Ekstraklasa
European Leagues’ collective rights project stays afloat through 2025 despite weakened pool
The future viability of the European Leagues centralised international media rights project is up for debate, after SportBusiness Media revealed two of the biggest participants were jumping out of the pool after just one cycle.
Canal Plus puts Ekstraklasa on YouTube with no FTA deal in sight
One of the opening matches of the new Polish Ekstraklasa season will be shown on YouTube in Poland, as talks between the league's domestic broadcaster Canal Plus and TVP have failed to produce a free-to-air…
Ekstraklasa secures increased Canal Plus fee after streamer talks
The Polish Ekstraklasa has increased its domestic media rights fee with Canal Plus despite the absence of bids from Viaplay and Amazon.
Ekstraklasa and Canal Plus sign off on PLN1.3bn, four-year contract
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has retained domestic broadcast rights to the Polish Ekstraklasa in a four-year contract worth an average of close to PLN325m (€67.3m/$66.1m) per season.
Stats Perform agrees expanded Opta data deal with Ekstraklasa
Sports data and technology company Stats Perform has extended its official data agreement with the Ekstraklasa, with the deal including access to live feeds from every match of the top division of Polish…
Ekstraklasa includes scheduling flexibility in 2023-27 domestic rights tender
The Polish Ekstraklasa has launched its long-awaited invitation to tender for its domestic media rights from 2023-24 to 2026-27, offering flexibility to broadcasters regarding the league’s schedule and s…
Eleven and OneFootball awarded pooled international rights to nine European leagues
European Leagues, the body of European football leagues, has awarded the centralised international broadcast rights to nine different leagues to football-based media platform OneFootball and streaming…
Ekstraklasa posted record revenues in 2020-21
The Ekstraklasa, the top tier of club football in Poland, posted record consolidated revenues of PLN328.4m (€71.9m/$83.4m) during the 2020-21 season, despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ekstraklasa prepares domestic rights tender from 2023-24 onwards
The Polish Ekstraklasa is preparing an invitation to tender for the sale of its domestic media rights from the 2023-24 season onwards, in a process that is scheduled to be completed by the end of next…
European Leagues pools together international rights to nine top-tier divisions
European Leagues, the body of European football leagues, has pooled together the international broadcast rights to nine different leagues and initiated a Request for Proposals from interested broadcasters,…
Red Bee Media awarded Ekstraklasa.TV service provider contract
Red Bee Media, the Ericsson-owned media services company, has been chosen by Polish football’s Ekstraklasa to develop its OTT streaming platform.
Arena Sport picks up Ekstraklasa in Balkans as Planet Sport retains Croatia rights
The Ekstraklasa, the top tier of club football in Poland, has signed a new rights deal in the Balkan region with pay-television broadcaster Arena Sport
Ekstraklasa looks to boost international distribution in Content Arena tie-up
The Polish Ekstraklasa has made its international broadcast rights in selected markets available on Content Arena, the online media rights trading platform, as its seeks to boost its worldwide distribution
Ekstraklasa seeks service provider for OTT platform
The Polish Ekstraklasa has initiated a request for proposal process for the service provider for its OTT subscription streaming platform, Ekstraklasa.TV, from 2021-22 onwards
Ekstraklasa renews IMG Arena betting rights deal, adds international broadcasters
IMG Arena, the sports betting arm of the IMG agency, has renewed its international betting streaming rights to Poland’s Ekstraklasa for four more seasons.
Marcin Animucki, president of the Ekstraklasa SA board
Marcin Animucki, president of the Ekstraklasa SA board, discusses the leagues latest domestic deals and how it was able to avoid paying rebates for the suspended 2019-20 season.
Polish Ekstraklasa avoids rights rebate in extended domestic deals
The Polish Esktraklasa was able to avoid paying domestic rebates for the suspended 2019-20 season by extending its existing deals with pay-television broadcaster Platforma Canal Plus and public-service broadcaster TVP for a further two seasons on unchanged final terms.
Ekstraklasa finalises renewals with Canal Plus, TVP as fee remains flat
The Polish Ekstraklasa has finalised domestic rights deals with pay-television broadcaster Platforma Canal Plus and public-service broadcaster TVP in two-season extensions to the current contracts