Macedonia

Martial Arts

The Fight Channel Group has agreed a carriage deal for its Fight Channel and Fight Channel World HD pay-television channels with Macedonian cable television operator Blizoo.

Football

The aggressiveness of telco Telekom Srbija was a driving factor in increases in the value of the rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League in the Balkans.

The Asset OgilvyEntertainment agency has secured rights deals in Greece, Albania, Cyprus and FYR Macedonia for the Formula One motor-racing world championship.

Handball

Macedonian free-to-air broadcaster Alfa TV has agreed a two-year deal with EHF Marketing, the commercial arm of the European Handball Federation, for the broadcast rights to the Champions League and Women’s Champions League club competitions.

Football

Pan-Balkan pay-television broadcaster SportKlub has extended a rights deal for the English Premier League, the top division of football in the country, in a deal with the IMG Media agency
Athletics

Latest Premier League deals

Football

Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed a number of deals in the Balkans, to add to the three-year deals it announced last month, for the Champions League and Europa League from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Football

Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed deals in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia for the Champions League and Europa League for the three seasons from 2012-13 to 2014-15.

The Sportfive agency invited offers for the rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games in the Eastern European markets of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and the Ukraine
Basketball

FA set for 50% boost...Spo TV ousts incumbents in Korea...Euroleague on the up...Pacquiao ppv numbers...Box Nation gets encryption deal
Basketball

Basketball: US Asian-focused sports network One World Sports acquired exclusive rights for Chinese basketball’s top-tier league, the CBA, in a multi-year deal with the Infront Sports & Media agency, m…
Football

Football: Pan-regional broadcaster Al Jazeera Sport acquired the rights for Fifa competitions between 2015 and 2022, including the 2018 and 2022 World Cup The deal covers cable, satellite, terrestrial,…
Athletics

Basketball: US cable sports channel Versus acquired rights for 16 games of the 2009-10 season of the NBA Develop-ment League, the official minor league basketball competition, in a deal with the NBA.

Football

Football: German pay-televison broadcaster Premiere is set to sign a two-year deal, said to be worth €350m (£235m), with the Deutsche Fussball Liga for football’s Bundesliga.  Th
Football

Sportfive, Kentaro, IMG get plenty of ties against the big five teams; Infront do not fare so well

Athletics

Pan-European broadcaster acquires content specifically for the region for the first time.