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Australian telco Optus has agreed that public-service broadcaster SBS will simulcast all Fifa World Cup matches for the next 48 hours after mounting complaints concerning its subscription streaming service.

Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova has acquired rights to Serie A, the top division of Italian club football.

Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has extended a rights deal for football’s English Premier League.

Nine has exited talks with fellow commercial broadcaster Seven to make an early start to its domestic coverage of the Australian Open grand slam tennis tournament, leaving it without a mainstream sports event this summer.

Swedish media company Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has acquired exclusive rights in the Nordic region to football’s German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1, Dutch Eredivisie, Belgian First Division A and Scottish Premiership, along with the Copa América national team tournament.

Comcast’s takeover bid for Sky has today (Friday) been approved unconditionally by the European Commission, setting up a multi-billion battle for the pan-European pay-television broadcaster with rival US media company 21st Century Fox.

France Télévisions, M6 and TF1, three of France’s leading media groups, will join forces to launch a new OTT platform in the country.

US technology company Oculus has said it will provide live streaming of select Fifa World Cup matches through Oculus Venues, its new app for social co-viewing.