Turkey
Sportradar lands betting video and data rights to Turkish basketball
Global sports data and technology company Sportradar has signed a multi-year agreement with the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) that includes the distribution of domestic and international betting…
Digiturk ups bid to land global Turkish Süper Lig deal as tortuous tender scrapped
Digiturk has retained domestic and international broadcast rights to the Turkish Süper Lig after a gruelling tender process was finally shelved in favour of a two-year extension with the Turkish pay-television …
UIPM plans test event for new obstacle discipline
The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has confirmed plans for a test event to trial a new obstacle discipline, which has been selected to replace horse riding as the sport’s fifth discipline.
Trabzonspor to launch first NFT offering
Turkish Süper Lig football club Trabzonspor will launch its first public NFT offering tomorrow (Saturday) as part of its agreement with specialist NFT agency Capital Block.
Infront secures Gedik Investment sponsorship for Turkish Volleyball Federation
The Turkish Volleyball Federation (TVF) has signed up Gedik Investment to its sponsorship portfolio
Saran to follow Istanbul Rams’ European League of Football debut
The Saran Media Group agency has acquired rights to the European League of Football in Turkey, as the Istanbul Rams prepare to make their debut in the American football competition for the 2022 season
TFF president steps down amid ongoing Süper Lig rights talks
Nihat Özdemir has resigned as president of the Turkish Football Federation amid a challenging time for the organisation as it seeks to conclude broadcast agreements for the domestic game.
BeIN to show Premier Padel tour in 37 markets
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports will show the inaugural edition of the Premier Padel tour across 37 countries including Australia, France, New Zealand, Singapore and Turkey
Russia and Turkey enter the fray as Uefa confirms bids for Euro 2028, 2032
Uefa has announced it has received declarations of interest to host the 2028 and 2032 editions of the European Championship from four potential bidders, with Russia and Turkey making late entries to challenge…
Saran and TRT sign off on Turkish Süper Lig rights deals
Both the Saran agency and TRT, the Turkish public broadcaster, have announced that they have signed contracts for various Turkish Süper Lig broadcast rights packages, albeit the main live rights package …
Focus switches to Saran as Digiturk fails to take up Süper Lig packages
The Turkish Football Federation has announced that signing rights to various Turkish Süper Lig media rights packages have passed to the Saran agency and Turkish public broadcaster TRT after incumbent …
Digiturk given a week to sign off new Süper Lig deals but bid for main package rebuffed
The Turkish Football Federation has given Digiturk, the Turkish pay-television operator owned by beIN Media Group, until the start of next week to sign agreements for various packages of rights to the…
Capital Block agency to advise Trabzonspor on NFT strategy
Turkish Süper Lig side Trabzonspor has agreed a deal with specialist NFT agency Capital Block to develop a bespoke NFT strategy.
Turkish Süper Lig tender prolonged with ’12 revised bids’ for various rights
The Turkish Football Federation has vowed that the broadcast rights to the Turkish Süper Lig will be awarded in a week’s time, after the submission late last week of improved bids for domestic, international an…
Galatasaray secures Bitget sponsorship in Capital Sports Media brokered deal
Turkish football club Galatasaray has signed cryptocurrency exchange Bitget as its Official Crypto Partner until the end of the 2021-22 season
Turkish Süper Lig media rights tender launches; five-season bids possible
The tender process for domestic and international rights to the Turkish Süper Lig has been launched with the domestic rights split into six different packages.
Turkish Basketball Federation extends long-running Infront deal
The Infront agency has signed a four-year extension to its media and sponsorship rights sales agreement with the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF)
WTA Tour buoyed by beIN extension in Australia, France and Turkey
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has signed off on a five-year extension to its rights deal in Australia, France and Turkey for women’s tennis’ WTA Tour.