Ukraine

Ukrainian Premier League football club Shakhtar Donetsk has joined forces with online video service provider StreamAMG to launch a new streaming platform.

The national federations of 10 countries have signed up to the International Basketball Federation’s (Fiba) new multi-cast initiative, with the sport’s global governing body keen on securing further partners before the end of the year.

The Ukrainian Premier League, the top division of football in the country, appears poised to switch to a collective broadcast rights model following a vote of its member clubs.

Ukrainian cable television operator Volia has agreed a carriage deal with international sports broadcaster Eurosport.

Baku 2015 has secured broadcasting agreements in Ukraine, Georgia, Norway and Israel for the inaugural European Games.

The value of domestic broadcast rights to Ukraine Premier League football could take a big hit in the forthcoming round of deals due to the economic crisis brought on by the political conflict in the country over the last year.

Uefa earned a strong increase in its Champions League rights fee in Spain last week, with most industry insiders believing it had Qatari broadcaster beIN Media Group to thank.

Commercial and pay-television broadcaster Media Group Ukraine has been awarded exclusive rights in Ukraine for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League club football tournaments.

Sport1’s deal last week for the rights to the National Hockey League means the sports broadcaster now has exclusive rights to each of the four top North American sports leagues.

The English Premier League, the top division of football in the country, has awarded rights in Russia to pay-television broadcaster NTV-Plus and in Ukraine to the MP & Silva agency

Ukrainian satellite-television broadcaster Xtra TV has launched a new sports package

Uefa, European footballā€™s governing body, has agreed rights deals in the Ukraine for the Champions League and Europa League, and in Albania for the Champions League, for the 2012-13 to 2014-15 period.

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

Yet another commercial overhaul for Uefa?

The Medge Consulting and Advisers Media International agencies agreed four-and-a-half-year rights deals, from now until the end of the 2015-16 season, for National Hockey League ice hockey in the Ukraineā€¦

The Sportfive agency invited offers for the rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games in the Eastern European markets of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and the Ukraine

FA up in Europe despite weaker rights package and recession