Europe

Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 has struck a production and rights deal with the International Cycling Union (UCI) for the 2017 UCI Road World Championships.

Spanish agency Mediapro has failed to agree a carriage deal with Movistar TV, the IPTV platform of telecommunications company Telefónica, for the new beIN Sports channel in the country.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in seven countries for the 2015-16 Formula E Championship electric car-racing series.

Twelve companies have expressed an interest in acquiring rights for the DFB-Pokal German knockout club football tournament.

Uefa, football’s European governing body, will stream live coverage of this season’s Youth League club competition.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has assumed full control of Sky Deutschland, which operates in Germany and Austria, after completing the acquisition of its remaining shares today (Tuesday).

The Mediaset Premium pay-television service of Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has acquired rights for the Uefa Youth League European club football tournament.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has agreed a partnership with Transport for London under which the city’s commuters will be provided with live news and updates from the forthcoming 2015 Rugby World Cup national team tournament.

Online streaming website Spox.com, owned by digital sports media company Perform, has acquired rights to the NFL in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, while pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports will broadcast the American football league in the Netherlands.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 and French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus have acquired rights for the Uefa Youth League European club football tournament.

Internet video technology provider NeuLion has sealed a partnership with the Euroleague to support the club basketball tournament's new digital service.

Spanish agency Mediapro has been ordered to pay rival Canal Plus €32m ($35.8m) after a court found that the latter had overpaid on a football rights deal in the country.

Norway became the latest Scandinavian country to be afforded free live streaming of the top divisions of Spanish and Italian football, LaLiga and Serie A, over the weekend.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed a two-year extension to its rights deal for the ADAC GT Masters motor-racing series.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has expanded its partnership with social networking platform Twitter to incorporate a new initiative utilising its live video broadcasting app, Periscope.

The English Premier League has entered into a partnership with content and platform security provider Friend MTS in an effort to protect live broadcasts of the club football competition in regions around the world.