Eastern Europe

Football

The Football Association of Serbia agreed a three-year rights deal with Telekom Srbija that will allow the Serbian telecommunications company’s pay-television broadcaster, Arena Sport, to show live coverage o…
Boxing

Polish pay-television broadcaster N Sports acquired rights to the World Series of Boxing, an annual boxing competition organised by the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA)
Volleyball

IMG sees room for growth in China and South East Asia

FIVB targeting global growth with new long-term rights deal
Football

Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed deals in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia for the Champions League and Europa League for the three seasons from 2012-13 to 2014-15.

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, renewed its exclusive rights deal for Formula One motor racing in the Baltic countries until 2014

The Sportfive agency invited offers for the rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games in Belarus. The deadline for the offers is 5pm central European time on May 14

The Sportfive agency invited offers for the rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games in Albania. Bids must be submitted by 5pm central European time on April 30
Basketball

Lockout hurt NBA but now broadcasters are returning
Athletics

The IEC in Sports agency agreed a three-year deal, from 2012 to 2014, with the organisers of the Ostrava Golden Spike athletics meeting to distribute the global television rights for the event
Ice Hockey

The Medge Consulting and Advisers Media International agencies agreed four-and-a-half-year rights deals, from now until the end of the 2015-16 season, for National Hockey League ice hockey in the Ukraine…
Football

Montenegrin public-service broadcaster Radio Televizija Crne Gore acquired the rights to the remainder of this season’s Uefa Champions League football tournament, taking them over from commercial broadcaster I…

The Sportfive agency invited offers for the rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games in the Eastern European markets of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and the Ukraine
Football

FA up in Europe despite weaker rights package and recession

American Football

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Football

Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals with pan-European broadcaster Eurosport and US network Fox for rights to the Club World Cup.

North One in race against the clock to hold on to rally rights
Football

Football: The ISM agency acquired the rights in Indonesia to the 2014 Fifa World Cup in a deal worth $55m (€40m). ISM sold the rights to the Bakrie Group for about $60m (page 9).