Europe

The Norwegian Handball Federation is planning to launch its own online channel after an agreement with Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 for internet coverage was curtailed.

Online sports broadcaster Laola1.tv, a subsidiary of the Sportsman Media Group, has entered into a strategic partnership with the Handball Liga Austria, the top division of the sport in the country.

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired a minority stake in sports production company Whisper Films.

BeIN Media Group has acquired exclusive rights in Spain for the 2015-16 season of the Primeira Liga, the top division of football in Portugal.

The DFL, the German Football League, has launched a new application for the coming season that will offer clips of goals from every game.

The beIN Media Group has confirmed a wide-ranging rights deal with the German Football League (DFL) taking in the Middle East and North Africa region, along with France and Australia.

Chinese internet company Tencent has acquired rights to the German Bundesliga top-tier club football competition, according to the Yutang Sports news service.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky is set to secure broadcasting rights to the world heavyweight title fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Briton Tyson Fury, according to the Daily Mail.

Italian commercial broadcaster La7 has acquired rights for the 2015 Spanish Supercopa season-opening football contest.

Telecable has become the latest pay-television operator to secure a carriage deal for the new beIN Sports channel in Spain.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has struck a new digital partnership with News UK-owned newspaper the Sun.

UK media regulator Ofcom has issued a ruling after customers of telecommunications company BT complained that a £5 (€7/$8) monthly charge for its new BT Sport Europe pay-television channel represented an extra cost that hadn’t been previously agreed.

Czech commercial and pay-television broadcaster Nova has been granted a licence to launch a second sports channel in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

The Saran Media agency has acquired rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League European club football tournaments in various countries across Europe and Central Asia.

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has commenced sending sports clips via mobile messaging service WhatsApp, while it has launched a high-definition version of its Sky Sport Austria channel.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has built on its domestic football package for the 2015-16 season by acquiring live rights to LaLiga and Copa del Rey games.