Europe

Online sports portals Spox.com and Goal.com have acquired live streaming rights in Germany to Ligue 1, the top division of French football.

International pay-television operator Eleven Sports Network has agreed a partnership with TVN under which it will offer its channels through the Polish media group’s over-the-top service Player.pl.

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has signed a strategic partnership with Telecom Italia (TIM) under which content offered through its pay-television service Mediaset Premium, including Serie A and Uefa Champions League football, will be distributed by the telco.

German Football League (DFL) chief executive Christian Seifert has hinted that the Bundesliga could adopt a pan-European model when selling its next set of media rights.

AMC Networks International – Central Europe, the central European division of US entertainment company AMC Networks, has agreed a multi-year extension to its deal with the NBA for the rights in Hungary to the North American basketball league.

The Saran Media agency has acquired rights to LaLiga, the top division of Spanish football, in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has extended its rights agreement for LaLiga, the top division of Spanish football.

Digital-terrestrial television channel L'Équipe 21 has acquired exclusive rights in France to Russian Premier League football.

The reach of beIN Media Group’s pay-television channel beIN Sports has been enhanced in Spain through a new carriage agreement with telecommunications company Vodafone.

Italian Serie A football club AS Roma has launched its own television channel through a multi-year partnership with pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia.

Basic-tier broadcaster Ma Chaîne Sport has agreed a five-year deal for exclusive rights to events staged by the French Basketball League (LNB) and French Basketball Federation (FFBB).

Lega Basket, which operates the top division of basketball in Italy, has agreed two-year rights deals with state broadcaster Rai and pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia.

The Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox is to simulcast coverage of the German Bundesliga football match between Bayern Munich and Hamburg to regions across the world in a move described by the company as a “global first.”

Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset has hit out at LaLiga’s decision to assign exclusive free-to-air highlights for the top division of Spanish football and the Copa del Rey to public-service broadcaster TVE.

The French Basketball League (LNB) has terminated its contract with Canal Plus after the pay-television broadcaster closed its Sport Plus channel.

Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport is set to replace rival Sky as the UK rights holder for LaLiga, the top division of Spanish football, according to multiple media reports.