Viasat Snags Rights to EHF Champions League Handball Tournaments

STOCKHOLM, August 9: Viasat
Broadcasting has secured the exclusive rights to broadcast in Hungary and
Slovenia the next five seasons of EHF Champions League in handball, beginning
this September.

From the start of the 2007-2008
season in September, Viasat3 in Hungary and TV3 in Slovenia will air both the
men's and women's handball tournaments from EHF. The rights were previously
held by the state broadcasters in both countries. Slovenia and Hungary are
ranked among the top five countries in Europe for both men and women in the
area of club handball, and the sport is highly rated in both countries. Viasat's
portfolio of sports rights in Hungary and Slovenia also contains football
programming from the UEFA Champions League.

"Part of our strategy is
to supply our viewers with the best sports television available, therefore I'm
delighted that we have secured EHF Champions League handball,” said Yggers
Mortensen, the head of Central and Eastern Europe at Viasat Broadcasting. “We
look forward to following the four Hungarian teams and the three Slovenian
teams in the coming season.”