Greece
Champions League returns to Mega TV in Greece
The Uefa Champions League will return to the screens of Mega TV after the Greek free-to-air broadcaster agree a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster Cosmote
IMG Future Stars event set for Athens, Tennis Channel coverage in place
IMG Tennis has unveiled plans to host the inaugural IMG Future Stars tennis event next year at the Tatoï Club in Athens, Greece.
United Group unifies Nova branding following Forthnet takeover
Pan-regional broadcasting company United Group has announced that its Greek operator, Forthnet, will be rebranded to Nova
Fifa secures World Cup fee increase in Greece amid commercial competition
Fifa has secured a strong increase in the value of Fifa World Cup 2022 rights in Greece, leveraging competition in the territory to move away from public-service broadcaster ERT for the first time.
World Cup rights in Greece awarded to commercial TV for first time
Broadcast rights in Greece to the Fifa World Cup have been awarded to a commercial broadcaster for the first time after Antenna TV secured the contract
Cosmote remains NBA’s exclusive home in Greece
Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has extended and significantly expanded its exclusive rights deal with North American basketball league the NBA
Nova picks up another Cosmote property with LaLiga rights deal
Nova, the Greek pay-television broadcaster now owned by United Media Group, has acquired rights to Spanish football’s LaLiga from next season onwards, replacing rival Cosmote.
DAZN, Saran Media Group among successful Coppa Italia rights bidders
Broadcast rights to Italian football’s Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana from 2021-22 to 2023-24 have been acquired by a string of agencies and broadcasters in different international markets.
Fiba seals nine-market United Media deal in Southern Europe
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has signed a long-term rights deal with pan-regional broadcasting group United Media across nine markets in Southern Europe
CAA Eleven goes to market in Greece with Uefa national team rights
Greek broadcasters have been handed a first-round bid deadline of April 27 by which to submit their offers for a suite of Uefa men’s national team rights across the 2022-28 period.
Fifa issues 2022 World Cup broadcast rights tender in Greece
World football’s governing body Fifa has launched an invitation to tender in Greece for broadcast rights to the 2022 World Cup.
Content Arena facilitates Lega Basket deals in Balkans, Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria
Lega Basket Serie A, the organising body for the top division of Italian basketball, has further extended its broadcast reach through various rights deals in European markets
Cosmote pays higher Uefa club competitions fee to pre-empt resurgent Nova
Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has increased its outlay 10 per cent to renew its rights to Uefa’s club competitions for the 2021-24 cycle. The increase was driven by a desire to ward off the threat of resurgent pay-television broadcaster Nova.
Bundesliga more than doubles Polish value, continues strong European sales
The value of Bundesliga rights in Poland has more than doubled for the 2021-25 cycle in the league’s deal with new entrant Nordic Entertainment Group, adding to a generally strong start to sales in Europe.
ATP secures healthy uplift in Greece in Cosmote renewal
The ATP has secured a strong fee increase in its latest renewal with Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote.
Cosmote holds MotoGP fee steady once more in latest renewal
Cosmote, Greece’s dominant pay-television broadcaster, has maintained a flat fee in its latest renewal of exclusive MotoGP rights.
Cosmote picks up FA Cup rights from TAF Media
Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has acquired rights to the FA Cup, English football’s knockout clubs competition, for the remainder of the 2020-21 tournament and also the 2021-22 edition.