Poland
Polsat to broadcast Poland’s historic IIHF World Championship return
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
Canal Plus Polska continues long-running NBA association
Polish pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Polska has extended and expanded its long-standing rights deal with the National Basketball Association (NBA)
Polsat sheds 110,000 subscribers in 2022
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
Polsat extends Polish Basketball League rights to 2030
Pay-television broadcaster Polsat has extended its domestic rights to the Polish Basketball League (PLK) until 2030.
Mediapro named 2023 European Games host broadcaster
Mediapro, the broadcast production group and rights agency, has been appointed as the host broadcaster for the 2023 European Games in Kraków and the Małopolska region. The Spain-based group will work with Polish company Festival Group to produce live coverage of the two-week event.
TVP receives PLN2.35bn government grant to offset licence fee shortfall
Polish public-service broadcaster Telewizja Polska is to receive PLN2.35bn (€491.2m/$526.3m) in government funding after its annual grant was approved.
Canal Plus trials free Ekstraklasa coverage on YouTube
Pay-TV broadcaster Canal Plus is to simulcast live coverage of the Polish Ekstraklasa on its free-to-watch YouTube channel to mark the league’s return from an extended winter break.
Eleven Sports Poland retains Spanish Super Cup rights
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports Poland has retained rights to the Spanish Super Cup for the next three seasons.
The broadcaster announced today (Monday) that it has secured the rights until 2025
Viaplay adds T-Mobile distribution in Poland
Subscription streaming platform Viaplay has signed a distribution deal in Poland with telecoms operator T-Mobile
TVP keen to keep hold of Ekstraklasa, Champions League rights
Polish public broadcaster TVP remains in talks with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus about sublicensing rights to Poland’s Ekstraklasa from next season onwards and is keen to tie down an agreement.
TVP nears 11m audience as Poland exit, NOS nets 4.8m for Netherlands-USA
Poland’s 3-1 defeat to France at the Fifa World Cup attracted an average audience of just under 10.8 million viewers across the television channels of Polish public broadcaster TVP.
Polish win over Saudi Arabia nears 9m audience on TVP channels
Poland’s 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia on Saturday afternoon attracted an average audience of just under 8.9 million viewers across the television channels of Polish public broadcaster TVP.
Ekstraklasa secures increased Canal Plus fee after streamer talks
The Polish Ekstraklasa has increased its domestic media rights fee with Canal Plus despite the absence of bids from Viaplay and Amazon.
Polish regulator probes Viaplay’s streaming glitches
Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has announced that it has initiated an investigation into the technical glitches suffered by streaming platform Viaplay since it entered t…
Poland’s handball Superliga working with Sportfive on domestic rights sales
The Polish Handball Superliga has initiated its domestic broadcast rights sales auction in a process involving Sportfive
TVP lands sublicensed rights to Polish volleyball’s national team matches
Telewizja Polska, the Polish public broadcaster, has agreed a new sublicensing agreement to continue to show top volleyball matches of the men’s and women’s national teams.
Ekstraklasa and Canal Plus sign off on PLN1.3bn, four-year contract
Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has retained domestic broadcast rights to the Polish Ekstraklasa in a four-year contract worth an average of close to PLN325m (€67.3m/$66.1m) per season.
Viaplay adds more content with Rugby League World Cup rights across 10 countries
Subscription streaming broadcaster Viaplay has secured rights across various European markets to the forthcoming Rugby League World Cup