Eastern Europe

Multi-sport

Greek telco Wind has expanded its deal with Discovery to carry the Eurosport channels on its Wind Vision IPTV service
Football

IMG Arena, the sports betting arm of the IMG agency, has secured betting streaming and data rights to the Croatian First Football League from 2022-23 onwards in a ‘multi-year’ agreement with Endorphin Mag…
Football

Sales processes for Uefa club competition broadcast rights from 2021-22 to 2023-24 have been issued in Belarus, Moldova and Romania
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

On-demand and live streaming service LIVENow has acquired rights in multiple territories to Russia’s Gorilla MMA Series.
Football

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has banked on the German Bundesliga to be a central pillar of its expansion across Europe, as the company’s EVP and head of expansion and sport Peter Nørrelund told SportBusiness Media he believes in the league’s “prosperous future” and the broadcaster’s ability to monetise the rights.

Peter Nørrelund, EVP and head of expansion and sport, NENT Group speaks to SportBusiness Media about the media group's new eight-season deal with the Bundesliga, its ability to monetise exclusive rights, and and the features of a Nent target market.
Football

Hungarian media group Network4 has acquired rights to Germany’s Bundesliga for the next four seasons. The deal also grants Network4 rights to the second-tier 2.B
Football

Broadcast rights to Italian football’s Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana from 2021-22 to 2023-24 have been acquired by a string of agencies and broadcasters in different international markets.
Multi-sport

Polish pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Polska has again suspended its planned initial public offering, after withdrawing in November last year due to market volatility
Multi-sport

Slovakian public-service broadcaster RTVS and commercial broadcaster Joj are both launching new sports channels
Multi-sport

Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has agreed a five-year rights deal across nine countries with events promotion company Matchroom Sport
Multi-sport

Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has commenced antitrust proceedings against commercial and pay-television broadcaster Polsat, and media group Discovery, following complaints o…
Motorsport

Pan-regional broadcasting group Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has added Formula 1 rights from 2023 to its burgeoning portfolio in Poland
Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has signed a long-term rights deal with pan-regional broadcasting group United Media across nine markets in Southern Europe
Motorsport

Commercial and pay-television broadcaster Nova Sport has agreed a five-year rights deal in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for the Superbike World Championship with the motorcycling series adding a new…
Multi-sport

The Slovakian arm of telecoms operator Orange has said it will close its sports television channels
Football

The German Bundesliga has agreed to extend its broadcast rights deal with media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group for a further four seasons before the forthcoming cycle beginning in 2021-22 has…
Football

Sports streaming service Fanseat has acquired rights to show Asian Football Confederation major national and club team tournaments for 2021 and 2022