Czech Republic

The Pragosport agency is understood to have broken even on its deal for the Czech football league following two broadcast deals it agreed at the end of last month.

The Pragosport agency has awarded rights for the Synot Liga, the newly-named top tier of football in Czech Republic, to public-service broadcaster Czech Television and pay-television broadcaster Slovak Sport.

Sport1’s deal last week for the rights to the National Hockey League means the sports broadcaster now has exclusive rights to each of the four top North American sports leagues.

The IMG Media agency has signed a long-term multi-platform distribution agreement with European television provider M7 Group which will result in action sports and lifestyle channel Edgesport being afforded a platform on the continent.

Digital sports media service SlovakSport.TV has acquired exclusive rights in Slovakia and the Czech Republic for the inaugural season of the Champions Hockey League European club ice hockey tournament.

Pragosport deal is boost for Czech football league

The Pragosport agency has acquired domestic rights for the Gambrinus Liga, the Czech Republic’s top division of football.

The Liberty Global media company's European satellite-television arm, UPC DTH, has agreed a deal for the Slovak Sport.TV2 pay-television channel deal to be carried on its freeSAT Plus service in Czech Republic.

Czech Republic commercial and pay-television broadcaster Nova has agreed a rights-sharing deal involving the 2014 winter Olympic Games with public-service broadcaster Czech TV.

Uefa, European football’s governing body, has signed media rights agreements for the European qualifying matches for the Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team competitions in the territories of Portugal, Belgium, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

The CAA Eleven agency has launched invitations to tender for the media rights to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournaments in four eastern European territories.

Liberty Global-owned broadcaster Chello Central Europe has renewed rights for Russian ice hockey league the Kontinental Hockey League in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia for the next three years, from 2013-14 to 2015-16.

ASO, as usual, holds the key to planned cycling shake-up

The English Premier League has confirmed it has awarded rights to the Multi Media Sports agency in Spain and Romania, and the Advisers Media International agency in Czech Republic and Slovakia

First European deals point to increase despite some drops

Finnish deal takes Infront closer to global control of skiing rights but agency denies that it paid a strategic fee for the rights

The Sportfive agency has struck rights deals on behalf of the International Olympic Committee in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for the 2014 winter Olympic Games and the 2016 summer Olympics