See TV Sports Markets twitter (and scroll down) - numerous announcements from Eurosport today.
- Will spend $5bn on sports rights over 10 years (presumably that's across Europe; not just UK)
- Channel TV is profitable and growing
- Will target direct subscribers (ie not just being part of basic packs)
- 200k direct subs currently; "on march to 1 million" (presumably across Europe)
- Has acquired Wimbledon highlights in UK
- Has acquired worldwide rights to French rugby (must exclude 6N in UK; position re Sky rights unclear - has Sky handed back?)
- Various other rights acquisitions in different European countries
Added to the acquisition of Olympic rights, taking the Australian Open exclusively live in UK and recent rights deals for European Athletics and with World Snooker this is a further pointer that Eurosport is aiming for significant growth - both in the UK and across Europe.
https://twitter.com/TVSportsMarkets