Belgian Pro League
RTBF sublicenses Belgian Pro League highlights in five-season deal
Belgian French-language public-service broadcaster RTBF has agreed a five-season highlights deal for the top-tier Pro League with international subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports
Eleven lands Pro League carriage deal with Proximus
International broadcaster Eleven Sports has agreed a five-season distribution deal with telco Proximus for its three new dedicated Belgian football channels, which includes coverage of the top-tier Pro…
KBC bank lands Belgian Pro League clips, highlights deal
Financial group KBC has acquired exclusive rights to ‘near live’ mobile clips from the top-tier Belgian Pro League as well as non-exclusive online highlights rights.
Eleven details Belgian Pro League subscription price plan
International broadcaster Eleven Sports has announced the prices it will charge customers for accessing its coverage of Belgian football, including the top-tier Pro League.
Viewers can pay €10.9
Eleven Sports lands first distribution deal for Pro League channels
Eleven Sports, the international pay-television broadcaster, has signed its first distribution deal for the new subscription channels that will offer live coverage of Belgian football next season, striking…
Mediapro to produce Eleven’s Pro League coverage amid wider tie-up
Eleven Sports, the international pay-television broadcaster, and Mediapro, the broadcast production and rights agency, are to work on a “series of strategic international projects”, beginning with the…
Eleven Sports, Belgian Pro League sign off on five-year contract
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has finally signed off on its five-year domestic media-rights agreement with Belgian football’s Pro League.
Proximus and Telenet ‘consider arbitration proceedings’ over Pro League rights refund
Belgian telecoms operators Proximus and Telenet are looking at the initiation of arbitration proceedings against the Pro League, the country’s professional football league, over the repayment of a slice o…
Belgian Pro League and Proximus create esports event in response to Covid-19
The Belgian Pro League and Belgian pay-television and telecommunications company Proximus, are organising a Fifa 20 esports competition to make up for the lack of matches during the Covid-19 outbreak
Eleven Sports completes Belgian league deal as outlier Antwerp signs up
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has been able to complete its exclusive swoop for broadcast rights to Belgian football’s Pro League after top-tier club Antwerp signed up to the proposed five-year a…
Eleven Sports and Pro League discuss 23-club rights agreement
Belgian football’s Pro League and subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports are discussing a 23-club media-rights agreement from 2020-21 onwards in the event that top-tier club Antwerp elects to remain e…
No rights awarded by Belgian Pro League as new tender considered
Belgium’s Pro League has opted against awarding any domestic rights following the submission of bids by rival broadcasters and media groups, and is weighing up the possibility of launching a new invitation t…
Belgian Pro League clubs meet to award rights amid strong Mediapro interest
The 24 clubs from Belgian soccer’s top two divisions are meeting today to potentially award domestic broadcast rights from 2020-21 onwards amid strong interest from Mediapro, the agency and production g…
Belgian clubs can exploit near-live clips on their own platforms in radical Pro League tender
Belgian Pro League clubs will be able to exploit near-live clips on their own digital subscription platforms in the next rights cycle: the first time European clubs have been able to do so without long hold-back periods.
Five-year terms offered as Belgian Pro League issues domestic rights tender
Belgium’s Pro League has initiated the start of its domestic broadcast rights sales process and will invite bids for four- or five-year contract terms.
Spring Media lauds ‘fast growing’ Belgian league after new international TV deals
The Spring Media agency has described Belgium’s Pro League as “one of the fastest growing football leagues on the planet” after helping to facilitate deals with broadcasters in Italy, Germany, Russia, Ukrai…
Profitability recorded for Eleven Sports in Belgium
The Belgian operation of pay-TV broadcaster Eleven Sports has, for the first time, reported positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda), after launching in the country…
Belgian Pro League: TV rights tender to launch by November
The Belgian Pro League is looking to kick off its domestic broadcast rights auction “at the end of October or early November” despite still lacking consensus from clubs over the collective sale of the…