Eastern Europe
Ekstraklasa predicts boost in revenue
Poland's top-tier men's football league, the Extraklasa, has predicted its revenue will increase in the 2018-19 season ahead of a new media-rights cycle from 2019-20
Commercial Sports Media moves into football with A Lyga deal
Sweden-based agency Commercial Sports Media has branched out into a new sport by striking a partnership with A Lyga, the top division of club football in Lithuania
Digi brings back AMC channels
Media group AMC Networks' channels have returned to Czech operator Digi TV's platform after being removed last month.
Nations League addition aids Uefa in Bulgarian rights sale
Having a larger package of content to sell has helped Uefa earn a slight increase in the overall value of its national-team rights in Bulgaria, with third-party rights proving particularly popular.
Lega Serie A strikes Italian cup deals in multiple markets
Italy’s Lega Serie A last week announced new deals for its club-competition rights covering a host of markets.
Polish national team volleyball matches on free-to-air
Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has struck a sublicensing deal with Polsat for rights to matches of the Polish national volleyball team until the end of 2021
Polsat backs domestic volleyball leagues
Polish commercial and pay-television broadcaster Polsat has agreed a rights deal with Profesjonalna Liga Piłki Siatkowej, the organising body of domestic club volleyball competitions.
Liga ACB highlights success of in-house sales
Coverage of the 2018-19 season of the Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, will be available in 140 countries after the league distributed its rights in-house.
Eurosport’s hold on MotoGP rights across Europe weakens
Sports broadcaster Eurosport has had its grip on MotoGP rights across Europe weakened in recent times, despite its renewal of rights in the Netherlands.
Agencies swoop after LaLiga takes rights back from MP & Silva
The Mediapro agency has sealed several last-minute deals with IMG and Saran Media across Eastern Europe for rights to Spain’s LaLiga, after cancelling its deal with MP & Silva.
RTV Slovenija to broadcast national team football following sublicensing deal
Slovenian public-service broadcaster RTV Slovenija is the latest to sublicense rights to Uefa national-team matches from the United Group
Uefa and CAA Eleven complete raft of late deals
Uefa and its sales agent, CAA Eleven, have finalised multiple deals for national-team media rights around the world with the Nations League to begin this evening (September 6), TV Sports Markets understands.
Pink picks up Uefa national team rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Commercial broadcaster Pink BH has completed a sublicensing deal with the United Group in Bosnia and Herzegovina for rights to first- and second-party Uefa European Qualifiers and Nations League matches,…
Europa League stays flat in Hungary after big Champions League increase
Uefa has now completed its media-rights sales for its club competitions in Hungary after sealing new Europa League deals with pay-television broadcaster Digi Sport and media group AMC Networks
IMG increases value of LaLiga and Serie A in tough Romanian market
Telekom Romania and Digi Sport have continued to acquire premium European football content in Romania this month with deals for rights to Spain’s LaLiga, Italy’s Serie A and Germany’s Bundesliga.
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Digi Sport confirms late Serie A rights deal in Hungary
Pay-television broadcaster Digi Sport has acquired rights to Italy's Serie A for the next three seasons, from 2018-19 to 2020-21, after completing a deal with international rights-holder IMG.
Croatian national team matches sublicensed to Nova TV
After acquiring exclusive Uefa national team rights across the Balkans (Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia) last year, pay-television broadcaster Sportklub has now…
UPC nets football partnership with Polsat
Polish pay-television broadcaster Polsat has further widened access to its coverage of the Uefa Champions League and Europa League club football competitions by agreeing a carriage partnership with telco…