Russia
ESPN Star acquires Russian Premier League rights
Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has acquired live rights for the Russian Premier League, the top division of football in the country.
The three-year deal will run from 2012-13 to 2014-15
Eurovision and VGTRK to produce 2013 World Athletics Championships
Eurovision, the television producer operated by the European Broadcasting Union, and Russian state broadcaster VGTRK have agreed a deal with the International Association of Athletics Federations to host…
Russia deal fails to stem loss for Lagardère
Sportfive secures big fee in Russia for Olympics but still loses money on IOC deal
Russian Premier League renews distribution deal with IMG
The IMG Media agency has announced the renewal of its rights deal with the Russian Premier League, the country’s top football division, to distribute international media rights for the next three seasons, f…
Russian consortium acquires Olympics rights
ANO Sports Broadcasting, a consortium of Russian television companies including free-to-air broadcasters RTR and Channel One, and pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus, has acquired the rights to the 2014…
Contrasting fortunes for IOC in Canada and China
Big jump in China, big drop in Canada for 2014-16 Games
Russia 2 picks up Bellator Fighting Championships
Russia 2, the free-to-air channel operated by Russian state-owned broadcaster VGTRK, has acquired rights for the Bellator Fighting Championships mixed martial arts series
Russian Premier League wants more August games on free-to-air TV
Russian football’s Premier League is in talks with executives at Gazprom about the possibility of making more of next month’s games available on the state-controlled conglomerate’s free-to-air broadcaster NTV.
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BBC deal takes IOC through the $1bn barrier
This week’s BBC deal for the rights to four editions of the Olympic Games has taken the International Olympic Committee to $1.0
Russian league looks to ride expanding pay-TV market
Russian league channel will need wide distribution to hit aggressive revenue targets
Russian Premier League to launch own channel
Russian football’s Premier League will launch a new domestic pay-television channel to show its matches from the 2012-13 season onwards.
Uefa ponders third-round bids but gives no clues to agencies
Final agency bids are in but Uefa still has talking to do to close deal for qualifiers
VGTRK takes on NTV Plus in bidding for Russian Premier League
Russian state-owned broadcaster VGTRK is bidding for the rights for the Russian Premier League, the country’s top football league, against current rights-holder, the satellite pay-television operator N…
Leenders: Fiba has found ‘innovative solution’ for rights
Fiba teams up with Leenders and Klooz in 'innovative' move
Uefa wants control and security
Uefa positions itself nicely to cherry-pick top markets
Big EBU deal puts Fifa on course
EBU pays healthy increase for World Cup despite recession
Infront tables new offer for Russian Premier League rights
The Infront Sports & Media agency has tabled an amended bid to acquire the domestic and international rights for Russian football’s top league, the Premier League.
Lagardere’s Qatar connection
Lagardere needs its friends in Qatar to keep Al Jazeera at bay