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Europe’s top football leagues have called on the European Commission to fast-track its action against online piracy, warning its proposed two-and-a-half-year review could exacerbate the illegal exploitation o…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Rights-holders were today (Thursday) told by the European Commission they should be allowed to secure injunctions against online piracy of live sports events, but they were also urged to cut prices to…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Major sports rights-holders and broadcasters have signed a letter urging the European Commission to take a tougher stance on the illegal piracy of sports content.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Media group Discovery has announced that the European Commission has granted unconditional antitrust clearance to the company’s proposed acquisition of telecoms giant AT&T’s WarnerMedia business.

Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group’s sports unit has confirmed that it received a request for information last month from European regulators about the company’s contacts with a competitor as part of an …

The European Commission has unveiled plans to create a ‘Digital Single Market’ – a move that could have significant repercussions for the sports media-rights industry.

The European Commission has announced plans to scrap geoblocking, which prevents users in specified territories from accessing certain content online, in a move that could have significant repercussions for the sports media-rights industry.

The European Commission has cleared a deal for US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications to acquire a controlling stake in pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport.

Discovery’s accelerated takeover raises big questions about the future of Eurosport's EBU rights deals...

Sport not off the hook in Brussels rights probe, expert says

EC targets geo-blocking of sport on internet as part of post-Murphy probe

Football

English football’s Premier League is likely to split the sale of its delayed-as-live television rights into two packages in its forthcoming tender.