Netherlands

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.

Uefa has agreed a raft of Champions League and Europa League rights deals, securing fee increases in each territory, TV Sports Markets understands.

Dutch commercial broadcaster RTL has extended its rights deal to the Uefa Europa League club football competition by striking a new three-year contract for the 2015-16 to 2017-18 seasons.

Dutch commercial broadcaster SBS has confirmed the acquisition of rights to the Uefa Champions League for the three seasons of the European club football competition from 2015-16 to 2017-18.

Dutch commercial broadcaster SBS is set to acquire the next cycle of free-to-air rights for the Uefa Champions League in the Netherlands.

Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS has decided against bidding for the next cycle of rights to the Uefa Champions League European football club tournament due to budget cuts.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired rights in the Netherlands for a variety of Spanish football rights.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired the rights to baseball’s MLB World Series in the Netherlands.

Strong interest in Formula One rights across Asia from individual markets and on a pan-regional basis forced Fox International Channels to double its fee to hang on to its rights.

Sport1 has held off competition from rival pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports to renew a rights deal in the Netherlands for the Formula One motor-racing world championship.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired the exclusive television and digital rights for the MotoGP motorcycling championship in the Netherlands, as well as pay-television and digital rights in Belgium, for the four seasons running from 2015 to 2018.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports is competing with rival operator Sport1, the current rights-holder to Formula One in the Netherlands, for the motor-racing series’ next cycle of media rights, according to De Telegraaf.