Discovery

Multi-sport
Europe

Media group Discovery today (Monday) revealed that it has eclipsed 11 million direct-to-consumer streaming subscribers following the recent launch of the discovery+ service
Cycling
Global

Discovery, the international broadcaster that owns Eurosport, has secured an exclusive, international rights deal for the Giro d’Italia cycling race from 2021 to 2025.
Multi-sport
Europe

Snap Inc, the parent company of popular social media platform Snapchat, has extended and expanded its Olympic Games content deal in selected European markets with the Discovery media group
Multi-sport
Serbia

Telekom Srbija, the state-owned Serbian telecoms operator, has expanded an agreement with Discovery to offer customers access to a number of the media group’s channels, including Eurosport.
Motorsport
New Zealand

There will be free-to-air television coverage in New Zealand of Pure ETCR, the new electric touring car racing series, on the Discovery-owned commercial network TV3
Football
Germany

Online retail giant Amazon has announced that German and European champions Bayern Munich will become the latest football club to be the subject of a behind-the-scenes documentary aired on its Amazon Prime…
Football
France

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has received bids for its domestic broadcast rights from online retail giant Amazon, subscription streaming operator DAZN and international broadcast group D…
Multi-sport
Germany

German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 and US media group Discovery have expanded their relationship with Sport1 to include the latter's Sport1+ and eSports1 channels to the Joyn OTT platform
Multi-sport
Nordics

Nicklas Norrby, Discovery’s chief executive in the Nordic region, is leaving his position, it has been announced.
Tennis
Netherlands

Dutch pay-television operator and telco Ziggo has launched a new tennis channel and renewed a wide-ranging carriage and streaming agreement with media group Discovery, bolstering its sports offering from…
Multi-sport
Europe

US-based media group Discovery has signed a long-term carriage agreement across multiple European markets with telecoms operator Vodafone as its new global OTT streaming service, discovery+, launches today…
Multi-sport
Czech Republic

Czech pay-television platform Telly has extended its carriage deal with international media group Discovery for the latter’s portfolio of channels, including Eurosport.
Football
Norway

Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 has secured domestic rights to a host of Norwegian football properties, including the top-tier Eliteserien, from 2023, in the most valuable media rights deal in the…
Golf
Europe

Media group Discovery has opted to showcase live and highlights coverage of golf’s PGA Tour on its Eurosport channels in 36 European and Central Asian markets in 2021.
Football
Germany

Christian Seifert, the chief executive of the German Football League, has said that broadcast rights fee money from Discovery is being paid after a “comprehensive” victory against the international med…
Multi-sport
Global

Adding Eurosport’s content to a bundle of Discovery channels is the key to helping Discovery Communications build market share for its new subscription streaming platform discovery+ in an increasingly competitive OTT landscape, according to Andrew Georgiou, the president of Eurosport’s global sports rights and sports marketing solutions.
Golf
South Korea

South Korean broadcaster JTBC Plus has built on its association with global media group Discovery by signing an agreement to form a joint venture to further develop golf in the country
Multi-sport
France

Radio France, the public-service radio broadcaster in France, has acquired non-exclusive radio rights to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in a deal with broadcast group and rights-holder Discovery