminton Europe Confederation seeks enhanced exposure through Sportsman deal
The Sportsman Media Group agency has signed a long-term partnership with the Badminton Europe Confederation through which it will market the exclusive worldwide media rights to its European Championships events.