Europe

Multi-sport

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has sold its Russian and international pay-television channel businesses as it seeks to comply with new media regulations being introduced in the country.

Football

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has unveiled plans to promote its Match of the Day programme, which provides highlights of football’s English Premier League, via a new initiative on social media platform Facebook.

Basketball

Increasing the value of its media rights is an essential bargaining chip for the Euroleague as it faces a threat to its long-term survival from Fiba, the sport’s global governing body.

Basketball

Spain’s top-tier basketball league, the Liga ACB, this week defended its decision to switch coverage exclusively to pay-television from next season following a three-season deal with telco Telefónica.

Football

After protracted negotiations over a UK deal for Euro 2016 and 2020, Uefa last week signed off on a valuable deal with long-term partners the BBC and ITV.

Tennis

The Perform Group is in advanced talks over a deal for Women’s Tennis Association rights in France from 2017, TV Sports Markets understands.

Horse Racing

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.

Football

French commercial broadcaster TF1's deal to show a further 11 matches from Euro 2016 will enhance the tournament’s free-to-air reach.

Basketball

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.

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.

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.

Multi-sport

German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has launched a subscription-based streaming service for fight sports.

Football

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.

Basketball

Polish pay-television operator NC Plus has agreed a two-season extension to its exclusive rights deal with North American basketball league the NBA.

Football

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.

Rugby Union

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.

Basketball

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.

Rugby Union

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.