Estonia

Eesti Meedia has acquired rights in Estonia for the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games under a sublicensing deal with media and entertainment company Discovery Communications.

The national federations of 10 countries have signed up to the International Basketball Federation’s (Fiba) new multi-cast initiative, with the sport’s global governing body keen on securing further partners before the end of the year.

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has launched its Viaplay video-streaming service in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

International sports broadcaster Setanta Sports has broadened its reach in the Baltic markets by agreeing a carriage deal with Estonian cable television operator STV.

Telecommunications company Levira has struck a deal to begin broadcasting matches from the Alexela Basketball Premier League, the top division of club basketball in Estonia.

Invitations to tender have been launched in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for rights to European football qualifiers ahead of the Uefa Euro 2016 and Fifa 2018 World Cup national team tournaments.

Estonian public-service broadcaster ERR is seeking a buyer for its rights to the 2014 Fifa World Cup football tournament after electing to concentrate its resources on next year’s winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has extended its exclusive rights to English Premier League football in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on all platforms for three seasons, from the 2013-14 season to 2015-16.

Saran brothers sports-rights ambitions expand beyond Turkey; Perform and IMG take different routes to crack Turkish market; Super Lig deal probed

Finnish deal takes Infront closer to global control of skiing rights but agency denies that it paid a strategic fee for the rights

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, extended its rights agreement in the Baltics for Russian ice hockey league the Kontinental Hockey League for three seasons,…

This week’s BBC deal for the rights to four editions of the Olympic Games has taken the International Olympic Committee to $1.0

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has acquired free-to-air and pay-television rights in the Baltics for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games in a deal with the…

Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group this week launched a premium motorsports channel, Viasat Motor, in the Baltic region

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

EBU members wary as ORF lowballing nearly backfires

Football: Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, sold its domestic live rights for three seasons from 2012-13 for €829m ($1.136bn) per year. Sa