Eurosport

Stronger ratings, new events and the offer of exclusivity helped World Snooker agree a contract extension with Eurosport last month at a significantly increased fee.

Eurosport continued its gradual rise from a basic-tier to a premium pay-television broadcaster this month in Russia, following deals for National Hockey League and Wimbledon tennis rights.

The European Broadcasting Union consortium of public-service broadcasters has agreed a deal with Eurosport that grants the sports broadcaster multi-platform rights in Europe to a number of European Athletics-organised championships over the next four years.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport maintained exclusive rights in the UK as it renewed its deal for the Superbike World Championship motorcycling series.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has secured an exclusive digital streaming rights deal with the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in the UK and Ireland to this year’s All England Open Badminton Championships, which begin next week.

Servus TV’s acquisition of rights to motorcycling series MotoGP last month has come at a high cost as the commercial broadcaster will share coverage in Austria with Eurosport.

The Canal Digital pay-television platform in the Nordic region has agreed a deal with Discovery Networks to renew carriage of the Eurosport Norge and TV Norge pay-television channels.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has today (Monday) agreed a three-season extension to its long-running rights agreement with the Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) motorcycling series.

Discovery Communications this week recouped more than 10 per cent of its €1.3bn ($1.4bn) investment in Olympic Games rights across Europe by striking a sublicensing deal with the BBC.

The IMG agency is understood to be close to a deal for English Premier League rights in Romania with sports broadcaster Eurosport.

The French Cycling Federation (FFC) has awarded rights in France to public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and the Eurosport France division of pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport.

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has sealed a long-term rights deal with international sports broadcaster Eurosport.

Many of Europe’s public-service broadcasters are likely to provide a similar amount of linear coverage of the Olympic Games from 2018 compared to previous editions, despite having lost out on the rights to Discovery Communications.

Pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport has unveiled a new brand identity following its takeover by US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications.

The European Broadcasting Union’s chances of winning the rights to the Olympic Games from 2018 to 2024 were undermined by two internal splits, TV Sports Markets understands.