Romania

The English Premier League has confirmed it has awarded rights to the Multi Media Sports agency in Spain and Romania, and the Advisers Media International agency in Czech Republic and Slovakia

First European deals point to increase despite some drops

The Multimedia Sports agency (MMS) is understood to have acquired the media rights in Romania for English Premier League football in 2013-14 to 2015-16

Romanian commercial broadcaster Pro TV has acquired rights for the Uefa Europa League for three years, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, in a deal brokered by the Team Marketing agency

TVR late payments delay Champions League renewal

Clouds over Uefa negotiations in Romania

Romanian public-service broadcaster TVR has settled a dispute with pay-television broadcaster Romtelecom by renegotiating a deal for coverage of the Uefa Euro 2012 football tournament

Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed deals in Romania for the Champions League for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, with pay-television broadcasters RCS RDS and RomTelecom.

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IAAF says IEC was right not to undersell its rights in Spain

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Football: The Brazil-based Traffic Sports agency concluded media rights deals for the 2011 Copa America in Paraguay, Canada and Belgium and in more than 50 countries with YouTube (see page this issue)

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Mediapro looking to reap rewards for its Liga rights across Asia

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body agreed deals in Germany and Austria for the Champions League, Europa League and Super Cup for the period 2012-13 to 2014-15.