Eurosport
Eurosport picks up Formula One rights in Portugal
Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired exclusive television and digital media rights in Portugal to the Formula One motor-racing world championship.
Eurosport ups fee to keep Australian Open in tennis stable
Eurosport has paid a significant increase to retain long-term exclusivity over Australian Open rights in Europe.
Mixed results so far as NFL rolls out across Europe
The National Football League has endured mixed fortunes in its early deals in Europe, earning increases in Germany and France but seeing the value of its rights fall in the Netherlands.
Formula E secures broad Eurosport rights deal
Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in seven countries for the 2015-16 Formula E Championship electric car-racing series.
Discovery seals Norwegian handball rights agreement
Media and entertainment company Discovery Networks has acquired rights for Norway's top handball league and the national handball team in the country.
Eurosport extends DFB rights deal as new tender launched
The German Football Association (DFB) has agreed a four-year extension to its rights contract with pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport and has launched a tender process for domestic rights to its DFB-Pokal club competitions.
Discovery strikes distribution deal for Eurosport in Russia
US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has struck a deal with Russia’s National Media Group to form a new company that will allow it to distribute pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport in the country.
NC Plus and Eurosport net Europa League rights in Poland
Pay-television broadcaster NC Plus and pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport have acquired rights in Poland to the Uefa Europa League club football tournament.
Launch date set for Eurosport’s Norwegian channel
International media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has confirmed the new regional version of its Eurosport pan-European channel will launch in Norway on September 3.
Setanta Sports Asia broadens rugby league portfolio with new deal
International sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a deal with UK pay-television broadcaster Sky for rights to a selection of rugby league properties, which will be afforded coverage via pay-television channel Setanta Sports Asia.
Singtel and StarHub seal Uefa club rights deals with Eurosport
Singaporean telecommunications companies Singtel and StarHub have acquired rights for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League European club football tournaments.
Eurosport extends Asia-Pacific rights to ASO cycling portfolio
International sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a five-year extension to its deal with Amaury Sport Organisation for exclusive television and digital rights of its cycling events in the Asia-Pacific region.
Discovery takes full control of Eurosport
US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has said it will take full ownership of pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport through a €491m ($541m) deal with French commercial broadcaster TF1 Group.
IOC signs off long-term Discovery deal in Europe, but questions raised over exposure
Audiences for the Olympic Games will not fall across Europe following the new long-term deal with the Discovery Communications media group, the International Olympic Committee told TV Sports Markets this week.
LFP ordered to pay MCS damages
The French Commercial Court has ruled that a tender launched in 2010 for rights covering the second tier of football in the country, Ligue 2, was illegal.
Eurosport offers Spanish-language content, as Danish channel launches
International sports broadcaster Eurosport has revealed plans to offer Spanish-language content for its Eurosport 2 television channel, while its new local channel in Denmark has launched.
Discovery faced stiff competition to land Olympic rights, says IOC
The International Olympic Committee has said it received more than 10 bids in the auction that resulted in US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications and its pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport acquiring television and multi-platform rights in a host of European markets for four editions of the Olympic Games, from 2018 to 2024.
Discovery makes Olympic investment with major IOC deal
US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications and its pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport have acquired television and multi-platform rights in a host of European markets for four editions of the Olympic Games, from 2018 to 2024, in a deal valued at €1.3bn ($1.46bn).