Multi-sport

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has agreed a deal to air the inaugural edition of the European Games multi-sport event, which takes place in Azerbaijan this year.

Canadian pay-television broadcasters TLN and Univision Canada have acquired Spanish-language rights to the 2015 Pan American Games multi-sport event, which will be held in Toronto next year.

The International Olympic Committee earned a significant increase from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV this month, but the new deal still falls well short of the true market value of the Games.

Media rights clips from November 27 to December 10

Chinese state-owned broadcaster China Central Television has acquired exclusive rights for the inaugural 2015 European Games multi-sport event.

Media rights clips from November 13 to 26

Digital sports content group Perform has agreed a partnership with the organising committee of the Baku 2015 European Games.

Organisers for Baku 2015, the inaugural edition of the European Games multi-sport event, have signed broadcast agreements for the markets of Albania, Belarus, Luxembourg, Moldova and Slovakia.

The breadth and depth of coverage the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games will achieve in Canada is seen by the International Olympic Committee as an acceptable trade-off for a minimal increase in media-rights income.

Media rights clips from October 30 to November 12

US pay-television broadcaster ESPN Deportes has acquired Spanish-language rights for this month's Central American and Caribbean Games multi-sport event.

Japanese commercial broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System has become the first Asian broadcaster to acquire rights for the Baku 2015 European Games multi-sport event.

Multi-lingual and multi-national news broadcaster Euronews has agreed a major deal with SportAccord to provide regular coverage of the sports covered by the umbrella association for international federations and organisations.

French digital-terrestrial television channel L’Equipe 21 has acquired rights for the Baku 2015 European Games multi-sport event.

Media rights clips from October 2 to 15

The Arab States Broadcasting Union consortium of broadcasters has acquired rights to the 2015 European Games multi-sport event in Baku, Azerbaijan.