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RTVS attacks Slovak Extraliga rights award after missing out on sublicence
Slovakian public broadcaster RTVS has criticised the award of rights to the country’s top-tier ice hockey league to TV Joj after failing to reach terms on a sublicensing deal with the commercial network.
RTVS retains Slovak ice hockey league rights
Slovak public-service broadcaster RTVS has secured exclusive rights to the domestic tip-tier hockey league, the Tipos Extraliga for another three seasons
Slovakia’s RTVS Sport launches with €11m budget
Slovak public broadcaster RTVS has expanded its sports offering with the addition of its new channel RTVS Sport, which will show hundreds of hours of top European football
RTVS Sport HD set for December launch in Slovakia
After a number of delays, Slovakian public-service broadcaster RTVS is set to launch its new sports channel next month
RTVS, Joj to launch sports channels in Slovakia
Slovakian public-service broadcaster RTVS and commercial broadcaster Joj are both launching new sports channels
Slovakia’s RTVS retains Europa League rights, adds Europa Conference League
Slovakian public broadcaster RTVS has retained rights to European football’s second-tier Uefa Europa League while also adding rights to the new third-tier Uefa Europa Conference League.
RTVS gets go-ahead for new Slovakian sports channel
Slovakian public-service broadcaster RTVS has been granted a license by the country's Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission (RVR) to launch and operate a national digital sports channel
RTVS delays sports channel launch
Slovakian public-service broadcaster RTVS has delayed the launch of its sports channel on a reluctance to enter into further financial commitments during the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak
Uefa reverses decline in Cyprus and wraps up sales in Slovakia
Uefa has reversed the falling value of its club competition media rights in Cyprus via an exclusive deal with telco Cyta.
EBU members paying Discovery more for less in ‘new game’
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.
Telco aggression fuels Uefa’s Balkan rights boost
The aggressiveness of telco Telekom Srbija was a driving factor in increases in the value of the rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League in the Balkans.