Multi-sport

The European Commission has accepted and legally ratified proposals suggested by Paramount relating to the film studio’s insistence on geoblocking measures for certain services offered by UK pay-television broadcaster Sky - a move that could have repercussions for the sports media-rights industry.

French media group Vivendi has revealed a “more ambitious” offer in its bid to acquire the Mediaset Premium pay-television operation of media company Mediaset, one of the leading sports broadcasters in Italy.

US telecommunications company Verizon has today (Monday) sealed a $4.83bn (€4.38bn) deal to acquire the operating business of internet company Yahoo.

Social media platform Twitter has entered into a content partnership with Campus Insiders, a digital video network for college sports in the US.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky is set to offer free fibre broadband to its Sky Sports customers, according to Sky TV’s director of brand Luke Bradley-Jones.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has been working with advertising giant WPP to source sponsors for its free-to-air 2016 Olympics Games feed in sub-Saharan Africa, TV Sports Markets understands.

Multinational telecommunications company Altice has made further changes to its senior management team by unveiling a new international media and content organisation.

Swedish cable operator Com Hem has agreed a new multi-year deal with Modern Times Group for carriage of the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster’s channels.

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV will be required to pay a fine of €2.7m ($2.98m) for abuse of a dominant market position, after the closure of a long-running case.

The Atlantic Coast Conference is set to become the latest US college sports organisation to launch its own broadcast network after agreeing a 20-year deal and rights extension with sports broadcaster ESPN, according to multiple reports.

Pac-12 Networks, the content and multi-platform media company for the Pac-12 US college sports conference, has broadened its reach through new carriage deals with regional pay-television providers Cox Communications and Frontier Communications, and has detailed further social media initiatives.

O2 Sport, a subscription sports channel operated by telecommunications company O2 in the Czech Republic, has confirmed the launch of three channels dedicated to football, ice hockey and tennis as part of a rebranding effort.

Social media platform Twitter has signed its latest major rights partnership today (Thursday) through an agreement with US college sports conference the Pac-12.

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has said it will make its Sky Sports News HD channel freely available to viewers from December.

The Discovery Italia division of media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has appointed Luigi Filippo Ecuba to lead its sports strategy in Italy, Spain and Portugal.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India is to launch two new sports channels.