Netherlands

Digital sports media company Perform has acquired digital clip rights in the Netherlands for the Uefa Europa League club football competition.

Online streaming website Spox.com, owned by digital sports media company Perform, has acquired rights to the NFL in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, while pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports will broadcast the American football league in the Netherlands.

Dutch cable operator Ziggo and pay-television broadcaster Sport1 will join forces to launch a new sports channel, according to the AD.nl website.

Dutch commercial broadcaster SBS has agreed a three-year deal with the Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox under which it will take on some of its domestic club football rights.

Dutch Eredivisie football club Ajax has agreed a partnership with Chinese online television service provider PPTV Sports.

The Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox is to simulcast coverage of the German Bundesliga football match between Bayern Munich and Hamburg to regions across the world in a move described by the company as a “global first.”

Dutch pay-television broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for the Spanish Liga, while pay-television broadcaster Fox has reportedly won the tender in Italy for coverage of the top division of football in Spain.

Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS’s bid in the current cycle for highlights rights to the Eredivisie, football’s top division in the country, was competitive, according to national media regulator the CvdM.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has said the International Ice Hockey Federation’s 2015 World Championship will be broadcast in close to 160 territories and is expected to surpass the audience figures for last year’s event.

Dutch commercial broadcaster RTL has acquired rights to the 2015 Motocross (MXGP) World Championship motorcycling series.

Dutch pay-television broadcaster Sport1 will launch a dedicated motorsport channel on May 1.

Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS has acquired rights for the Euro Hockey League European club hockey tournament.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired rights to North American ice hockey league the NHL in the Netherlands.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has agreed a two-year rights deal for rights in the Netherlands to mixed martial arts series the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has agreed a three-year extension to its rights deal for the Uefa Europa League club football competition in the Netherlands.

Dutch pay-television broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for the Nascar and IndyCar North American motorsport series.