Europe

Polish pay-television operator Polsat will launch two new sports channels next year as part of a wider rollout.

Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus has acquired rights to the 2015-16 season of American football league the NFL.

UK sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has been awarded the production rights for the 2017 World Athletics Championships by the UK Athletics governing body, according to the Guardian newspaper.

Swedish commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV4 has acquired rights to broadcast the forthcoming America's Cup World Series sailing event in Gothenburg.

Dutch cable operator Ziggo and pay-television broadcaster Sport1 will join forces to launch a new sports channel, according to the AD.nl website.

North American pay-television broadcaster One World Sports has signed a multi-year extension to its licensing agreement with English Premier League football club Arsenal.

Pay-television broadcaster NC Plus and pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport have acquired rights in Poland to the Uefa Europa League club football tournament.

Gaelic Athletic Association president Aogán Ó Fearghail has labelled coverage from Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ as “tiresome” and “consistent in its negativity”, adding it could be a factor when it comes to negotiating a new rights deal.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has expanded its coverage of the NFL American football league by agreeing a two-year deal for its Sunday Night Football package.

International media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has confirmed the new regional version of its Eurosport pan-European channel will launch in Norway on September 3.

Specialist boxing pay-television channel BoxNation has secured the UK rights to Floyd Mayweather Jr’s fight against Andre Berto.

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, will cut about 300 jobs as part of a process to restructure the company and focus on digital assets.

International pay-television broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Poland for LaLiga, the brand name for the top two divisions of football in Spain.

The Vodafone Portugal division of telecommunications company Vodafone has struck a deal with global programming provider SPI International to carry a number of sports channels on its TV Net Voz IPTV platform.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has agreed a deal to broadcast this year’s International Judo Federation’s Judo World Championships national team event.

BT Sport has dislodged rival UK pay-television broadcaster Sky as the live rights-holder for the next Ashes cricket series between England and Australia in 2017-18.