Slovakia

Uefa has earned a significant increase in the value of its national team rights across Eastern Europe, justifying its decision to sell market-by-market in the region.

Slovakian public-service broadcaster RTVS plans to launch a new sports channel ahead of the country’s staging of the International Ice Hockey Federation’s World Championship in 2019.

The AMC Networks International Central Europe division of US entertainment company AMC Networks has acquired rights in Slovakia for the Kontinental Hockey League ice hockey competition, according to the Broadband TV News website.

Media and entertainment company Discovery Communications is faced with another carriage dispute after pan-European pay-television operator M7 Group said it will stop providing Discovery channels through its platforms by the end of the month if talks over a new deal do not come to a satisfactory conclusion.

The AMC Networks International Central Europe division of US entertainment company AMC Networks has extended a rights deal for the Formula One motor-racing world championship.

The CAA Eleven agency has launched tenders in six markets for rights to Uefa national team football properties.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has secured a series of rights deals for upcoming seasons of the Champions Hockey League pan-European ice hockey club competition.

Slovakian media company Elements Channel is to launch a new sports channel in the country next month, according to the MediaLne.sk news website.

Czech commercial and pay-television broadcaster Nova has secured a new rights deal for the Wimbledon tennis grand slam tournament.

The sublicensing deals agreed this week by Discovery Communications with public-service broadcasters in Slovakia and Slovenia for the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games fit the pattern of others agreed so far in Europe: public-service broadcasters paying higher fees for fewer rights than they had in 2014 and 2016.

RTVS and RTV, the public-service broadcasters in Slovakia and Slovenia, have acquired rights for the Olympic Games.

Eurosport Events, promoter of the World Touring Car Championship, has agreed broadcast rights deals in host markets for its forthcoming races in Hungary and Morocco, along with launching a new second screen service to enhance coverage of the motor racing series.

Pay-television operator Digi Czech Republic has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal for football’s English Premier League.

Czech commercial and pay-television broadcaster Nova has been granted a licence to launch a second sports channel in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

The Saran Media agency has acquired rights to LaLiga, the top division of Spanish football, in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

World Touring Car Championship promoter Eurosport Events has agreed a broadcast partnership for the motor racing series in Slovakia with media group Central European Media Enterprises (CME).