Europe

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has said it has no interest in acquiring rights to the world championship fights of reigning heavyweight world champion, Wladimir Klitschko.

Pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport has unveiled four key appointments and changes to its senior management team.

Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport has acquired exclusive rights in Germany to the 2015 Rugby World Cup national team rugby union tournament.

Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 has acquired rights for the final of the FA Cup, English football’s top club knockout competition.

Basic-tier broadcaster Ma Chaîne Sport has acquired rights in France and Belgium for the 2015 Uefa U-21 European Championships national team tournament.

Polish internet company Onet and the Polish division of media company Ringier Axel Springer have agreed four-year extensions to their digital rights packages for the Ekstraklasa, the country’s top football division.

US pay-television broadcaster ESPN is not expected to retain rights for British golf major the Open beyond 2017, according to the UK’s Guardian newspaper.

The International Olympic Committee has launched a tender process for the sale of the broadcast rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games for all European territories, with the exception of France and the UK.

Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired domestic rights for Serie B, the second division of football in the country.

German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF have acquired rights to the 2015 Uefa U21 Championship national team football tournament, according to the Quotenmeter.de website.

The Spanish Footballers’ Association (AFE) has confirmed its plans for a work stoppage from May 16 after alleging that it has been ignored in the new Royal Decree legislation, which was designed to pave the way for the introduction of collective selling of media rights across the sport’s top two domestic divisions.

The RCS Sport agency, organiser and commercial rights-holder of the Giro d’Italia, has agreed a deal with the Velon umbrella group of WorldTour cycling teams under which on-bike footage will be delivered for this year’s edition of Italy’s ‘Grand Tour’ event, which commences tomorrow (Saturday).

International media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has announced plans to launch a new regional version of its Eurosport pan-European channel in Norway.

The Lagardère Unlimited sports marketing division of media conglomerate Lagardère has today (Thursday) acquired the UFA Sports agency.

Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport has secured a five-year deal for television and digital rights to the International Association of Athletics Federations’ Diamond League series in the UK and Germany.