Discovery

Golf

US-based media group Discovery has announced the acquisition of Latin American Golf, which operates the pay-television channel Golf Channel Latin America, from Simple Networks and Fornaluz Productions,…
Multi-sport

Danish public-service broadcaster DR and Discovery Networks Denmark have settled on the split of their exclusive television coverage for next year’s summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, with the former having m…
Multi-sport

Erlinda Tabla has been promoted to a role overseeing legal activities at the French operations of Eurosport, the international pay-TV sports broadcaster, and its parent company Discovery
Olympics

Eurosport has acquired pay-television rights in France for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus and public-service broadcaster France Télévisions.
Golf

South Korean broadcaster JTBC Golf has struck a sub-licensing deal with rights-holder Discovery to provide multi-platform coverage of the PGA Tour
Tennis

US media group Discovery continues to push for dominance over tennis in Europe, acquiring exclusive rights to the ATP World Tour in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania.
Multi-sport

The Danish arm of Discovery Networks, the media group whose channel portfolio includes Kanal 5 and Eurosport, has dramatically reduced the cost of its sports streaming package in response to a distribution…
Olympics

Discovery, the US-based media group that owns pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport, has reported third-quarter revenues of $950m (€860m) at its international division, a 4-per-cent rise on the equivalent f…
Multi-sport

Laurent Prud'homme, senior vice-president of rights acquisitions and syndication at Eurosport, the Discovery-owned sports broadcaster, has been named as the new senior vice-president, general manager at…
Multi-sport

Paul Rehrig, general manager, Eurosport Digital, talks about Discovery’s deal with Twitter for coverage of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo
Multi-sport

The deal struck this week between US media group Discovery and social media platform Twitter for coverage of the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo is expected to be the first of many such clip and highlights deals, as Discovery looks for additional ways to monetise its substantial investment in the rights in Europe.
Multi-sport

The Discovery-owned international sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a content and advertising deal with social media platform Twitter that will allow the publishing of real-time highlights from …
Multi-sport

Flemish-language public broadcaster VRT has agreed a sublicensing deal with US media group Discovery for exclusive, free-to-air rights in the Flanders region of Belgium to the 2022-2024 Olympic Games cycle,…
Futsal

US media group Discovery has expanded its coverage of the Swedish Futsalligan, the top-tier futsal championship in the country, in the 2019-20 season

Danish quadruple play service provider YouSee has announced that it will remove all Discovery Networks-owned channels from its regular television packages at the end of the year
Multi-sport

French-language public broadcaster RTBF has agreed a sublicensing deal with US media group Discovery for exclusive, free-to-air rights in Belgium to the 2020-2024 Olympic Games cycle in the French-speaking…

US media group Discovery has appointed Mike Rich to the new role of head of sports marketing solutions, with particular oversight of advertising sales at its international sports broadcaster Eurosport
Tennis

US media group Discovery saw off an aggressive bid from incumbent Match TV to take over exclusive rights in Russia to Women’s Tennis Association events from 2020, completing its tennis set in the country.