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Lagardère Unlimited bolsters European operations with UFA Sports deal
The Lagardère Unlimited sports marketing division of media conglomerate Lagardère has today (Thursday) acquired the UFA Sports agency.
RTL picks up Motocross World Championship rights in Netherlands
Dutch commercial broadcaster RTL has acquired rights to the 2015 Motocross (MXGP) World Championship motorcycling series.
RTL retains Europa League contract in Netherlands
Dutch commercial broadcaster RTL has extended its rights deal to the Uefa Europa League club football competition by striking a new three-year contract for the 2015-16 to 2017-18 seasons.
Watching Brief (Vol.83) Special Focus: Football – Fifa World Cup
Mike Kiernan, Analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, looks at television audiences in the major European markets and America for the 2014 Fifa World Cup
ARD/ZDF eyeing up Formula One
New F1 bidders emerge in Germany
GT Series bolsters broadcast coverage ahead of new season
SRO Motorsports, promoter of the GT Series motor-racing organisation, has agreed a host of new broadcast deals ahead of the start of the 2014 season.
RTL out of Eredivisie highlights race
Commercial broadcaster RTL has pulled out of the race to acquire domestic highlights rights for the Eredivisie, the top division of football in the Netherlands, according to the Totaal TV news website.
Nobody overtaking SRG for F1
SRG faces no competition to hold on to F1 in Switzerland
RTL deal shakes up German market
Germany’s RTL snatches national team qualifier matches from under the nose of ARD/ZDF
Sky growing but looking to pay less for most sport
Sky Deutschland is getting stronger but the big Bundesliga deal means it needs to pay less for other sport
RTL sells ski-jump event after losing scheduling fight
RTL sold on the rights for one of this year’s World Cup ski-jumping events after a row with the FIS
Skiing ‘must adapt’ to win over TV and viewers
France Télévisions believe that FIS must change to interest broadcasters.