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Econet closes its African pay-TV platform and agrees repayment schedule with rights-holders Rights-holders affected by closure include the IOC, the NBA, Fifa and Uefa

C More has sold rights in Denmark for golf’s PGA Tour to Discovery Networks in a sublicensing deal, according to the Telecompaper news service.

US media group Discovery has announced its latest wide-ranging golf partnership with the European Tour, commencing in 2019, acquiring rights in selected markets to all European Tour events and the next…

Media company Discovery has signed a new carriage agreement in Italy with pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia

Media group Discovery and the US PGA Tour have partnered with golfer Tiger Woods in a multi-year agreement to create ancillary content for Discovery’s OTT streaming service GolfTV.

Sports broadcaster Eurosport has struck a multi-territory, three-year deal for rights to British Darts Organisation rights, from 2019 to 2021

The European Tour agreed new deals with Sky in the UK and Ireland as well as in Germany, Austria and Switzerland last month, as a multi-territory agreement with Discovery nears completion.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky will continue to broadcast both the European Tour and Ryder Cup until 2022, but is facing competition from US media company Discovery for golf rights elsewhere in Europe

German public establishments signed up to pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland will now be able to show every German Bundesliga match for the next three-seasons, until 2020-21

Peter Faricy has been appointed to the newly-created role of chief executive of global direct-to-consumer at Discovery, with responsibility for overseeing the media company’s digital portfolio, including E…

UK free-to-air DTT channel Quest has relaunched ahead of the start of its new rights deal with the English Football League, which operates the three divisions below the top-tier Premier League

Media companies ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery have confirmed plans today (Monday) to launch a new OTT platform in Germany that will combine the 7TV, Maxdome and Eurosport Player streaming services.

The PGA Tour this week future-proofed its international business, setting up a joint venture with Discovery for its media rights outside the US in a 12-year, $2bn (€1.72bn) deal.

Discovery Communications secured three late sublicensing rights deals ahead of last month’s winter Olympic Games, taking it closer to its sublicensing revenue target.

Discovery Communications has so far recouped more than 70 per cent of its internal target from sublicensing Olympic Games media rights across Europe, according to TV Sports Markets research.

US media company Discovery Communications has extended its deal for exclusive Italian rights to the Six Nations national team rugby union tournament.