Russia

American Football

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets W
Ice Hockey

Russian state broadcaster VGTRK has been unable to reach a deal to show games from North America’s NHL ice hockey competition this season, according to the R-Sport news website.
Skiing

Finnish deal takes Infront closer to global control of skiing rights but agency denies that it paid a strategic fee for the rights

Russian state broadcaster VGTRK is preparing to launch a new sports channel dedicated to ‘socially important’ sports.
Football

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
Athletics

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…

Sportfive secures big fee in Russia for Olympics but still loses money on IOC deal
Football

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…

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…
Ice Hockey

Big jump in China, big drop in Canada for 2014-16 Games
Mixed Martial Arts

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
Football

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. Th

This week’s BBC deal for the rights to four editions of the Olympic Games has taken the International Olympic Committee to $1.0
Football

Russian league channel will need wide distribution to hit aggressive revenue targets

Football

Russian football’s Premier League will launch a new domestic pay-television channel to show its matches from the 2012-13 season onwards.
Football

Final agency bids are in but Uefa still has talking to do to close deal for qualifiers
Football

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…
Basketball

Fiba teams up with Leenders and Klooz in 'innovative' move