A competition for the right to screen Russian Premier League (Rosgosstrakh Championship of Russia) football matches in the 2009-2010 season has flopped.
The main rights are currently held by the DTH platform NTV-Plus, and according to its general director Dmitry Samokhin, the deadline for submitting applications in its tender sublicensing the rights passed without a single application from Russian national TV channels.
He added that NTV-Plus now plans to continue negotiations with potential partners or to hold a second tender.