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Swedish telco Telia has today (Friday) acquired media group Bonnier Broadcasting, with the SEK 9.2bn (€897.8m/$1.0

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has extended its rights deal in the UK and Ireland with BT Sport, stating that the pay-television broadcaster’s coverage of the sport can act as an inspiration t…
Football

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has today (Friday) overturned AC Milan’s ban from the Uefa Europa League after stating the punishment imposed on the Italian Serie A football club for breaking f…

Media company Modern Times Group has expressed its surprise after Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition rejected its deal to sell commercial broadcaster Nova to PPF Group, the investment c…
Cycling

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a long-term rights deal for cycling’s returning Deutschland Tour event.
Wrestling

Fight Network, the multi-platform channel dedicated to combat sports, has launched on a free-to-air basis in the UK
Football

Digi, a direct-to-home and IPTV platform which operates in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, has said it will launch a fourth sports channel as it seeks to accommodate its growing rights portfolio
Football

Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba has today (Thursday) announced a strategic investment in Suning Sports, the sports unit of conglomerate Suning, with the two parties set to explore joint activities between…

US media company Discovery, the parent entity of international sports broadcaster Eurosport, has extended the contract of president and chief executive David Zaslav through to the end of 2023

US media company Comcast has today (Thursday) announced it will end its pursuit of the assets 21st Century Fox has agreed to sell to the Walt Disney Company in favour of concentrating on its takeover bid…