Europe
Discovery takes full control of Eurosport
US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has said it will take full ownership of pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport through a €491m ($541m) deal with French commercial broadcaster TF1 Group.
Sky set to bring Sky Deutschland fully under its wing
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky is set to assume full control of Sky Deutschland, which operates in Germany and Austria.
BBC Wales and S4C to show Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
Public-service broadcaster BBC Wales and Welsh-language channel S4C have secured broadcast and online rights to Wales’ warm-up games for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Sky adds clips rights to Premier League portfolio
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has further strengthened its content portfolio for the Premier League by securing a three-season deal for the league's video clips rights.
RTL lands extension to long-running Klitschko partnership
German commercial broadcaster RTL has extended its long-running rights deal for the fights of boxing’s reigning heavyweight world champion, Wladimir Klitschko.
OTE nets La Liga rights extension
Greek pay-television broadcaster OTE has renewed its deal for the Spanish Liga top-tier club football competition.
Premier Sports retains EIHL in ice hockey offering
UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has renewed its rights agreement with the British Elite Ice Hockey League.
Portugal’s Sport TV picks up America’s Cup rights
Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has acquired rights for the 35th America’s Cup sailing showpiece.
Mediaset adds new leagues to club football offering
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has bolstered its club football content by agreeing three-season deals for France’s Ligue 1 and the Scottish Premiership.
Hungary’s MTVA launches sports channel
Hungarian public-service broadcaster MTVA has launched a new free-to-air television channel entitled M4 Sport.
Setanta Sports Eurasia boosts football portfolio
The Setanta Sports Eurasia pay-television channel has extended deals for the top football divisions in Italy and France and secured a new deal for the sport’s top tiers in Scotland and Belgium.
BBC defends coverage of Open’s final round
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has defended its decision not to show the first six hours of play at golf’s Open Championship on Monday.
MTG seals NHL extension, picks up World Cup of Hockey rights
Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has signed a five-year extension to its rights deal in the Nordic region for North America’s NHL ice hockey league, while it has also acquired rights to the 2016 World Cup of Hockey national team event.
Polsat plans to launch new sports channels
Polish pay-television operator Polsat has applied for national broadcasting licences for two new sports channels.
Ofcom investigation won’t include full pay-TV market review
Ofcom has rejected a call from telecommunications company BT to include a full investigation into the country’s pay-television market as part of the UK media regulator’s ongoing digital communications review.
Telenet to back development drive for UCI’s cyclo-cross discipline
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has agreed a five-year strategic partnership with Belgian pay-television broadcaster Telenet for its principal cyclo-cross events.
Liga rights deals agreed in Netherlands, Italy
Dutch pay-television broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for the Spanish Liga, while pay-television broadcaster Fox has reportedly won the tender in Italy for coverage of the top division of football in Spain.
Eleven Sports Network to launch on Proximus
New international pay-television sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has agreed a carriage deal with Belgian operator Proximus.