Early renewal for Sky Football League contract

The Football League and Sky Sports have extended their broadcast agreement for a further three years to 2018.

At the same time Sky Bet has become the title sponsor of The Football League.

In the increasingly tight UK sports rights market, the early renewal gives Sky an additional 37 live games ...

Romanian channels lose licences

July 19, 2013 07.45 Europe/London





Romania’s National Audiovisual Council (CNA) has withdrawn the licences for three channels operated by the media group Realitatea-Catavencu.

According to local reports, this was due to the channels – CineStar, ActionStar and ComedyStar – having been off air for ...

Lithuanian telco gains TV subs

July 18, 2013 08.40 Europe/London





The TeliaSonera-backed Lithuanian incumbent TEO ended the first half of 2013 with 170,200 users of its TV services, or nearly 9% more than a year earlier.

At the same time, its internet subscriber total rose by 4.5% to 394,100. TEO’s share of revenue from internet ...