Eastern Europe

Multi-sport

Belarusian telecoms operator Beltelecom has added Basketball World and Match! Planet, two Russian sports channels, to its channel line-up on Zala, its terrestrial television and IPTV service
Multi-sport

US-based media group Discovery has signed a long-term carriage agreement across multiple European markets with telecoms operator Vodafone as its new global OTT streaming service, discovery+, launches today…
Multi-sport

Czech pay-television platform Telly has extended its carriage deal with international media group Discovery for the latter’s portfolio of channels, including Eurosport.
Football

Pan-regional broadcasting group United Media has sealed a wide-ranging broadcast rights agreement with Bundesliga International, the worldwide commercial rights sales arm of the German league
Football

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has agreed its first media-rights deal covering nine markets, as it picks up exclusive rights to the Confederation of African Football’s qualifying competition matches f…
Tennis

The Women’s Tennis Association has agreed a new six-year deal with pay-television broadcaster Platforma Canal Plus in Poland, from 2021, amid interest in Polish player Iga Świątek.
Basketball

Euroleague Basketball has agreed a media-rights deal in Ukraine and Central Asia until the 2022-23 season with pan-regional broadcaster Setanta, having previously been without coverage in the region
Football

The Polish Ekstraklasa has initiated a request for proposal process for the service provider for its OTT subscription streaming platform, Ekstraklasa.TV, from 2021-22 onwards
Football

The Asian Football Confederation has agreed a deal with United Media, owner of the Sportklub channels, to broadcast AFC competitions in Southeast Europe
Football

Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has added exclusive rights in the Baltic countries to Uefa’s club competitions from 2021-22 to 2023-24 ahead of its launch in the region next year.
Football

IMG Arena, the sports betting arm of the IMG agency, has renewed its international betting streaming rights to Poland’s Ekstraklasa for four more seasons.
Multi-sport

Slovakian pay-television broadcaster PlusTelka is the latest operator in the country that will end is distribution of Discovery’s Eurosport channels from 2021, it has been reported.

In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape in the Baltics region, consisting of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Basketball

Sports data and technology company Genius Sports Group has entered into a new 10-year agreement with the Polish Basketball League (PLK) and Polish Basketball Association (PZK) to serve as their exclusive…
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Mixed martial arts promotion, the Professional Fighters League, has announced broadcast rights renewals for the 2021 season in Spain, Latin America, New Zealand and the Czech Republic
Sport Climbing

The International Federation of Sport Climbing has agreed a last-minute deal with Polish public-service broadcaster TVP for the rights to the IFSC European Championships which begin today (Monday)
Motorsport

Metro TV, the Discovery-owned free-to-air channel, is to broadcast coverage from the first full season of Pure ETCR, the electric touring car racing series launched earlier this year by Discovery-owned…
Football

BeIN Media Group has sealed a long-term media rights deal for France’s Ligue 1 in Poland with subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports following two seasons without coverage in the country.