Discovery

Basketball
Italy

Lega Basket Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian basketball, is to begin private negotiations with broadcasters for its domestic media rights for three seasons, from 2022-23 to 2024-25
Motorsport
Global

Formula E’s latest media rights deal in the UK demonstrates that, at present, sponsorship and hosting fees remain the primary sources of revenue for the electric open-wheel racing series.
Motorsport
Finland

Media group Discovery has secured exclusive live rights to MotoGP in Finland after a vacancy was created by Telia-owned MTV3’s decision not to renew its deal.
Olympic Games
Greece

Media group Discovery secured a marginal increase for rights in Greece to the Olympic Games in the 2022 and 2024 in a deal with public-service broadcaster ERT.
Multi-sport
United Kingdom

DAZN chairman Kevin Mayer said his company’s attempts to acquire UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport “became uneconomical” after a rival bid from Discovery increased BT’s demands in the final throes of negotiations.
Skiing
Europe

Infront has secured increased fees for rights to Fédération Internationale de Ski events in deals with Discovery Sports and German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF.
Ski Jumping
Poland

Viewership of the first two events of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Poland reached an average of 2
Futsal
India

Discovery-owned Eurosport India has secured media rights for the All India Football Federation's inaugural Futsal Club Championship
Multiple Sports
Europe

Media group Discovery has reported just under $1.3bn (€1.1
Cycling
South America

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has this morning announced a broadcast deal with Claro Sports in Latin America for coverage of its new Track Champions League competition
Multiple Sports
Asia-Pacific

Media group Discovery has promoted Anil Jhingan to the role of president and managing director of Asia Pacific
Motorsport
Europe

Discovery-owned Eurosport’s five-year renewal for media rights to the Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) motorcycling series was driven by the preference of commercial rights-holder Dorna to provide the property with wide exposure.
Multiple Sports
Indian Subcontinent

Vijay Rajput, senior vice-president, business head of the sports business, and head of affiliate sales and product distribution at Discovery India, will leave the broadcaster, it has been reported
Cycling
Europe

Media group Discovery has secured exclusive rights in over 50 markets to show the women's Tour de France until at least 2025
Ski Jumping
Poland

Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has hit out at what it claims is Discovery Sports’ decision not to sublicense rights to International Ski Federation (FIS) ski jumping competitions, claiming the s…
Tennis
Global

The recently-signed 10-year Australian Open rights agreement between Tennis Australia and Discovery is a “real confidence booster” for the tennis governing body, which was satisfied with the various pro…
Tennis
Europe

Discovery paid a significant fee increase to renew its Australian Open rights in Europe, with both sides seeing benefits in a 10-year term.
Cycling
United Kingdom

The Women's Tour, the women's staged six-day cycle race which takes place in the UK and part of the UCI Women's World Tour since 2016, will not be broadcast live this year due to "commercial realities