Europe

Football

Uefa secured an excellent uplift for rights to Euro 2024 and Euro 2028 in the UK, capitalising on record audiences and the promise of a UK-hosted tournament in 2028. 
Football
Media

Bundesliga International has turned to Infront to manage media rights sales in 10 mainly Central and Eastern European countries in the agency's third multi-territory distribution deal in quick succession with a major European league.
Football
Media

UK commercial broadcaster ITV is close to agreeing a sublicensing deal with Sky Sports for around 20 English Football League matches per season
Skiing
Media

The FIS World Cup renewal between the EBU and the Romanian Ski and Biathlon Federation comes against the backdrop of ongoing resistance from national associations to centralised rights sales plans for the sport.
Orienteering
Media

The International Orienteering Federation will benefit from wider media exposure after agreeing a rights deal with the European Broadcasting Union for streaming on the new Eurovision Sport platform.
Football
Media

Bayer Leverkusen's unbeaten season may have come to an end with the 3-0 defeat by Italy's Atalanta in last night's Uefa Europa League final but the game netted the highest German audience for a club match…
Rugby Union
Media

The award of domestic broadcast rights to French rugby union’s Top 14 and Pro D2 to incumbent Canal Plus on improved terms has guaranteed clubs increased revenues over five seasons, from 2027-28 to 2031-32.
Tennis

BeIN Sports renewed its exclusive Wimbledon rights in France for a further five years after agreeing to pay a slight uplift.
Football
Finance & Law

A major breakthrough has occurred in Belgium in the fight against piracy in what could have implications for the value of the Pro League's next domestic media rights, ahead of a tender to be issued later this year.
Football
Media

LFP Media has turned to Infront to sell its media rights across much of Europe, Asia and Oceania, its second agency distribution agreement in quick succession.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Former Sky UK boss Stephen van Rooyen has been appointed chief executive of VodafoneZiggo, the Dutch telco and pay-television operator
Football

The future viability of the European Leagues centralised international media rights project is up for debate, after SportBusiness Media revealed two of the biggest participants were jumping out of the pool after just one cycle.
Football
Media

Football's European Leagues body is to continue with just seven leagues in its international broadcast rights pool for at least one more season, after Denmark and Switzerland ended their participation, SportBusiness can reveal.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Structural changes unveiled this morning at the EBU have been put in place with a view to the onboarding of Olympics broadcast rights and to further develop the new Eurovision Sport streaming platform.
Football

Uefa and the CAA Eleven agency earned a combined uplift in Italy from Rai and Sky Italia for European Championship rights, SportBusiness Media has learned.
Football
Media

The finals of this season’s Uefa club competitions will be streamed for free on discovery+ as Warner Bros. Discovery seeks to generate more subscriptions for the platform, with the matches to no longer be shown on YouTube.
Football
Media

The Paramount+ streaming platform will be showcased at next week’s Uefa Europa League final thanks to a short-term shirt sponsorship with Italian club Atalanta which echoes a similar deal last year with Inter Milan.
Football
Media

In opting for the status quo by awarding its new domestic rights contracts, the Swiss Football League will continue to receive blanket pay-television coverage on Swisscom’s Blue Sport and valuable exposure f…