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Sky, Mediapro, DAZN, Discovery compete for Serie A

Sky Italia, Mediapro, DAZN and Discovery (Eurosport) submitted bids during the first round of the auction to award the 2021/2024 Italian TV rights for the Serie A, according to local reports. Since the minimum price of €1.15 billion was not reached, private negotiations will now start with the broadcasters. The highest bid was submitted by […]

January 29, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Italy: discovery+ launches on TIMvision

discovery+ is now available to TIMvision’s subscribers in Italy. The streaming service from Discovery gives access range of entertainment, lifestyle, true crime, nature and adventure programming. The discovery+ offer is part of a broader renewal which also covers Nove, Real Time, DMAX, Giallo, Food, HGTV – Home&Garden, MotorTrend, Frisbee and K2, and the platform also […]

January 27, 2021

Eurosport expands cycling events

Eurosport has secured a raft of rights to world-class Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) events from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The agreement incorporates some of the UCI’s blue-chip events including the UCI Road World Championship, UCI Track Cycling World Championship, UCI Mountain Biking World Championship, BMX World Championship, Urban Cycling World Championship, Cyclo-Cross World Championship […]

January 20, 2021

PURE ETCR on Eurosport & discovery+

PURE ETCR is set to be shown in more than 75 territories globally this year through a new partnership with Eurosport, Discovery’s multi-sport brand, that offers fans more ways to watch and engage with the sport. Using powerful touring cars – with a 500kW peak power the equivalent of 670bhp – competing against each other […]

January 14, 2021

India: New Japan wrestling on Eurosport

Eurosport and Eurosport HD India, the sports channels from the house of Discovery, have agreed a deal with second-largest pro-wrestling property in the world – New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Content from NJPW will expands Eurosport’s portfolio of pro-wrestling offerings with the exclusive India broadcast slated to begin from January 9th with weekly episodes to be […]

January 8, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Eurosport India airs UAE’s ODI series against Ireland

Eurosport and Eurosport HD India, the sports channels from the house of Discovery, are set to bring to its Indian fans the best of the cricketing action this New Year, starting with the bilateral ODI series which will be ICC Associate Member UAE’s first with a full member team – Ireland after the pandemic. The […]

January 7, 2021

Discovery, Vodafone content deal

Multichannel programmer Discovery and multiplay telco Vodafone have signed a new long-term, multi-platform agreement in Europe under which Vodafone customers in 12 markets can continue to enjoy Discovery’s content portfolio. The parties will also collaborate on making SVoD service discovery+ available to existing Vodafone subscriber bases across Europe. The partnership covers  Vodafone’s TV and mobile […]

January 4, 2021

Eurosport: Live snooker audience up 37% YoY

Eurosport has reported strong year-on-year audience growth for its snooker coverage across its linear and digital platforms in 2020. Average live TV audiences grew 37 per cent vs 2019, driven by record viewership for the UK Championship (+15 per cent), English Open (+32 per cent) and Scottish Open (+39 per cent). This season Eurosport became […]

December 23, 2020

Eurosport tees up PGA Tour

Eurosport has announced a new partnership with the PGA Tour to bring sports fans 43 weeks of live golf throughout the year. Beginning in January 2021, the pan-European sports destination will present live tournament coverage and highlights in more than 30 territories, including Czech Republic, Greece and Turkey, with new markets set to come on […]

December 17, 2020

Ford, Eurosport digital content partnership

Ford and Eurosport have revealed a new digital content partnership to explore the future of motorsport and bring to life the carmaker’s electrification promise across the continent. A new and exclusive series will showcase the innovations at the forefront of the changes in motorsport to ignite discussions about this transformation. Developed by multichannel programmer Discovery’s […]

November 27, 2020By Colin Mann