Balkans
Arena Sport is latest broadcaster to pick up Extreme E rights
Electric off-road motorsport series Extreme E has agreed a rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Arena Sport covering Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia
A1 Bulgaria takes over domestic basketball rights
Pay-television broadcaster A1 Bulgaria has acquired domestic rights to the Bulgarian National Basketball League (NBL) for the next three seasons
Uefa boosts Champions League income, exposure in Albania
European football’s governing body Uefa has increased the value of its top-tier Champions League rights in Albania in the 2021-24 cycle by almost a third while also securing free-to-air coverage.
FREE | Balkans market report, 2020
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape in the Balkans region, consisting of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, …
Balkans market report, 2020
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape in the Balkans region, consisting of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, …
Croatian FA opts for 10-year streaming deal with Endorphin Magine
The Croatian Football Association (HNS) has finalised a 10-year broadcast rights and production deal with the UK-based company Endorphin Magine Ltd, a newly-created entity with links to Swedish OTT solutions…
Dentsu agrees raft of J.League international deals ahead of season resumption
Dentsu, the Japanese advertising agency heavily involved in sports marketing, has concluded a number of broadcast deals for the J.League ahead of the Japanese top flight’s resumption on July 4.
Croatian FA proposes 10-year TV rights deal but Hajduk could cause split
The Croatian Football Association (HNS) has proposed a new 10-season deal for domestic broadcast rights to club and national team competitions to Croatian First Football League clubs, receiving backing f…
LaLiga begins European rights sales with revenue gains in Nordics, Balkans
LaLiga has started its European sales round strongly, gaining impressive fee increases from both the Nordic and Balkan regions in the first deals since the lifting of the three-season limit.
K-League overseas rights sales surge ahead of restart
Korea's K League has agreed media rights deals in 10 overseas markets, with potentially more to come, as it prepares to become one of the few football leagues in the world to resume play next month
Uefa sees sharp fee hike from club competitions in Balkans on strong interest
Uefa has more than doubled the value of its club competition media rights across five Balkan countries, awarding almost all rights to aggressive bidder Telekom Srbija, as the telco’s battle with rival United Media intensified.
Discovery ties Wimbledon renewals to ATP portfolio in multi-territory deal
International media group Discovery streamlined its portfolio of Wimbledon rights in its latest multi-territory European deal to align with its ATP Tour holdings across the continent.
Croatia’s Iskon.tv strikes Arena Sport deal, drops Sportklub
Croatian IPTV platform Iskon.tv has struck a new carriage deal with Arena Sport after electing to drop fellow pay-television broadcaster Sportklub.
Arena Sport’s channels are now available to Iskon.t
EHF Euro final attracts huge Croatian audience, Teledeporte audience under 500,000
Commercial broadcaster RTL attracted a peak audience of 1.6 million viewers in Croatia as the Balkan country’s national handball team lost out to Spain in the final of the men’s European Handball Championships.
Bids invited for Uefa club competition TV rights in Balkans
Invitations to submit offers (ISOs) have been launched in seven countries across the Balkan region for rights to the Uefa Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League covering the 2021-22…
Bulgaria’s bTV secures Spanish Supercopa rights
Bulgarian pay-television broadcaster bTV has picked up rights in the country to the Spanish Supercopa club football competition this year
Croatia’s HRT picks up Euro 2020 rights in United Group sublicense
Croatian public-service broadcaster HRT will cover next summer’s Uefa European Championships after striking a sublicensing deal with United Group, the rights-holder in the Balkan region.
EHF boosts Balkan value by unifying club, national team rights
The European Handball Federation unified both its club and national team competitions in the Balkans into one new deal with Arena Sports, leading to a sharp rise in the value of its rights in the region.