Europe

International sports broadcaster Eurosport will establish a new local channel in Denmark on July 1 after relaunching its Eurosport Player digital service on June 10.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport is set to announce a price increase for its subscription rates following its significant investment in football rights, according to the Daily Mail newspaper.

Pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport has sealed a raft of new rights deals in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Belgium and Singapore encompassing football, tennis, golf and rugby union.

The Autoridade da Concorrência, Portugal’s competition regulator, has ratified a set of proposals by Controlinveste, the investment vehicle that controls the Olivedesportos agency, to limit the lengths of domestic rights deals with football clubs to three years.

Internet company Yahoo has been selected by American football’s National Football League to deliver the first ever live stream of a regular-season game from the league for free to viewers worldwide.

Russian media group Gazprom Media Holding has unveiled plans to launch a new sports television channel.

German commercial broadcaster RTL is close to sealing an extension to a rights deal for the Formula One motor-racing world championship.

Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has renewed a rights deal with the WWE wrestling entertainment organisation.

Russian state broadcaster VGTRK has acquired free-to-air and pay-television rights in the country to the 2015 European Games.

International sports broadcaster ESPN will provide live and on-demand coverage of the forthcoming 2015 summer X Games action sports event to European audiences through its broadband platform, ESPN Player.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired live rights for Bradley Wiggins’ International Cycling Union Hour Record attempt this Sunday, June 7.

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has acquired exclusive rights for this Saturday’s World Boxing Council middleweight title clash between champion Miguel Cotto and Daniel Geale.

Six UK internet service providers (ISPs) have been ordered to block subscriber access to three websites that offer live streaming coverage of English football matches.

International media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has struck a rights deal for golf’s PGA Tour in Norway ahead of the launch of a new regional version of its Eurosport pan-European channel in the country.

Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has acquired rights for the 2015 Copa America national team football tournament.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has confirmed the acquisition of rights for the Bundesliga, the top division of football in Germany.