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Altibox and Telenor bid to dislodge Discovery in Norway’s Eliteserien tender
Norwegian telecoms rivals Altibox and Telenor have made a joint bid for domestic rights to Norwegian football, including the men’s top-tier Eliteserien, from 2023 onwards.
Discovery unveils global OTT platform combining sports and non-sports content
Discovery, the owner of pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport, has today (Wednesday) unveiled its new global OTT streaming service, which will be called discovery+ and will marry sports content with…
PlusTelka is ‘latest Slovakian operator’ to end Eurosport carriage
Slovakian pay-television broadcaster PlusTelka is the latest operator in the country that will end is distribution of Discovery’s Eurosport channels from 2021, it has been reported.
Uefa national-team rights value swells in Scandinavia in six-season deals
The value of Uefa’s national-team rights in Scandinavia from 2022-23 has risen sharply, with the European governing body the latest rights-holder to prosper in the region amid a push by broadcasters to seal long-term deals for premium properties.
Discovery’s Metro to showcase Pure ETCR on free-to-air TV
Metro TV, the Discovery-owned free-to-air channel, is to broadcast coverage from the first full season of Pure ETCR, the electric touring car racing series launched earlier this year by Discovery-owned…
TVE ‘eyes streamlined deal’ for Tokyo 2020 rights
Spanish public broadcaster TVE is not looking to acquire all broadcast rights in the country to next year’s rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics in a deal with rights-holder Discovery in a bid to save costs, a…
UCI, Eurosport Events adopt Champions League name in revised plans for track series
The International Cycling Union (UCI) and Eurosport Events have announced further details about their new elite level track cycling competition
Com Hem and Boxer strike Dplay carriage deals with Discovery
Swedish telecoms and cable television operator Com Hem and DTT platform Boxer have agreed deals with international media group Discovery to carry the Dplay OTT streaming service
France Télévisions and Discovery’s DMAX net strong audience for Nadal triumph
Sunday afternoon’s French Open final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic attracted strong audience figures on French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions.
Eurosport Events replaces IMG’s BSI in 10-year speedway promotion deal
The Eurosport Events arm of international sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a 10-year deal to become the global promoter of all speedway events organised by the International Motorcycling Federation…
DAZN extends and expands Eurosport carriage deal for three years
Global sports subscription service and media company DAZN Group has extended a distribution agreement with media group Discovery for the Eurosport 1 and 2 channels for three years, while also adding Switzerland…
Lack of competition slows pay-TV fee growth for Italy’s Lega Basket
Lega Basket, the governing body of top tier Italian basketball, saw its domestic pay-television media-rights income growth slow considerably in the 2020-22 rights round, driven by a significantly less competitive market.
Discovery seals European handball deals in France and Poland
International media group Discovery has finalised a deal for a host of European Handball Federation rights in France and Poland with the Infront agency
Discovery continues cut-price Bundesliga sublicense to DAZN on same terms
International media group Discovery has continued its sublicensing agreement with DAZN into 2020-21 at the same fee after the former’s attempt to terminate its Bundesliga rights deal was thwarted by the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS).
Discovery makes NZ free-to-air ‘bet’ with takeover of Three
US-based media company Discovery has agreed a deal to acquire the free-to-air television business of MediaWorks, which claims to be New Zealand’s largest independent commercial broadcaster.
Prud’homme among senior exits in Discovery’s European ‘streamlining’
Laurent Prud’homme, head of Eurosport France and previously senior vice-president of rights acquisitions and syndication at Eurosport, is leaving his position amid a raft of departures across Europe u…
Osmanbegovic returns to Discovery to oversee sports production in Sweden
Emir Osmanbegovic, the sports media executive who previously headed up Eurosport’s international sports production activities, has returned to Discovery on a full-time consultancy basis in a role overseeing t…
Cyfrowy Polsat-Discovery OTT venture referred to Polish regulator
The creation of a joint OTT streaming venture by Polish pay-television broadcaster Cyfrowy Polsat and media group Discovery has been referred to the Polish competition authority by the European Commission