Multi-sport

Media company Liberty Global is exploring the sale of the Swiss and Austrian divisions of its telecommunications brand UPC, according to The Telegraph.

French telecommunications company SFR is planning a major overhaul of its sports strategy to better capitalise on its premium rights.

Meredith has agreed a deal to acquire fellow US media company Time, which has recently branched out into the OTT sports streaming market.

Polish media group TVN has expanded and revamped its OTT platform with the launch of Player+, its new video-on-demand and live channel offering.

European Union negotiators have reached a deal to end what it claims is unjustified geoblocking practices in the EU, but the agreement is set to exclude streaming services.

Swedish media group Bonnier Broadcasting and multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group have hailed a new carriage deal that will see the former’s C More pay-television channels carried by the latter’s pay-television operator, Viasat, for the first time.

Shareholders have moved to give overwhelming backing to US media company Discovery Communications’ planned takeover of cable television network owner Scripps Networks Interactive, as officials await news of potential regulatory challenges to the deal.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has expanded its offering in Poland with the launch of a new channel.

Swiss telecommunications company Swisscom has secured full control of media and cinema company Cinetrade, a major player in the Swiss sports rights market through its pay-television broadcaster Teleclub.

US telecommunications companies Comcast and Verizon have become the latest companies linked with talks to acquire key assets of media group 21st Century Fox.

TVR is in the process of completing its deal for rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games in Romania.

US media company Time has joined forces with internet company Amazon for a new OTT streaming service under the banner of its flagship magazine, Sports Illustrated, which will launch today (Thursday).

Hungarian media services provider Antenna Hungária has launched MindiGO Sport, its first standalone OTT streaming service.

Dieter Hahn, formerly a major shareholder in Constantin Medien, has sold off a sizeable portion of his interest in the German media company, according to the Meedia.de website.

US sports broadcaster ESPN has broadened its partnership with Snap Inc, the parent company of social media platform Snapchat, by agreeing a new two-year deal themed around its news programme SportsCenter.

Patrick Drahi has moved to regain control of French telecommunications company Altice, which operates pay-television broadcaster SFR Sport, following a significant reduction in the firm’s share price triggered by a profit warning issued earlier this month.