Balkans
Macedonian top-tier football agrees first pan-Balkan rights deal
Top-tier North Macedonian football league, the First League, has announced its first ever pan-Balkan media rights deal, with pay-television broadcaster Arena Sports
Fortuna Esports agrees ‘League of Legends’ global rights deal with SPI
Fortuna Esports has sold exclusive global rights for the Esports Balkan League's League of Legends tournament to media company SPI international
Lagardère holds off local agencies to renew VTB United League international rights
The VTB United League, a pan-European club basketball competition, has significantly increased the value of its international rights in a new deal with the Lagardère Sports agency amid interest from local Russian agencies.
Player popularity boosts NBA rights in the Balkans
Pay-television broadcaster Arena Sport will pay more than triple the current per-season deal value to take National Basketball Association rights in the Balkans from rival Sportklub, driven by the sport’s growing popularity in the region.
Telco Telekom Srbija to take over NBA rights in the Balkans
Telco Telekom Srbija, majority owner of the Arena Sport channels, has acquired NBA rights in the Balkans from the 2019-20 season, according to local media reports
IMG takes big step in recouping Premier League investment after new deal in the Balkans
IMG continues to recoup its investment in English Premier League rights in Eastern Europe with a new deal with pay-television broadcaster Sportklub in the Balkans.
MTG confirms sale of Bulgaria’s Nova
Swedish media company Modern Times Group has confirmed that it has sold its 95-per-cent share in Bulgaria’s Nova Broadcasting Group to Advance Media Group.
Small gain for the Premier League in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The English Premier League has increased the value of its rights in 27 territories across Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia in two separate deals, after carving out Bulgaria to capitalise on…
MTG forced to terminate the sale of Nova to PPF
Digital entertainment company Modern Times Group has announced that it will be seeking a new buyer for its majority stake in Nova Broadcasting Group, after terminating its agreement with the investment…
EC approves BC Partners’ United Group takeover
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of United Group, an Eastern European media and telecommunications company, by private equity firm BC Partners
Sportklub pays up for IMG package with Premier League in mind
Pay-television broadcaster Sportklub has acquired Euroleague Basketball rights as part of a broader deal with the IMG agency
Nova acquires Premier League rights directly in Bulgaria
Bulgarian commercial broadcaster Nova has acquired English Premier League rights in a new three-season deal, from 2019-20 to 2021-22, directly from the rights-holder
Nations League addition aids Uefa in Bulgarian rights sale
Having a larger package of content to sell has helped Uefa earn a slight increase in the overall value of its national-team rights in Bulgaria, with third-party rights proving particularly popular.
Lega Serie A strikes Italian cup deals in multiple markets
Italy’s Lega Serie A last week announced new deals for its club-competition rights covering a host of markets.
Liga ACB highlights success of in-house sales
Coverage of the 2018-19 season of the Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, will be available in 140 countries after the league distributed its rights in-house.
Agencies swoop after LaLiga takes rights back from MP & Silva
The Mediapro agency has sealed several last-minute deals with IMG and Saran Media across Eastern Europe for rights to Spain’s LaLiga, after cancelling its deal with MP & Silva.
RTV Slovenija to broadcast national team football following sublicensing deal
Slovenian public-service broadcaster RTV Slovenija is the latest to sublicense rights to Uefa national-team matches from the United Group
Uefa and CAA Eleven complete raft of late deals
Uefa and its sales agent, CAA Eleven, have finalised multiple deals for national-team media rights around the world with the Nations League to begin this evening (September 6), TV Sports Markets understands.