Russia

Tennis

International media group Discovery streamlined its portfolio of Wimbledon rights in its latest multi-territory European deal to align with its ATP Tour holdings across the continent.
Esports

Esports broadcast and content production company Maincast has secured exclusive rights in Russia and CIS markets, including Ukraine and Georgia, to esports properties operated by ESL and DreamHack
Football

Russian sports broadcaster Match TV, owned by Gazprom Media, is reported to have become the subject of a lawsuit in Rambler Media Group’s crackdown on what it claims is illicit broadcasts of the English P…
Skiing

Discovery-owned international sports broadcaster Eurosport has teamed up with the International Ski Federation (FIS) and the Infront agency to provide ultra high-definition coverage of forthcoming alpine…
Football

Amazon-owned video platform Twitch has taken down illegal sports content following a challenge from Russia’s Rambler Media Group, according to state news agency Tass.
Football

Russia’s Rambler Media Group has secured a court ruling suspending the streaming of English Premier League football games by video platform Twitch, claiming that the Amazon-owned service is infringing u…
Football

An invitation to submit offers has been launched in Russia for broadcast rights to the Uefa Champions League, the Europa League and the new third-tier Europa Conference League covering the 2021-22 to 2023-24…
Football

Russian sports broadcaster Match TV, owned by Gazprom Media, has sublicensed digital rights to the Russian Premier League and Uefa’s club competitions to OTT streaming service ivi.
Football

Fifa, football’s global governing body, has taken advantage of the stronger advertising opportunities offered by the winter scheduling of the 2022 World Cup in its rights sale to the Telesport marketing agency in Russia.
Multi-sport

Spring Media, the Stockholm-based agency, has strengthened its commercial team with the appointments of Slaven Paunovic, formerly of the MP & Silva and The Sportsman Media Group agencies, and Carly O’Hara, c…
Football

Russian media and entertainment company Rambler Group has agreed a partnership with international sports broadcaster Setanta Sports designed to combat online piracy in Russia, Ukraine and the CIS countries,…
Football

The 2022 Fifa World Cup will receive widespread free-to-air and pay-TV coverage in Russia after the 2Sport2 consortium picked up the rights
Ice Hockey

Russian internet company Yandex will look to expand its sports-rights portfolio after acquiring exclusive rights to the National Hockey League in Russia amid fierce competition.
Tennis

US media group Discovery saw off an aggressive bid from incumbent Match TV to take over exclusive rights in Russia to Women’s Tennis Association events from 2020, completing its tennis set in the country.
Ice Hockey

The National Hockey League has entered into a multi-year partnership with Russian internet company Yandex to exclusively broadcast games in Russia via its streaming platform. Beginning with the Oct
Tennis

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired exclusive rights in Russia to Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournaments.
Ice Hockey

European ice hockey tournament the Champions Hockey League is keen to secure exposure in both China and Russia and has praised the “huge reach” of 26 broadcast deals covering 63 territories as it heads int…
Basketball

The VTB United League, a pan-European club basketball competition, has significantly increased the value of its international rights in a new deal with the Lagardère Sports agency amid interest from local Russian agencies.