Eastern Europe
Nent appoints Nørrelund to head sports rights and Viaplay expansion
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has named Peter Nørrelund as its executive vice-president and head of expansion and sport, coming into effect as of August 1.
Ekstraklasa makes record club payments from centralised commercial revenues
Poland’s Ekstraklasa will pay a record high of PLN225m ($58.1m/€50.7m) to its clubs from the league’s centralised media and sponsorship rights in 2019-20.
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EBU raises concerns over RTV Slovenija funding
The European Broadcasting Union, the consortium of public-service broadcasters in Europe, has expressed its concern over proposed changes to the funding of Slovenia’s public-service broadcaster.
Sport TV signs two-year WTCR motorsport rights deal
Sports broadcaster Sport TV has acquired rights in Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia to the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) motorsport series
TV3 extends Baltics rights to EuroLeague and EuroCup
Baltic media group TV3 has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal with Euroleague Basketball
Dentsu agrees raft of J.League international deals ahead of season resumption
Dentsu, the Japanese advertising agency heavily involved in sports marketing, has concluded a number of broadcast deals for the J.League ahead of the Japanese top flight’s resumption on July 4.
Hungary’s Esport1 extends ESL Pro Tour rights
Hungarian esports broadcaster Esport1 has extended its media-rights agreement for the the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ESL Pro Tour circuit with esports organisations ESL and DreamHack.
Sportradar denies it violated Ukrainian FA’s betting and data rights
A war of words has broken out between the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) and betting and data services company Sportradar after the national football federation accused the company of violating…
Croatian FA proposes 10-year TV rights deal but Hajduk could cause split
The Croatian Football Association (HNS) has proposed a new 10-season deal for domestic broadcast rights to club and national team competitions to Croatian First Football League clubs, receiving backing f…
Megogo lands exclusive NBA rights in Russia, set to show games this season
International OTT streaming platform Megogo has acquired broadcast rights in Russia to the National Basketball Association in a deal running to 2023.
LaLiga begins European rights sales with revenue gains in Nordics, Balkans
LaLiga has started its European sales round strongly, gaining impressive fee increases from both the Nordic and Balkan regions in the first deals since the lifting of the three-season limit.
Ekstraklasa furthers international reach through Dugout deal
Football-focused digital media company Dugout will distribute content from the Ekstraklasa in a deal with the Polish top flight
No pitchside cameras at Hungarian league in reduced production set-up
The host broadcast of matches from the Nemzeti Bajnokság, the top-tier football championship in Hungary, is being undertaken with a reduced production set-up with no cameras allowed alongside the field …
Canal Plus Poland appoints editorial sports director
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Poland has appointed Michal Kolodziejczyk to the newly created position of editorial sports director
Nent to launch Viaplay in Baltics with Formula 1, Bundesliga and NHL
The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group will launch its Viaplay services in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the first quarter of 2021, and has already started building its sports portfolio by acquiring…
LaLiga retains Saran in Czech Republic and Slovakia in latest five-year deal
The Saran Media agency has held on to LaLiga broadcast rights in the Czech Republic and Slovakia from 2021-22 to 2025-26 in the latest five-year agreement signed by the Spanish top flight
Eurosport and DPlay air Covid-19 charity skins in seven European countries
Discovery, the media group and owner of pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport and subscription streaming service Dplay, will broadcast the first live golf since before the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown…
Ekstraklasa offers non-exclusive international rights ahead of May 29 return
The Ekstraklasa is offering non-exclusive rights to two fixtures per match week to international broadcasters as the Polish top flight prepares to return on May 29