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European Professional Club Rugby, the governing body for club rugby union in Europe, has awarded the RDA agency global distribution rights for its Champions Cup and Challenge Cup competitions.

The media-rights value of the Six Nations is dominated by those nations that compete in the tournament: England; France; Ireland; Italy; Scotland and Wales. International rights represent about 5.3 per cent of the global media-rights value in 2018.

Endeavor, the parent company of the WME and IMG agencies, has struck a deal to acquire technology provider NeuLion for $250m (€201m).

Eurosport is seeking a new chief executive after confirmation today (Monday) that Peter Hutton will leave the international sports broadcaster amid a major restructuring to take up a new position at social media company Facebook.

Formula One has made its latest move to open up the motor-racing championship to new media partners by agreeing a deal with online streaming service Netflix.

Japanese advertising giant Dentsu is set to acquire an undisclosed stake in Perform Group, the digital sports-media company that operates OTT service DAZN.

The International Handball Federation told TV Sports Markets this week it agreed an eight-year global media-rights deal with the MP & Silva agency – rather than its usual four-year cycle – due to the long-term financial security it will provide.

Next week’s first-round bids for Asian Football Confederation commercial rights are expected to see an unprecedented level of competition between all major sports-rights agencies.

Digital festival and esports event organiser DreamHack has struck a multi-year extension to its rights deal with social video platform Twitch.

The Formula One motor-racing championship has opted to delay the launch of its new OTT subscription service as it carries out further testing of the platform.

The IMG agency has secured a deal to distribute rights to the DTM German Touring Car Championship on a global basis.

Major League Rugby, a new rugby union competition in the US, has agreed a rights distribution deal with sports broadcaster ESPN.

The Formula One motor-racing series has agreed a two-season extension to its global partnership with social media platform Snapchat.

Walt Disney, which operates sports broadcaster ESPN, has established a new division, Direct-to-Consumer and International, to oversee its streaming video and international businesses.

Gfinity has struck a deal with Facebook that will allow coverage of the esports company’s Elite Series to be shown exclusively on the social media platform through to the end of this year.

The PGA Tour has furthered its commitment to technical innovation in golf by launching a new augmented reality platform.