Greece
Saudi Pro League nets more distribution in Europe ahead of Ronaldo debut
The Saudi Professional League and its appointed IMG agency have finalised a flurry of media rights deals ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo’s debut in the competition.
Euroleague Basketball extends Bwin deal for Greek market
Online sports betting and gaming operator Bwin has signed a multi-year extension to its sponsorship deal with Euroleague Basketball covering the Greek territory
Betsson extends Greek Super League 2 title sponsorship deal
Betting group Betsson has extended its title sponsorship of the Greek Super League 2 for a second season
Saudi Arabia to ‘partner with Egypt and Greece’ for 2030 World Cup bid
Saudi Arabia is reported to be preparing a ‘tri-continental’ bid with Egypt and Greece to host the Fifa World Cup in 2030.
Nova adds promoted Levadiakos to Greek Super League portfolio
United Group’s Nova has added another Greek Super League team to its portfolio after reaching a deal with the recently-promoted Levadiakos.
Nova outbids Cosmote to secure Aris rights to 2025
United Group’s Nova has extended its rights agreement with Greek football club Aris for another three seasons, seeing off competition from rival broadcaster Cosmote TV.
Greek powerhouse Olympiacos close to Cosmote rights deal
Greece’s Cosmote TV is nearing a deal for Olympiacos’ rights in the Greek Super League, making another landmark addition to its portfolio of Greek teams.
United Group’s revenues grow as sports rights spending increases
United Group has reported higher revenues for the 2021 financial year thanks to multiple acquisitions that it concluded, while its sport rights spending more than doubled
Nova extends relationship with anti-piracy firm Friend MTS
Nova, the Greek pay-television broadcaster owned by United Media Group, has extended its relationship with anti-piracy content protection firm Friend MTS
Cosmote sublicenses F1 rights in Greece from ERT for one more season
Greece’s Cosmote TV has renewed rights to the Formula One World Championship in a sublicensing deal with public-service broadcaster ERT covering the 2022 season, which starts on March 18.
Quartet of four-year DFB-Pokal deals to kick-off in-house international rights cycle
The German Football Federation (DFB) has signed a quartet of four-season media rights deals in Europe for its DFB-Pokal club cup competition, while also signing shorter-term deals in an array of other…
Cosmote retains WRC rights in Greece to 2025
Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has retained exclusive rights to the FIA World Rally Championship under a new three-year deal that runs to 2025
Nova finalises Premier League capture for six seasons
Nova, the Greek pay-television broadcaster owned by United Media Group, has finalised its acquisition of exclusive Premier League rights in a six-year deal running to 2028
Cosmote TV secures last-minute deal for Greek Cup rights
Cosmote TV has secured broadcast rights to Greek football’s domestic cup competition, hours before the kick-off of its fifth round and after seeing off competition from rival pay-television broadcaster N…
Greek Cup media rights tender is relaunched
The Hellenic Football Federation has, for the second time in three months, invited bids for broadcast rights to this season’s Greek Cup, following an unsuccessful attempt in the summer.
Cosmote extends World Rally Championship rights deal
Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has signed a one-year extension to its World Rally Championship rights deal as the motorsport series prepares to stage its first event in the country in eight years
Cosmote adds OFI Crete rights ahead of Greek Super League season
Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has signed up another Greek Super League club to an individual rights deal in a two-season agreement with OFI Crete
Cosmote follows Panathinaikos deal with two-season AEK rights swoop
Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has completed a two-year domestic broadcast rights agreement with AEK Athens, one of the leading Greek Super League sides