Europe

Cycling

The British Cycling national governing body has agreed a deal for pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport to become the broadcast partner of its Revolution Series elite track cycling league for the remainder of the 2015-16 season.

Golf

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky will assume live coverage of the Open Championship from the 2016 edition of the golf major after the acceptance of a proposal from public-service broadcaster the BBC to end its obligations a year early.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired exclusive television and digital media rights in Portugal to the Formula One motor-racing world championship.

Football

Swiss pay-television broadcaster Teleclub has extended and expanded its content partnership with German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland, with the new agreement set to include access to the latter’s European football coverage.

Football

UK pay-television operator Virgin Media has continued its campaign against the means by which rights are sold for the English Premier League, by stating the model for the top division of domestic football is an “anathema” to real markets.

Equestrian

Specialist equestrian sports and lifestyle television channel Horse & Country is to expand its services into Germany later this year.

Boxing

UK specialist boxing pay-television channel BoxNation is drawing together investors to support a drive into Asian and east European markets, according to The Sunday Times.

The Perform Group will next year launch two OTT subscription services – one in Japan and one across Germany, Austria and Switzerland – as part of a move which could transform how live sport is delivered to consumers.

Tennis

Eurosport has paid a significant increase to retain long-term exclusivity over Australian Open rights in Europe.

Gymnastics

The closure of Canal Plus-owned sports channel Sport Plus has provided French basic-tier broadcaster Ma Chaîne Sport with another opportunity to boost its portfolio, after last month’s deal for domestic basketball rights.

Football

The Spanish Football League (LFP) has approved the incorporation in its statutes of the Royal Decree that regulates the centralised sale of media rights and revenue sharing in the domestic game.

Football

Scottish football will remain split between pay-television broadcasters after a clause in Sky’s contract triggered an early renewal process.

American Football

The National Football League has endured mixed fortunes in its early deals in Europe, earning increases in Germany and France but seeing the value of its rights fall in the Netherlands.

Cricket

Sky paid a significant fee to secure rights to England’s tour of Bangladesh in 2016. The deal ensures Sky has rights to all England international cricket for the next two years.

Football

The Russian Premier League has formally unveiled its new three-season deal with pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus, which has also acquired international rights to the top division of domestic football.

Multi-sport

Fox’s deal to sublicense rights to the 2016 Olympic Games in Turkey to the Saran Media agency marks the end of its failed experiment with sport in the Turkish market.

Athletics

John Manning, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines live television audiences in key European markets for the evening session of this year’s IAAF World Athletics Championships.

Basketball

German telecommunications Deutsche Telekom has acquired rights for the Euroleague Basketball club competition.