Europe

The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), which operates the French football league, has renewed an agreement with production company HBS.

Telefónica’s director general for Catalunya, Kim Faura, is hopeful that the Spanish telecommunications company can agree a deal soon with the Mediapro agency for its IPTV platform Movistar TV to carry pay-television channel beIN Sports.

Satellite Information Services, a provider of end-to-end products and services to the betting and broadcast industries, has agreed a new long-term deal with Racecourse Media Group, which manages the media rights for 34 UK racecourses.

Football’s English Premier League confirmed today (Tuesday) a rights deal in Hong Kong with Chinese IPTV operator LeTV.

Portuguese media company NOS has joined forces with domestic pay-television broadcaster Sport TV and Korean electronics company Samsung to broadcast a match from Portugal’s Primeira Liga top-tier football club competition in virtual reality.

Italian state broadcaster Rai has acquired rights for the Formula E electric car-racing world championship.

Football’s world governing body Fifa has launched the rights sales process in France for the 2018 and 2022 editions of the World Cup national team tournament.

Polish pay-television operator NC Plus has struck a deal to carry international pay-television channels operated by the Eleven Sports Network.

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has not decided yet whether to bid to renew rights in the country for the Formula One motor-racing world championship.

The Fox International Channels (FIC) broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has appointed Frank Rutten as executive vice-president of its operations in Europe and Africa.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has renewed an exclusive agreement to show the Australian Open grand slam tournament in a rights deal that also includes a number of other top tennis properties in the country.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV will bid to acquire rights for the Olympic Games in 2022 and 2024 in a sublicensing deal with international media and entertainment company Discovery Communications.

Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset has been given permission to return to LaLiga top-tier football matches by the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y La Competencia (CNMC), the country’s competition regulator.

UK digital-television channel Quest TV has acquired rights for the World Touring Car Championship.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has renewed a rights deal for the Wimbledon Championships to keep the tennis grand slam tournament on free-to-air television.

Lega Serie A has launched a new online streaming service to show coverage of the top division of Italian football.