Greece
Greek Cup restructure gives Cosmote pause for thought in one-season renewal
Pay-television broadcaster Cosmote reduced its outlay on Greek Cup rights by two-thirds and pushed to shorten the renewal duration to just one season to give it an opportunity to review the impact on the property’s value of a restructuring of the competition, SportBusiness Media understands.
ERT picks up Greek rights to basketball Champions League
Greek public-service broadcaster ERT has agreed a deal to broadcast the 2019-20 Basketball Champions League
Cosmote renews Greek Cup domestic rights
Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has renewed its deal with the Hellenic Football Federation for the exclusive rights to the Greek Cup knockout competition
Greek Super League 2 clubs issue production tender following latest ERT offer
The 12 clubs that comprise Greece’s second-tier Super League 2 competition have issued a tender for television production following a meeting this week with public broadcaster ERT, SportBusiness understands.
Greek Super League 2 clubs mull legal action over proposed ERT fee reductions
A pair of Greek Super League 2 clubs are considering legal action against Greek public broadcaster ERT in the wake of proposals which would see severe fee reductions for the coming season, SportBusiness…
Greek Super League 2 delayed as TV deal still to be agreed
The start of Greece’s second-tier football division, Super League 2, has been delayed for a second time after the league’s clubs declined public broadcaster ERT’s pleas to reduce its deal by up to 60 pe…
Snap election drives Greek top-tier football rights shift to Nova from ERT
Pay-television broadcaster Nova has taken advantage of a sharp reduction in sports rights funding at Greek public broadcaster ERT, following a snap election earlier this year, to acquire a pair of key properties and become Greek top-tier football’s main broadcast partner.
PAOK to stream first Super League game on PPV as no rights deal in place
Greek Super League football club PAOK will stream its first match of the forthcoming season on the club’s OTT platform, as it enters the 2019-20 campaign without a TV rights deal in place.
Nova pays premium to secure Euroleague Basketball rights in tumultuous Greek market
Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova has paid a premium to renew its exclusive rights to EuroLeague and EuroCup basketball in Greece and Cyprus, SportBusiness Media understands, marking a second consecutive fee increase for the European tournament’s rights in the territory.
Novasports renews Euroleague Basketball rights in Greece, Cyprus
Pay-television broadcaster Novasports has retained rights in Greece and Cyprus for Euroleague Basketball’s two main competitions, EuroLeague and EuroCup.
HFF launches domestic, international Greek Cup rights tender
Greek football’s governing body, the Hellenic Football Federation, has launched a tender for domestic and international rights to its premier cup competition.
Greek Super League club Volos strikes deal with Nova
Greek football club Volos has agreed a new one-season deal with pay-television broadcaster Nova for the 2019-20 season, meaning that the only top-tier Super League club left to sign a broadcasting agreement…
Greek snap election set to stymie PAOK’s ambitious media rights target
A snap general election in Greece could thwart Greek football club PAOK’s attempts to seal a lucrative rights deal with public-service broadcaster ERT.
Nova acquires rights to German and Spanish cup finals in Greece
Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova has picked up rights to both Germany’s DFB Pokal and Spain’s Copa Del Rey finals, which will take place this weekend.
Greek Super League side Panionios extends Nova deal
Greek football club Panionios has agreed a new deal with pay-television broadcaster Nova for the rights to its home matches for the 2019-20 season
Nova extends Eredivisie deal with IMG in Greece
Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova has agreed with the IMG agency a deal to extend Dutch Eredivisie rights for a further season.
The deal will be for the 2019-20 season only
Greece’s ERT to refinance F1 rights in ‘cash plus content’ deal with Cosmote
Greek public-service broadcaster ERT will recoup almost a quarter of its investment on the first two years of its deal for Formula One motor racing championship rights in a ‘cash plus content’ sublicensing agreement with pay-television broadcaster Cosmote.
ERT, Cosmote sublicense high profile rights to each other in Greece
Greek public-service broadcaster ERT and pay-television broadcaster Cosmote have agreed sublicensing deals involving rights to the Champions League, Europa League and Formula One