Croatia

Football

The aggressiveness of telco Telekom Srbija was a driving factor in increases in the value of the rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League in the Balkans.

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

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
Athletics

Latest Premier League deals

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

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
Football

Croatian public-service broadcaster Hrvatska Radiotelevizija has acquired media rights to the Uefa Europa League for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
Football

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.
Football

Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed deals in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia for the Champions League and Europa League for the three seasons from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Ice Hockey

The Medge Consulting and Advisers Media International agencies agreed four-and-a-half-year rights deals, from now until the end of the 2015-16 season, for National Hockey League ice hockey in the Ukraine…
Football

Football: Korean IPTV broadcaster Spo TV acquired the rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League for the three-year period from 2012-13 to 2014-15 for $11.1m (€8m) (page 2).
Basketball

FA set for 50% boost...Spo TV ousts incumbents in Korea...Euroleague on the up...Pacquiao ppv numbers...Box Nation gets encryption deal
Skiing

EBU members wary as ORF lowballing nearly backfires
American Football

American Football: Indian broadcaster Ten Sports, owned by pay-television operator Zee, acquired the rights to the Elite Football League of India in a multi-year deal
Athletics

Athletics: The International Association of Athletics Federations secured deals for the 2011 World Championships and other events in the Netherlands, Iceland, Russia, Switzerland, Serbia, Albania, Croatia…
Athletics

IAAF says IEC was right not to undersell its rights in Spain
Football

Football: Benfica TV, the club channel of Portuguese Liga club Benfica, acquired rights for 180 matches featuring a range of clubs and national teams taking place between now and December 2011
Tennis

MP & Silva pays 50-per-cent increase for French Open rights and gives free-to-air coverage guarantees