Poland
Events

State free-to-air broadcaster TVP and pay operator ITI will screen the UEFA Champions League from 2006-09 under the terms of a new deal which ends the current pay TV arrangement with Polsat.
Business

Extreme Sports Channel is to launch a dedicated French feed to French TV distributors on April 14.
Business

Mittal Steel, the world’s largest global steel company, will become the Polish Football Association’s lead sponsor in its bid to host the UEFA European Football Championship in 2012.
Events

Infront have secured two major live broadcast rights deals for this summer’s FIFA World Cup in Poland.
Events

Turkey is the latest country to sign up sports TV network ESPN Classic, following a carriage deal inked with Turkey’s leading digital platform, Digiturk.
Media

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) says it is committed to providing additional content access to sports fans around Europe following record levels of new media coverage for the Winter Olympics.
Business

The Extreme Sports Channel is to launch a dedicated Polish feed of the channel on January 1, 2006.
Business

Uefa has named a shortlist of three candidates to host the European Championship in 2012.
Events

Europe’s top club basketball league has clinched a three season TV deal in Poland.
Events

UEFA chief Lars-Christer Olsson has dropped a huge hint as to who will be on the short-list to host Euro 2012.
Business

NASN (the North American Sports Network) has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to the National Football League (NFL) in 17 European countries and shared rights in another four.
Business

NASN (the North American Sports Network) has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to the National Football League (NFL) in 17 European countries and shared rights in another four.
Events

Rally Ireland has launched its bid to host a round of the World Rally Championship in the country from 2007.
Business

The 2009 FISA World Rowing Championships will be hosted by Poznan in Poland.
Business

UEFA have received five bids to host the European soccer championship in 2012. They comprise joint bids from Croatia-Hungary and Poland-Ukraine and single bids from Greece, Italy and Turkey.
Business

A new-style FIM Speedway World Championship gets underway this weekend, featuring nine Grand Prix and 16 qualified riders rather than 24.
Events

Poland’s national terrestrial broadcaster, TVP, has signed a two-year agreement with rights holder BSI for highlights of the world championship FIM Speedway Grand Prix Series (SGP).
Stadia

Fujitsu Siemens Computers has become an official partner of ‘Qualifiers 2006’.