Europe

Tennis

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) has banned spectators attending this year’s Wimbledon tennis championships from using mobile devices to stream live video coverage of the London tournament.

Football

The B4 Capital agency has agreed a deal with Italian state broadcaster Rai to distribute rights for Italy national football team home friendly matches in the Americas, the Middle East and North Africa.

Rugby Union

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired exclusive rights for three of Scotland’s warm-up games for the 2015 Rugby World Cup national team tournament.

The Sportfive agency has appointed Krzysztof Świergiel as a co-managing director of its operations in Poland.

Football

Spanish pay-television operator Canal Plus has acquired rights to the 2015 edition of pre-season club football competition the International Champions Cup.

Football

Pay-television broadcaster BeIN Media Group plans to bid aggressively to acquire rights for games featuring Spanish Liga football clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona, according to Spanish newspaper Marca.

Horse Racing

Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has struck a deal to acquire rights for the next two editions of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships, according to the Procycling.no news website.

Football

The Discovery Italia division of media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has agreed a four-year deal with the Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) for the rights to the national team’s autumn Test matches.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky will launch a monthly sports pass later this month for users of its online streaming service Now TV.

Football

Spanish Liga football club Real Madrid has submitted a proposal to make its official television channel, Real Madrid TV, available on digital-terrestrial television in the country, according to the PRNoticias.com website.

Wrestling

The Total Nonstop Action Wrestling organisation has struck a deal for this year’s edition of its annual Slammiversary event to be broadcast live on Challenge, a UK digital-terrestrial television channel owned by pay-television broadcaster Sky.

The Lagardère Unlimited sports marketing division of media conglomerate Lagardère has confirmed that its proposed acquisition of the UFA Sports agency has been granted approval by the German competition authorities.

American Football

Eleven Sports Network, the new media platform backed by co-founder of the MP & Silva agency Andrea Radrizzani, has confirmed it will launch in Poland in August.

Olympics

French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has agreed a deal to sublicense rights to the 2016 and 2020 summer Olympic Games to pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus.

Football

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the 2015 International Champions Cup, along with a host of other pre-season football games.

Paralympics

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will stream live coverage of its 2015 Swimming World Championships via the event’s official website.

Football

Delia Bushell, managing director of television and sport for UK telecommunications company BT, has defended the new pricing strategy for its pay-television service BT Sport and has maintained the firm is not on a “trolley dash” to acquire sports rights.

Football

Polish pay-television operator NC Plus has agreed a deal to extend its rights partnership with the Ekstraklasa, the top division of football in the country, according to multiple reports.