Russia

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Russian state broadcaster VGTRK has acquired free-to-air and pay-television rights in the country to the 2015 European Games.

Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus has agreed terms on a three-year extension to its rights deal for the top division of domestic football, the Premier League, according to Kommersant.

Broadcast platforms from Italy, Canada, Japan, Russia and Germany have agreed deals to provide coverage of the International Paralympic Committee’s 2015 Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool.

Russian state broadcaster Channel One and Fijian commercial and pay-television broadcaster Fiji TV have acquired rights to the world welterweight title fight between boxing’s pound-for-pound superstars Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.

Russian sports news website Sports.ru has struck a deal to become an official premium media partner of the Euroleague Basketball club tournament.

Russian state broadcaster VGTRK has acquired rights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s entire programme of mixed martial arts events throughout 2015.