Eastern Europe

Football
Media

The European Broadcasting Union’s 12-market deal with DAZN for sublicensed rights to the Uefa Women’s Champions League final includes commitments from public broadcasters in the Nordic countries of Fin…
Basketball
Sponsorship & Marketing

Lithuania Travel and Lotus have signed on to sponsor the 2023 EuroLeague Final Four, which takes place this coming weekend in Kaunas
Football
Media

United Media, the broadcasting group across Southeast Europe, has acquired exclusive rights in Slovenia to an extensive package of Uefa club competition rights for the new three-year cycle
Ice Hockey
Media

Telecoms operator O2 has secured the lion’s share of domestic broadcast rights to the Extraliga, the top ice hockey league in the Czech Republic, while Spring Media has retained the international rights a…
Ice Hockey
Media

Polsat, the commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has acquired exclusive rights in Poland to six editions of the annual IIHF World Championship, with ice hockey on the rise in the country
Football
Media

The Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal (LPF), which operates Romanian football’s top-tier SuperLiga, and Romanian rights agency EAD have agreed a new domestic media rights deal that is set to result in a 6-…
Football
Media

Setanta Sports, the pay-television broadcaster, today (Thursday) announced its intention to terminate a domestic rights deal with the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) one year into the three-season deal,…
Tennis
Media

The Wimbledon Championships will once again be absent from television screens in Russia this year, as a result of the country's illegal invasion of Ukraine
Football
Media

The sales process for broadcast rights in Hungary to Uefa club competitions across the 2024-27 cycle has started today (Monday)
Basketball
Media

Polish pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Polska has extended and expanded its long-standing rights deal with the National Basketball Association (NBA)
Multiple Sports
Media

Slovakian pay-television broadcaster Joj Sport has launched a new online sports channel, Joj Sport Plus. The new channel will be available on the Joj Play streaming platform
Multiple Sports
Media

The distribution of Setanta Sports channels has been banned in Belarus by the country’s Ministry of Information.
Multiple Sports
Media

Belarusian telecoms operator Beltelecom has added two Setanta Sports Eurasia pay-television channels to its terrestrial television and IPTV services after striking a carriage deal with the pan-regional…
Multiple Sports
Media

Cyfrowy Polsat lost 110,000 subscribers in 2022, according to preliminary financial results released by the Polish commercial broadcaster. Polsat’s sales revenue increased by five per cent to PLN3.4
Multi-sport
Governance

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recommended that athletes from Russia and Belarus continue to compete under neutral flags, but a decision on their participation at next year’s Olympic Games i…
Basketball
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Polsat has extended its domestic rights to the Polish Basketball League (PLK) until 2030.
Athletics
Events

World Athletics has awarded its 2026 Indoor Championships to Torun in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region of Poland, while the 2024 Race Walking Team Championships will be held in Antalya, Turkey
Tennis
Sponsorship & Marketing

On, the Swiss sportswear and equipment brand backed by tennis legend Roger Federer, has further expanded its presence in the sport by signing up world No.1 Iga Świątek as its first female brand ambassador.