Eastern Europe
A1 Bulgaria retains Champions League, adds Europa League, Conference League
Pay-television broadcaster A1 Bulgaria has extended its rights to the Uefa Champions League and also secured rights to the Europa League and new third-tier Europa Conference League for the next three seasons
Digi Sport retains Bundesliga rights in Romania
Romanian pay-television broadcaster Digi Sport has agreed a four-season extension to its rights deal for the Bundesliga, the top division of German club football
European Leagues invites exclusive bids in expanded data rights RFP
European Leagues, the body of European football leagues, has gone to market early with the centralised fastpath data rights to league and cup competitions organised by a total of 18 different league bodies…
Telekom Srbija continues aggressive rights pursuit with six-year Premier League deal
Arena Sport, the pay-television broadcaster owned by Serbian telecoms operator Telekom Srbija, has landed rights in the Balkan region to the English Premier League in a six-season deal
A1 Bulgaria renews Serie A rights to 2024
Pay-television broadcaster A1 Bulgaria has renewed its rights to Italy's Serie A for another three seasons, from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Budapest to host Europe’s first WTT Series event
The Hungarian capital of Budapest has been announced as the host of Europe’s first World Table Tennis Series event next month.
Eleven Sports renews FA Cup rights in Poland
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has renewed an agreement in Poland for exclusive rights to the English FA Cup club football competition until the end of the 2023-24 season
Canal Plus Poland renews NBA deal till 2023
Polish pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Polska has extended its agreement with National Basketball Association for two seasons, covering 2021-22 and 2022-23
Pro TV retains Uefa European Championship rights in Romania
Commercial broadcaster Pro TV will remain the home of the Uefa European Championship in Romania after it secured rights to the next two editions of the national teams football tournament
Coppa Italia rights bids accepted in Bulgaria, Nordics, Australia and sub-Saharan Africa
Lega Serie A has accepted offers for rights to Italian football’s Coppa Italia and Supercoppa from 2021-22 to 2023-24 in four European countries, along with Australia, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Vietnam and s…
Canal Plus retains Premier League rights in France, adds in Czech Republic, Slovakia
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has extended its rights in France to the Premier League, while it will also broadcast the English club football competition in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Nent lands Premier League in Netherlands, Poland and Baltics in six-season deals
Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired exclusive rights to the English Premier League across the Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for the six seasons from 2022-23…
Romanian champions Cluj sign with eToro as it expands its sporting portfolio
Romanian Liga 1 football club CFR 1907 Cluj has signed up global investment platform eToro as the club’s main sponsor in a multi-year deal.
Ukrainian Premier League signs new title sponsorship with VBet
The Ukrainian Premier League has signed up online sportsbook and live casino operator VBet as its new title sponsor
Suspended BTRC loses EBU sports rights access
The European Broadcasting Union membership of BTRC, the state broadcaster in Belarus, has been suspended amid ongoing political instability in the country
Nova extends long-running MotoGP coverage in Czech Republic, Slovakia
Commercial and pay-television broadcaster Nova Sport has renewed an agreement in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for coverage of the MotoGP motorcycling series
O2 exercises Czech league clause, ending coverage on public-service broadcaster
Pay-television broadcaster O2 has retained domestic broadcast rights to the Czech First League for another two seasons in an agreement that will end free-to-air coverage on public broadcaster Česká Televize.
World Race Walking Team Championships latest event to be moved from Minsk
World Athletics has announced that it will seek an alternative host for the 2022 World Race Walking Team Championships, the rights for which had originally been awarded to Minsk, Belarus