Sport1 "has picked up the rights to air the UEFA Europa League in Germany until 2018." Starting from next season, the three-year deal "will see the Constantin Medien subsidiary show one live game per match day on a free-to-air basis and online -- a total of 15 games per season" (SOCCEREX, 2/1). ... Sky Television "will let people watch Super Rugby games online from next week without requiring they sign up to its broadcast pay-television service but the charges are the catch." A "season pass" to Super Rugby games will cost A$299 ($233), or viewers can get a monthly online pass for A$69 or a weekly one for A$29 (STUFF, 2/2). ... The Irish Open "will be available live and free-to-air for Irish viewers on RTÉ2 for the next three years after RTÉ Sport and the European Tour reached an agreement on coverage rights." This year's Irish Open at Royal County Down Golf Club from May 28-31, as well as the following two renewals in '16 and '17, "will be shown live and in HD on RTÉ2 and streamed online via RTÉ Player" (RTE, 1/30). ... Baku 2015 European Games has signed contracts to ensure the inaugural event will be broadcast in Spain, Portugal, Estonia, Latvia and Slovenia. The new deals, with public broadcasters RTVE (Spain), ERR (Estonia), LTV (Latvia), RTV Slovenija (Slovenia), and subscription-based Sport TV (Portugal), all include daily coverage commitments or a minimum number of sport competition hours to be screened during the Games. Baku 2015 now has agreements in place to allow more than 1 billion viewers worldwide to follow the event (Baku 2015).
