Balkans

The MP & Silva agency has acquired exclusive rights for the Formula One motor-racing championship in the Middle East and North Africa, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania.

Handball

Macedonian free-to-air broadcaster Alfa TV has agreed a two-year deal with EHF Marketing, the commercial arm of the European Handball Federation, for the broadcast rights to the Champions League and Women’s Champions League club competitions.

Fishing

The IEC in Sports agency has announced rights deals for the 2013 World Fly Fishing Championship with pay-television broadcasters in Croatia, Israel and Chile.

Football

Nova Broadcasting Group, part of multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group, has launched a new high definition sports channel in Bulgaria, according to the Broadband TV News website.

Football

Pan-Balkan pay-television broadcaster SportKlub has extended a rights deal for the English Premier League, the top division of football in the country, in a deal with the IMG Media agency

Albanian free-to-air broadcaster Top Channel has acquired rights for Formula One motor-racing in a two-year deal for the 2013 and 2014 seasons
Athletics

Latest Premier League deals

Football

First European deals point to increase despite some drops
Football

The Multimedia Sports agency (MMS) is understood to have acquired the media rights in Romania for English Premier League football in 2013-14 to 2015-16
Football

The English Premier League, the top division of football in the country, has not launched a sales process yet for its next cycle of rights in Albania due to concerns about piracy problems in the country
Football

Bulgarian telecommunications company Bulsatcom has lost the rights to broadcast games from the Bulgarian A Football Group, the top division of Bulgarian football, according to the Novinite news agency
Skiing

Finnish deal takes Infront closer to global control of skiing rights but agency denies that it paid a strategic fee for the rights

Football

Sportfive, left reeling by Uefa snub, says 'not at any price'
Football

Dip in second-party World Cup qualifier values in key markets
Football

Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed deals in Albania with commercial broadcaster Vizion Plus and pay-television broadcaster Tring TV for the Europa League from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Football

Italian volleyball goes global

Football

Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed deals in Albania for the Champions League and in Georgia for the Champions League and Europa League, for the three seasons from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Football

Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed rights deals in Bulgaria for the Champions League and Europa League with commercial and pay-television broadcaster BTV, and state broadcaster BNT f…