Romania

Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has announced it is to expand its live streaming portfolio after acquiring rights to a number of club football competitions in Greece, Turkey and Romania.

Rights for the Glory Sports International kickboxing league have been awarded to pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport, South Korean commercial broadcaster KBS, pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes and pay-television broadcaster Digi Sport in Hungary and Romania.

The International Tennis Federation has agreed a number of rights deals for the Fed Cup women’s national team tournament.

Romanian pay-television broadcaster RCS-RDS has agreed a sublicensing deal with media company Intel Sky Broadcasting for rights to the domestic Liga 1 top-tier and Cupa Ligii knockout football tournaments.

Uefa has agreed a raft of Champions League and Europa League rights deals, securing fee increases in each territory, TV Sports Markets understands.

Romanian cable-television operator Romtelecom has sealed a carriage deal for coverage of the domestic football Liga 1 tournament, according to the ZF newspaper.

Romanian cable-television operator Romtelecom has broken off talks to acquire rights for domestic football’s Liga 1 tournament, according to the ZF newspaper.

The Romanian competition authority has launched an investigation into the sale of media rights for the country’s Liga 1 domestic top-tier football tournament.

Telecommunications company UPC Romania and sister satellite-television broadcaster Focus Sat will be able to show coverage of the domestic Liga 1 top-tier and Cupa Ligii knockout football tournaments after agreeing a carriage deal with media company Intel Sky Broadcasting.

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Pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired exclusive media rights in Romania for English football’s top-tier Premier League.

The MP & Silva agency has acquired exclusive rights for the Formula One motor-racing championship in the Middle East and North Africa, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania.

The CAA Eleven agency has launched invitations to tender for the media rights to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournaments in four eastern European territories.

Romanian public-service broadcaster TVR is understood to be in advanced discussions with the Sportfive agency to acquire rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics