Eastern Europe

US-based mixed martial arts promotion the Professional Fighters League (PFL) has agreed a new rights deal in the Czech Republic and Slovakia with pay-television broadcaster TV Nova

Pay-television broadcaster Setanta Sports has renewed its exclusive rights to the German Bundesliga across Eurasia and acquired rights in the Baltics previously held by Viaplay

Matches from Poland’s Ekstraklasa are returning to free-to-air television in the country after TVP finally settled the details of a sublicensing agreement with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus.

Viaplay has finalised its exit strategy in the Baltic region after agreeing to sell on all of its sports rights to media company TV3 Group

Polish broadcasters must deliver first-round bids for Uefa club competition rights by February 27 after the Team Marketing agency kicked off the sales process

Latvia’s public broadcaster has retained rights to ice hockey’s IIHF World Championship in a long-term agreement with the Infront agency.

Megogo has picked up rights to Polish mixed martial arts promotion KSW in the streaming platform’s main market of Ukraine plus nine other countries spanning Central Asia and Eastern Europe.

Viaplay Group has laid out plans for a “recapitalisation programme” that includes a SEK4bn (€350m/$382m) new equity raise and SEK14.6bn debt renegotiation package as part of measures designed to stave off insolvency and subsequent bankruptcy.

Exclusive rights to women's tennis' WTA Tour have been acquired in the Czech Republic and Slovakia by the Canal Plus Group for the new cycle

Lega Serie A is close to finalising its first international broadcast deals of the new cycle after rights were awarded in eight countries from the 2024-25 season onwards

Domestic broadcast rights to the top two Czech football leagues have fetched CZK430m (€17.6m/$19.1m) per season during an invitation to tender with telco O2 picking up the lion’s share of the inventory.Fol

The Polish Ekstraklasa is set to return to free-to-air linear television after the forthcoming international break, after the league’s domestic broadcaster Canal Plus finally reached agreement with public-service b…

Formula 1 action will return to the schedules of Nova Sport in the Czech Republic and Slovakia next season after the pay-television broadcaster finalised an exclusive deal

Poland’s broadcast regular has invited the general public to canvass their opinions on proposed changes to the country’s listed events legislation.

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has hailed the importance of the English Premier League to its audience, after retaining exclusive rights in France just as domestic rights to Ligue 1 are on the market

Slovakian public broadcaster RTVS has criticised the award of rights to the country’s top-tier ice hockey league to TV Joj after failing to reach terms on a sublicensing deal with the commercial network.

Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has failed in a bid to negotiate a Uefa Champions League sublicensing deal ahead of the start of the group stage this evening (Tuesday)

Domestic club football in Albania has a new home after general interest channel MCN TV agreed a three-year contract following on from the termination of a deal with streaming platform Oversport