Europe

Serbian public-service broadcaster RTS has acquired rights to the 2015 European Games.

Sport1 has appointed Ivo Hrstic as the new director of content and digital editor at the German sports broadcaster.

Thierry Thuillier has been appointed as the new head of sport at French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus.

Telecommunications company EE trialled an instant replay service via 4G mobile technology during Saturday’s FA Cup final between Arsenal and Aston Villa.

The coming months will be critical to the fortunes of UK horse racing. Racecourse Media Group, which distributes media rights on behalf of 34 UK racecourses, will agree two major deals, while in the background proposed legislation looks set to shake up the finances of the sport.

The award of the domestic live rights to Poland’s top football league, the Ekstraklasa, is likely to come down to a straight shootout between the incumbent rights-holder, pay-television platform NC Plus, and Eleven, the new channel operated by Andrea Radrizzani.

Boxing promoter Matchroom Sport is thought to have secured a small increase in the value of its rights in last week’s renewal with UK pay-television broadcaster Sky.

ITN Productions is planning “to stir up the sports business” following its deal with the English Football League, managing director Mark Browning told TV Sports Markets this week.

Interview with Mark Browning, managing director of ITN Productions, on the company’s deal to produce coverage of football competitions run by the Football League.

The Mediapro agency is to withdraw its Gol T football pay-television channel from Spanish digital-terrestrial television on July 1.

Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence examines television audiences in the UK for the 2014-15 English Premier League season

ESPN has reached a sublicensing deal with rival international pay-television sports broadcaster Fox Sports Latin America to acquire rights for the Serie A top division of Italian football across Latin America and certain territories in the Caribbean.

Indian telecommunications company DigiVive has acquired rights for the 2015 French Open tennis tournament.

SPTV, a free-to-air specialist sports channel owned by the Croatian Olympic Committee, has secured rights in the country for the 2015 edition of the European Games multi-sports event in Baku, Azerbaijan.

O2 Sport, a yet-to-be-launched subscription sports channel operated by telecommunications company O2 in the Czech Republic, has acquired rights for the Czech Liga, the top tier of football in the country.

The DTM German touring cars series has reported an increase in coverage in the Asian market as it seeks to expand its broadcast footprint.