Russia

US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has struck a deal with Russia’s National Media Group to form a new company that will allow it to distribute pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport in the country.

Rugby Union

Federal television channel Peretz has acquired rights in Russia to the 2015 Rugby World Cup national team tournament.

American Football

Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus has acquired rights to the 2015-16 season of American football league the NFL.

Football

Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus has acquired rights for LaLiga, which operates football’s top-tier Liga in Spain.

Football

Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus has acquired rights for Serie A, the top division of Italian football.

Football

Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus has secured rights for Ligue 1, the top division of French football.

Football

The CAA Eleven agency has launched a tender in Russia for rights to the European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2020 and 2022 Fifa World Cup national team tournaments, the 2018-19 and 2020-21 Nations League competitions and other international matches.

Football

Pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus has extended its domestic rights deal for the Russian Premier League, the top division of football in the country.

Football

Russian Premier League chief executive Sergey Cheban has said an agreement in principle has been reached for pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus to extend its rights deal for the top division of domestic football.

Ice Hockey

Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus has agreed a five-year production and distribution contract with pan-European club ice hockey competition the Kontinental Hockey League.

Gazprom Media chief executive Dmitry Chernyshenko has said the division of state-owned energy company Gazprom intends to streamline operations of the new Sport 360 project following the deal struck with state-owned broadcaster VGTRK last month.

Football

Russian state broadcaster VGTRK has acquired rights to the 2015 International Champions Cup pre-season club football friendly tournament for its pay-television sports channel Sport 1.

The agreement between Russian state-owned broadcaster VGTRK and Gazprom Media Holding which will lead to the formation of a new state-backed sports broadcaster also includes the country’s most popular sports website, Sportbox.ru, according to Kommersant.

Tennis

Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus has confirmed a rights deal to show the Wimbledon tennis championships.

Russian state-owned broadcaster VGTRK has been instructed by President Vladimir Putin to hand over the frequency utilised by its Russia 2 channel to Gazprom Media Holding by August 1, ahead of the launch a new state-backed sports broadcaster one month later.

Tennis

Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus has acquired rights for the Wimbledon tennis championships, according to a report on the Sports.ru website.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has confirmed that plans are in place to launch a new state-backed sports channel on September 1.

Russian media group Gazprom Media Holding has unveiled plans to launch a new sports television channel.