Macedonia

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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