Cyprus

Cyprus’s weakened economy has caused a decline in the value of Uefa’s club football competitions for a second successive cycle.

The Asset OgilvyEntertainment agency has secured rights deals in Greece, Albania, Cyprus and FYR Macedonia for the Formula One motor-racing world championship.

MotoGP commercial rights-holder, the Dorna Sports agency, has said the 2015 season of the motorcycling championship will receive record global broadcast coverage.

Cypriot pay-television broadcaster CyTAvision has expanded its motorsport portfolio over the past month, striking two new deals.

German-based pay-television broadcaster Motorvision TV has broadened its global reach by agreeing carriage deals in Australia, Cyprus, Portugal, Angola and Mozambique.

The closure of Cypriot pay-television operator Lumiere TV has allowed IPTV service CyTAvision and telco PrimeTel to snap up rights to international and domestic football.

Telecommunications and pay-television operator PrimeTel has acquired rights in Cyprus for the Liga and Copa del Rey Spanish club football tournaments.

Apoel FC, the reigning champion of football’s Cypriot First Division, has signed a long-term rights deal with CytaVision, the IPTV service of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA).

The Cyprus Football Association is to push ahead with its plan to create a television channel for the country’s football league despite three top clubs refusing to take part. The clubs believe they can get better fees through individual deals with broadcasters.

The CAA Eleven agency has launched an invitation to tender for the media rights in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Cyprus to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournaments.

Cypriot First Division football club APOEL has filed a court application to dissolve pay-television broadcaster Lumiere Television over a dispute concerning the team’s broadcast rights, according to the Cyprus Mail.

Cypriot pay-television broadcaster Lumiere Television and the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, CyTA, are to collaborate on establishing a new sports channel, according to the Cyprus Mail newspaper.

The Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, CyTA, has agreed a deal with pay-television broadcaster Lumiere to show coverage of the Bundesliga, the top division of football in Germany, according to the Cyprus Mail newspaper.

Greek digital publishing group 24 Media has agreed a deal with Euroleague Basketball to stream video highlights of the continental club competition on its Sport24.gr website in Greece and Cyprus.

Cypriot pay-television broadcaster LTV has announced that it has retained the domestic rights to the English Premier League, the top football division in England.

Euroleague Basketball has agreed a two-year extension to its contract with its broadcast rights licensee in the Greek and Cypriot markets, the Asset OgilvyEntertainment agency.