Europe
WTCC lands latest FTA partner ahead of Slovak race
World Touring Car Championship promoter Eurosport Events has agreed a broadcast partnership for the motor racing series in Slovakia with media group Central European Media Enterprises (CME).
Mediapro strikes Mallorca rights deal to end dispute
Spanish agency Mediapro has acquired rights for Spanish Segunda División football club Real Mallorca.
Liga pushes back Saturday kick-off for UK audience
The late afternoon Saturday kick-off slot in the Liga, the top division of football in Spain, will be pushed back “to accommodate the UK audience” next season, according to Spanish Football League (LFP) president Javier Tebas.
Cricket Australia to take more flexible sales approach
Cricket Australia will take a more flexible approach to its rights sales when its global advisory deal with the IMG Events & Media agency expires after the 2015-16 season.
C More snatches Allsvenskan, hopes to profit from ppv
The Swedish second-tier ice hockey league, the HockeyAllsvenskan, will earn a decent increase in the value of its media rights in the next cycle, following a deal with C More last month.
Gazzetta picks up Copa América
RCS Media Group, the parent company of Italy’s Gazzetta TV channel, bought exclusive live rights to this month’s Copa América.
Watching Brief (Vol.103) Special Focus: Football – Europa League
Joseph Rivers, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence examines free-to-air television audiences in the big five European markets for the 2014-15 Uefa Europa League
Stefan Bengtsson, managing director, HockeyAllsvenskan
Interview with Stefan Bengtsson, managing director of the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan, about the league’s new media rights deal with pay-television broadcaster C More.
BeIN Media Group snaps up Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired rights in France for qualifying matches ahead of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations national team football tournament.
Premiership Rugby boosted by BT Sport viewing figures
Premiership Rugby has reported a six-per-cent increase in the audience for its live matches on UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport.
Sport success driving Constantin
Media company Constantin Medien, which operates German sports broadcaster Sport1, the Sport1 Media sports marketing company and the Plazamedia production company, is anticipating a “clear sales and earnings increase” for its sports division for the remainder of 2015.
NTV Plus to show Wimbledon
Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus has acquired rights for the Wimbledon tennis championships, according to a report on the Sports.ru website.
BBC to offer comprehensive online coverage of Wimbledon
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC will offer up to 15 live online streams simultaneously during its most extensive coverage yet of the upcoming Wimbledon tennis championships in London.
ZDF extends Plazamedia’s Champions League production deal
Production company Plazamedia has extended a deal to produce German public-service broadcaster ZDF’s coverage of the Uefa Champions League European club football tournament.
BT Sport confirms channel launch plans, pricing structure
BT Sport has announced plans to launch a free-to-air digital channel, BT Sport Showcase, to offer live coverage of some Uefa Champions League and Europa League football games next season, as the UK pay-television broadcaster confirmed today (Tuesday) a new price structure for viewers from the 2015-16 season.
New Russian sports channel earmarked for September 1 launch
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has confirmed that plans are in place to launch a new state-backed sports channel on September 1.
Gazzetta TV to show Copa América
Gazzetta TV, the Italian sports channel operated by the RCS MediaGroup, has acquired rights for the 2015 edition of the Copa América national team football tournament.
Sport1 to show Euro U-21 coverage in Germany
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for the 2015 Uefa U-21 European Championship, which will take place in Czech Republic from June 17-30.