Balkans
Top Channel acquires F1 rights in Albania
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
Fees up but still no sale in Germany and Austria
Latest Premier League deals
First deals point to uplift in European rights income
First European deals point to increase despite some drops
EXCLUSIVE: MMS acquires Premier League rights in Romania
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
Premier League delays rights sales process in Albania
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
Bulsatcom loses Bulgarian football rights
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
Infront one step closer to monopoly
Finnish deal takes Infront closer to global control of skiing rights but agency denies that it paid a strategic fee for the rights
Body blow for Sportfive, flesh wound for IMG
Sportfive, left reeling by Uefa snub, says 'not at any price'
Drop in second-party rights prices as Uefa arrives at central solution
Dip in second-party World Cup qualifier values in key markets
Europa League rights awarded in Albania
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.
Italian volleyball fits MP & Silva’s growth strategy
Italian volleyball goes global
Uefa seals Champions League and Europa League deals in Albania and Georgia
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.
Uefa concludes Champions League and Europa League sales in Bulgaria
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…
Uefa signs Champions and Europa League rights deals in Ukraine and Albania
Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed rights deals in the Ukraine for the Champions League and Europa League, and in Albania for the Champions League, for the 2012-13 to 2014-15 period.
Hrvatski Telekom acquires Europa League rights in Croatia
Croatian telecommunications company Hrvatski Telekom has acquired rights for the Uefa Europa League club football tournament for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
HRT snaps up Europa League rights in Croatia
Croatian public-service broadcaster Hrvatska Radiotelevizija has acquired media rights to the Uefa Europa League for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
More deals in the Balkans for Uefa Champions League and Europa League
Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed a number of deals in the Balkans, to add to the three-year deals it announced last month, for the Champions League and Europa League from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Arena Sport buys Serbian domestic football rights
The Football Association of Serbia agreed a three-year rights deal with Telekom Srbija that will allow the Serbian telecommunications company’s pay-television broadcaster, Arena Sport, to show live coverage o…