Liga rights snapped up by Czech Television, Slovak Sport

The Pragosport agency has awarded rights for the Synot Liga, the newly-named top tier of football in Czech Republic, to public-service broadcaster Czech Television and pay-television broadcaster Slovak Sport.

Reports in Czech Republic said that the deals would run for four years, from 2014-15 to 2017-18.

Czech Television secured the rights for the first, second and fourth-choice matches every week, with games shown on Saturdays and Sundays.

Slovak Sport acquired rights for the third-choice match every week, and will show the live coverage on Friday evenings.

Monday night games have been taken out of the broadcast schedule due to a lack of interest from viewers.

Pragosport acquired the rights to the league earlier this year in a deal with Stes, the marketing division of the FACR, the country’s football association.