Baltics
Competition in Eastern Europe boosts Uefa club competitions
Uefa Champions League and Europa League rights will increase in value throughout Albania, Kosovo and the Baltics – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – from the 2018-19 season, TV Sports Markets has learned.
AMI pays increase for LaLiga rights across Baltics and ex-CIS
LaLiga has increased the value of its rights in 13 European and Asian markets by about 20 per cent in a single deal with the Advisers Media International agency.
Euroleague signs digital partnership in key Lithuanian market
Euroleague Basketball has signed a digital media partnership with Lithuanian platform 15min.lt.
Uefa launches rights tenders in Baltic markets
European football’s governing body Uefa has launched a tender process for broadcast rights to its Champions League and Europa League club competitions in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Eastern European results justify Uefa selling market-by-market
Uefa has earned a significant increase in the value of its national team rights across Eastern Europe, justifying its decision to sell market-by-market in the region.
MTG lands World Boxing Super Series rights
Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired rights in the Baltic and Nordic regions to the inaugural edition of the World Boxing Super Series annual elimination tournament.
ERR teams up with football association to secure Uefa rights deal
Estonian public-service broadcaster ERR has agreed a deal for a package of national team football rights marketed by European governing body Uefa through a partnership with the Estonian Football Association (EJL).
IOF continues to grow reach of World Orienteering Championships
MTG sells Baltic broadcasting businesses to Providence
MTG secures Fiba rights extension in Baltic markets
TVP signs off on large Olympics increase despite budget woes
Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has paid an increase of over 40 per cent to acquire rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games from media group Discovery Communications.
TV3 to show Olympics in Lithuania
Fight Sports channel secures carriage deals in Baltics
Eesti Meedia to show Olympics in Estonia
NBA nets digital partnership in Lithuania
North American basketball league the NBA has signed a multi-year partnership with Lithuanian internet news portal Delfi.
MotoGP signs European rights deals
Viasat, the pay-television operator run by multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group, has extended a rights agreement in Scandinavia and the Baltic region for the MotoGP motorcycling series, while international sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in Romania to the championship.
More federations join Fiba’s multi-cast initiative
The national federations of 10 countries have signed up to the International Basketball Federation’s (Fiba) new multi-cast initiative, with the sport’s global governing body keen on securing further partners before the end of the year.
MTG’s Viaplay expands into Baltics
Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has launched its Viaplay video-streaming service in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.