Eastern Europe
New OTT player Oversport lands Albanian football rights, For Media advising on sales
Oversport, the new OTT streaming platform in Albania, has secured a clean sweep of broadcast rights to domestic club football in the country
Setanta lands centralised Ukrainian Premier League rights in $16.2m, three-year deal
The Ukrainian Premier League has signed a $16.2m (€15.9m), three-year centralised domestic rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Setanta Sports.
Viaplay scores Haaland endorsement and content deal
Viaplay Group, the subscription streaming operator, has announced a multi-year endorsement and content agreement with Manchester City and Norway national team striker Erling Haaland
OneFootball added as Serie A broadcaster in UK as Infront finalises distribution
Football-focused streaming and media platform OneFootball has acquired Serie A broadcast rights in the UK and Ireland ahead of the 2022-23 season, supplementing the league’s existing agreement with pay-television b…
Ukrainian public broadcaster awarded free rights as Munich 2022 gets underway
UA:PBC, the national broadcaster in Ukraine, has been allocated rights free of charge to the 2022 European Championships in Munich
Canal+ signs Czech and Slovak carriage deals ahead of Premier League kick-off
Canal+ Sport, a new sports channel in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, has struck carriage agreements with Slovak Telekom, Digi Slovakia and T-Mobile Czech Republic
Viaplay to raise Polish subscription fee by 62 per cent
Subscription streaming operator Viaplay will raise its subscription fee in Poland from PLN34 ($7.36/€7.22) to PLN55 per month, starting from March next year.
TVP’s Paris 2024 output in line with Tokyo after Warner Bros. Discovery deal
A Paris 2024 sublicensing deal struck between TVP and Warner Bros
Canal Plus Polska repurposes pirate websites to promote its offering
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has claimed a first for the Polish market through action that has led to the disabling of online portals offering pirated content, and their subsequent repurposing…
Premier League rights included as Viaplay seals carriage with Canal Plus Polska
Subscription streaming operator Viaplay has signed a wide-ranging deal in Poland with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus that includes carriage of Viaplay on Canal Plus platforms and the sublicensing…
Stats Perform agrees expanded Opta data deal with Ekstraklasa
Sports data and technology company Stats Perform has extended its official data agreement with the Ekstraklasa, with the deal including access to live feeds from every match of the top division of Polish…
AMC renews Czech distribution with Vodafone for Sport1, Sport2
Media group AMC Networks International, which operates sports channels Sport1 and Sport2 in the Czech Republic, has renewed its distribution agreement with the Czech division of telecoms operator Vodafone
Sports ministers repeat calls to ban Russian, Belarussian athletes and suspend broadcasts
Western countries have reiterated calls for international sports federations to suspend Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in their events amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine
NBA secures healthy increase in the Baltics with TV3 renewal
The NBA will boost the value of its media rights in the Baltics from next season after a securing a new long-term deal with regional media group TV3.
Ekstraklasa includes scheduling flexibility in 2023-27 domestic rights tender
The Polish Ekstraklasa has launched its long-awaited invitation to tender for its domestic media rights from 2023-24 to 2026-27, offering flexibility to broadcasters regarding the league’s schedule and s…
LIV Golf opener to be broadcast by Mola TV and Viaplay
LIV Golf’s inaugural Invitational Series event at London’s Centurion Club this week is to be broadcast by streaming service Mola TV, SportBusiness understands, while subscription streaming operator Via…
TV3 widens NBA coverage in Baltic rights renewal
Baltics media group TV3 has agreed a multi-year extension to its broadcast rights deal with the National Basketball Association and will significantly enhance its coverage of the North American basketball…
European League of Football strikes deal with Hungary’s Network4
The European League of Football has secured a new broadcaster in Hungary after striking a deal with media group Network4.
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