Poland

New pay-television broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Poland for the FA Cup, the top knockout club football competition in England.

Soon-to-be-launched pay-television broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has sealed an agreement in Belgium, Malaysia and Poland with the MP & Silva agency covering various sporting properties.

Danny Menken has been appointed as the group managing director of new international sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network.

US media group Scripps Networks Interactive has concluded its deal to buy a majority stake in Polish media company TVN for €584m ($652.9m).

Polish pay-television operator NC Plus has agreed a four-season extension to its rights deal with Ekstraklasa SA, the governing body of the top division of domestic football, with pan-European broadcaster Eurosport sealing a sublicensing partnership.

Polish pay-television operator NC Plus secured live rights to the Ekstraklasa for the next four seasons after submitting a surprisingly high bid for the league’s international rights.

The Polish launch of Eleven Sports Network, the new media platform backed by co-founder of the MP & Silva agency Andrea Radrizzani, has come under question amid confusion over the sports rights it claims to hold.

The Sportfive agency has appointed Krzysztof Świergiel as a co-managing director of its operations in Poland.

Eleven Sports Network, the new media platform backed by co-founder of the MP & Silva agency Andrea Radrizzani, has confirmed it will launch in Poland in August.

Polish pay-television operator NC Plus has agreed a deal to extend its rights partnership with the Ekstraklasa, the top division of football in the country, according to multiple reports.

Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has acquired rights for the 2015 Copa America national team football tournament.

The Ekstraklasa, the top division of football in Poland, has set a deadline of tomorrow (Wednesday) for final bids from the four parties in contention for its pay-television rights.

The award of the domestic live rights to Poland’s top football league, the Ekstraklasa, is likely to come down to a straight shootout between the incumbent rights-holder, pay-television platform NC Plus, and Eleven, the new channel operated by Andrea Radrizzani.

Polish internet company Onet and the Polish division of media company Ringier Axel Springer have agreed four-year extensions to their digital rights packages for the Ekstraklasa, the country’s top football division.

The Polish football league, the Ekstraklasa, is to launch a league channel in a joint venture with its media-rights adviser MP & Silva after offers from broadcasters fell below expectations, TV Sports Markets understands.

Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has acquired rights to next month’s boxing bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, according to Super Express.