Greece

Pay-television broadcaster OTE has acquired rights in Greece for the Formula E Championship electric car-racing series.

Greek pay-television broadcaster OTE paid an increased fee in last week’s renewal for rights to the MotoGP motorcycling series.

Pay-television broadcaster OTE has renewed an exclusive rights deal in Greece for the MotoGP motorcycling world championship.

A new public-service broadcaster launched in Greece on Sunday, nearly a year after the closure of predecessor ERT.

F1 free-to-air rights value slips in Greece

Greek commercial broadcaster Alpha has acquired rights for the Formula One motor-racing world championship.

Pay-television broadcaster OTE has acquired exclusive rights in Greece for events on the ATP World Tour men’s tennis circuit, including the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals.

The CAA Eleven agency has today launched an invitation to tender for the media rights in Spain to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournaments.

Fiba nets healthy World Cup increase in Greece despite recession

The French Sports Ministry and Frédéric Thiriez, the president of the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the French football league, has rubbished Canal Plus’s attempts to prevent rival pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports from participating in the tender for the next cycle of domestic rights to the top-tier Ligue 1.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has awarded the exclusive media rights in Greece for the 2014 World Cup and EuroBasket 2015 competitions to commercial broadcaster Antenna TV and pay-television broadcaster OTE TV.

Greek digital publishing group 24 Media has agreed a deal with Euroleague Basketball to stream video highlights of the continental club competition on its Sport24.gr website in Greece and Cyprus.

Big two Greek basketball clubs suffer drop in media rights income

Greek agency TAF has agreed a deal with state broadcaster Hellenic Public Radio Television for the rights to the home games of Olympiacos and Panathinaikos during the 2013-14 season of the Greek Basket League basketball competition.

Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova has agreed a three-year extension to its rights deal with Euroleague Basketball.

Euroleague deal points to life in Greek market

Euroleague Basketball has agreed a two-year extension to its contract with its broadcast rights licensee in the Greek and Cypriot markets, the Asset OgilvyEntertainment agency.

The Greek government has closed public-service broadcaster ERT in the latest major development in the country’s economic crisis.