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Premier League unveils deals in Spain, Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia
The English Premier League has confirmed it has awarded rights to the Multi Media Sports agency in Spain and Romania, and the Advisers Media International agency in Czech Republic and Slovakia
Premier League seals more rights deals in Russia, Ukraine
The English Premier League, the top division of football in the country, has awarded rights in Russia to pay-television broadcaster NTV-Plus and in Ukraine to the MP & Silva agency
First deals point to uplift in European rights income
First European deals point to increase despite some drops
Mediaset to buck trend and make money on football
Market so bad in Spain that Telecinco expects to make
Polish football league applies for TV channel licence
The Polish football league, the Ekstraklasa, has applied for a licence to launch a television channel in Poland
EXCLUSIVE: MMS acquires Premier League rights in Romania
The Multimedia Sports agency (MMS) is understood to have acquired the media rights in Romania for English Premier League football in 2013-14 to 2015-16
EXCLUSIVE: Digi wins Premier League rights in Hungary
Pay-television broadcaster Digi is understood to have won the rights in Hungary for the English Premier League in 2013-14 to 2015-16
Premier League delays rights sales process in Albania
The English Premier League, the top division of football in the country, has not launched a sales process yet for its next cycle of rights in Albania due to concerns about piracy problems in the country
Bulsatcom loses Bulgarian football rights
Bulgarian telecommunications company Bulsatcom has lost the rights to broadcast games from the Bulgarian A Football Group, the top division of Bulgarian football, according to the Novinite news agency
Infront one step closer to monopoly
Finnish deal takes Infront closer to global control of skiing rights but agency denies that it paid a strategic fee for the rights
TVP invests in women’s tennis
Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has acquired rights for tournaments operated by the Women’s Tennis Association, the leading professional women’s tennis tour, according to the Tenis.net.pl
Multimedia Polska adds sports channels
Polish cable-television operator Multimedia Polska has agreed carriage deals for pay-television sports channels Eurosport 2 HD and FightBox
Medge targets Premier League for new platform; NC Plus closes in on speedway league
Medge looks for premier League bridge into Polish TV market; NC Plus closes in on speedway
Events business ‘troublesome’ and ‘too small’ for C+
Dutaret says events business can grow despite the crisis
Advertising crisis leaves federation income in doubt
TVE cuts will hurt La Roja
Champions League rights sold in Moldova
European football’s governing body Uefa has agreed a deal for the rights in Moldova for the Champions League tournament in the 2012-13 to 2014-15 period with commercial broadcaster Prime.
Polsat snaps up Poland national team rights
Polish pay-television operator Polsat acquired domestic rights for Poland national team football matches in a deal with the Sportfive agency