Macedonia
Fiba seals nine-market United Media deal in Southern Europe
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has signed a long-term rights deal with pan-regional broadcasting group United Media across nine markets in Southern Europe
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
United Media acquires AFC rights in Southeast Europe
The Asian Football Confederation has agreed a deal with United Media, owner of the Sportklub channels, to broadcast AFC competitions in Southeast Europe
Dentsu agrees raft of J.League international deals ahead of season resumption
Dentsu, the Japanese advertising agency heavily involved in sports marketing, has concluded a number of broadcast deals for the J.League ahead of the Japanese top flight’s resumption on July 4.
LaLiga kicks off media-rights tender in 16 European countries
LaLiga, the governing body of Spanish football’s top two divisions, has launched its invitation to tender covering broadcast rights in 16 European territories.
Bids invited for Uefa club competition TV rights in Balkans
Invitations to submit offers (ISOs) have been launched in seven countries across the Balkan region for rights to the Uefa Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League covering the 2021-22…
Arena expands EHF coverage in Infront/DAZN deal
Pay-television broadcaster Arena Sport has acquired European Handball Federation club and national team events across the Balkan region in a new four-year deal
Three clubs hit with Financial Fair Play sanctions
Uefa, football’s European governing body, has imposed sanctions on three clubs for breaching Financial Fair Play regulations.
EHF assigns hosting rights for national team events
The European Handball Federation has today (Wednesday) awarded hosting rights for the 2022 and 2024 editions of its European Championship, as well as the women’s tournament in 2022.
Bidders outlined for European Handball Championships
Eleven nations have submitted bids to host the European Handball Federation’s European Championships in 2022 and 2024, with several countries having teamed up on joint proposals.
INFRONT TIE UP RUSSIAN DEAL
Infront Sports & Media has reached an exclusive agreement with RTR State TV & Radio Broadcasting Company for the television and radio rights to the 2006 World Cup.
BK TELEKOM IN WORLD CUP RIGHTS DEAL
Infront Sports & Media has struck a deal with BK Telekom of Serbia and Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, for broadcast rights to the 2006 World Cup.
UEFA REVEAL FUNDING PROGRAMMES
Italy and Hungary are among the latest UEFA member associations to benefit from UEFA's HatTrick assistance programme.
BBC secures Euro 2004 rights
UK public broadcaster the BBC has snapped up the TV rights to more of the England national soccer team's away fixtures in its 2004 European Championship qualifying campaign.
BSkyB wins England Euro clash
The broadcast rights to England's European Championship qualifing game in Turkey have been snapped up by pay-TV platform BSkyB.
Macedonian soccer league streamlined
Macedonia's premier league will be reduced from 14 teams to 12 next season in an attempt to improve the country's soccer, a national football union official said on Thursday.
UEFA INSTRUCT YUGO TO PLAY HOME TIES AWAY
Yugoslavia's three teams competing in the UEFA Cup will play their "home" matches in the Netherlands, Bulgaria and Macedonia.
UEFA BAN YUGOSLAVIA FROM SOCCER TOURNAMENT
Yugoslavia will be excluded from this year's UEFA Intertoto Cup starting on June 19 and Macedonia will take its place instead, the European soccer body UEFA has said.