Europe

Rugby Union
France

The award of domestic broadcast rights to French rugby union’s Top 14 and Pro D2 to incumbent Canal Plus on improved terms has guaranteed clubs increased revenues over five seasons, from 2027-28 to 2031-32.
Tennis
France

BeIN Sports renewed its exclusive Wimbledon rights in France for a further five years after agreeing to pay a slight uplift.
Football
Belgium

A major breakthrough has occurred in Belgium in the fight against piracy in what could have implications for the value of the Pro League's next domestic media rights, ahead of a tender to be issued later this year.
Football
Asia

LFP Media has turned to Infront to sell its media rights across much of Europe, Asia and Oceania, its second agency distribution agreement in quick succession.
Multiple Sports
Netherlands

Former Sky UK boss Stephen van Rooyen has been appointed chief executive of VodafoneZiggo, the Dutch telco and pay-television operator
Football
Europe

The future viability of the European Leagues centralised international media rights project is up for debate, after SportBusiness Media revealed two of the biggest participants were jumping out of the pool after just one cycle.
Football
Europe

Football's European Leagues body is to continue with just seven leagues in its international broadcast rights pool for at least one more season, after Denmark and Switzerland ended their participation, SportBusiness can reveal.
Multiple Sports
Europe

Structural changes unveiled this morning at the EBU have been put in place with a view to the onboarding of Olympics broadcast rights and to further develop the new Eurovision Sport streaming platform.
Football
Italy

Uefa and the CAA Eleven agency earned a combined uplift in Italy from Rai and Sky Italia for European Championship rights, SportBusiness Media has learned.
Football
United Kingdom

The finals of this season’s Uefa club competitions will be streamed for free on discovery+ as Warner Bros. Discovery seeks to generate more subscriptions for the platform, with the matches to no longer be shown on YouTube.
Football
Italy

The Paramount+ streaming platform will be showcased at next week’s Uefa Europa League final thanks to a short-term shirt sponsorship with Italian club Atalanta which echoes a similar deal last year with Inter Milan.
Football
Switzerland

In opting for the status quo by awarding its new domestic rights contracts, the Swiss Football League will continue to receive blanket pay-television coverage on Swisscom’s Blue Sport and valuable exposure f…
Football
Italy

An administrative regional court has confirmed the fines issued to DAZN and Telecom Italia (TIM) regarding antitrust complaints related to their distribution agreement put in place prior to the 2021-22…
Football
Italy

The Uefa Europa League final will be shown by Italian public broadcaster Rai, after Atalanta’s semi-final win against Olympique Marseille triggered a ruling that provides free-to-air exposure for the match should an Italian team be involved.
Multiple Sports
United Kingdom

Matchroom Sport, the UK-based event promotions company and agency, has ended its search for investment by striking an equity agreement with Pitch International which includes "collaboration" with the agency on international media rights and sponsorship sales.
Equestrian
Europe

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has won back crucial broadcast exposure in a 75-territory deal with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) spanning Europe and parts of Asia
Football
Eastern Europe

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has announced its first international rights deal since launching a tender over six months ago, an 18-territory pact with Saran Media covering Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Football
Czech Republic

Pay-television broadcaster Nova Sport has secured first-pick rights in the Czech Republic to the Uefa Europa League and Conference League over the next three seasons, 2024-25 to 2026-27, completing the…