Eastern Europe

Boxing

UK specialist boxing pay-television channel BoxNation is drawing together investors to support a drive into Asian and east European markets, according to The Sunday Times.

Football

Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has announced it is to expand its live streaming portfolio after acquiring rights to a number of club football competitions in Greece, Turkey and Romania.

Polish pay-television operator NC Plus has struck a deal to carry international pay-television channels operated by the Eleven Sports Network.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in seven countries for the 2015-16 Formula E Championship electric car-racing series.

International pay-television operator Eleven Sports Network has widened its reach in Poland by agreeing three-year carriage deals with East & West, City-Net and Gawex.

Basketball

International pay-television operator Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Poland for the EuroBasket 2015 men’s national team basketball competition.

Handball

The Handball-Bundesliga, the sport’s top division in Germany, has said its global broadcast reach will extend to beyond 40 countries in 2015-16 through new rights deals agreed by the MP & Silva agency.

Polish pay-television operator Polsat will launch two new sports channels next year as part of a wider rollout.

Football

Pay-television broadcaster NC Plus and pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport have acquired rights in Poland to the Uefa Europa League club football tournament.

Football

International pay-television broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Poland for LaLiga, the brand name for the top two divisions of football in Spain.

Football

International pay-television operator Eleven Sports Network has broadened its reach in Poland by agreeing a carriage deal with telco Netia.

Football

Polish pay-television operator NC Plus has said it is working on securing rights to LaLiga after it emerged that pay-television broadcaster BeIN Media Group has signed a deal for the top division of Spanish football, despite not holding a presence in the Polish market.

Handball

International pay-television operator Eleven Sports Network has agreed a four-year deal for exclusive live broadcasting rights to the European Handball Federation’s Champions League club competition in Belgium, Poland, Malaysia and Singapore.

Football

The DFL, the German Football League, has agreed a deal for Polish internet company Onet to become an official partner of its Bundesliga top-tier club competition.

Czech commercial and pay-television broadcaster Nova has been granted a licence to launch a second sports channel in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

International pay-television operator Eleven Sports Network has agreed a partnership with TVN under which it will offer its channels through the Polish media group’s over-the-top service Player.pl.

Basketball

AMC Networks International – Central Europe, the central European division of US entertainment company AMC Networks, has agreed a multi-year extension to its deal with the NBA for the rights in Hungary to the North American basketball league.

Football

The Saran Media agency has acquired rights to LaLiga, the top division of Spanish football, in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.