Eurosport

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).

Discovery Communications last week acquired Setanta Sports Asia in an attempt to grow its sport business in the region.

Polish pay-television operator NC Plus has agreed a deal to extend its rights partnership with the Ekstraklasa, the top division of football in the country, according to multiple reports.

World Touring Car Championship promoter Eurosport Events has agreed a broadcast partnership for the motor racing series in Slovakia with media group Central European Media Enterprises (CME).

International broadcaster Eurosport agreed a spate of rights deals late last week as it continues to invest heavily in locally-relevant content.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport will establish a new local channel in Denmark on July 1 after relaunching its Eurosport Player digital service on June 10.

Pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport has sealed a raft of new rights deals in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Belgium and Singapore encompassing football, tennis, golf and rugby union.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired live rights for Bradley Wiggins’ International Cycling Union Hour Record attempt this Sunday, June 7.

The award of the domestic live rights to Poland’s top football league, the Ekstraklasa, is likely to come down to a straight shootout between the incumbent rights-holder, pay-television platform NC Plus, and Eleven, the new channel operated by Andrea Radrizzani.

Pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport took advantage of a lack of competition to secure live rights for the Diamond League athletics series in the key German and UK markets ahead of the 2015 season.

Interview with Petr Stastny, general coordinator and chief financial officer of the Diamond League, about the recent broadcast deal with Eurosport for the athletics series in the UK and Germany.

Pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport has unveiled four key appointments and changes to its senior management team.

Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport has acquired exclusive rights in Germany to the 2015 Rugby World Cup national team rugby union tournament.

International media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has announced plans to launch a new regional version of its Eurosport pan-European channel in Norway.

Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport has secured a five-year deal for television and digital rights to the International Association of Athletics Federations’ Diamond League series in the UK and Germany.

Eurosport’s acquisition of Champions League rights in Singapore is a message to rights-holders and platforms about the broadcaster’s growing ambitions, according to chief executive Peter Hutton.