Belgium
Liberty Global launches bid to buy rest of Telenet for €929m
US-based media giant Liberty Global has signalled its intention to launch a cash offer to assume full control of Belgian telco Telenet
Former Pro League CBO Monbaliu joins LaSource consultancy
Leander Monbaliu, previously chief business officer at Belgian football’s Pro League, has joined LaSource, the Paris-based sports, digital and technology consultancy.
MXGP extends with Belgian rights-holder Play Sports
Infront Moto Racing, which manages the exclusive broadcast, marketing and promotional rights to the FIM Motocross World Championship, has struck a new deal with Play Sports, the sports broadcaster operated…
Telenet’s Kestens recruited to Eleven Sports Belgium acquisitions role
Stefaan Kestens, the senior sports content acquisitions manager at Belgian telco Telenet, has joined Eleven Sports Belgium
Sporza to show Belgium’s Men’s World Handball Championship debut
Sporza, the sports arm of Flemish-language public broadcaster VRT, has secured rights in Belgium to the upcoming Men's World Championship after striking a multi-platform deal with the Sportfive agency
Play Sports extends F1 rights in Belgium
Play Sports, the sports broadcaster operated by Belgian telco Telenet, has agreed a two-season extension to its rights to the Formula 1 motor racing championship
Segev: Team Whistle engagement key to Eleven deal, channel rebranding on ‘case-by-case’ basis
DAZN Group’s takeover interest in Eleven Group was driven not only by the latter’s football rights portfolio and strong presence in markets such as Belgium and Portugal, but also the ability of Eleven-owned dig…
DAZN completes swoop for Eleven Sports and Team Whistle, Radrizzani to join board
Global sports streaming service and media company DAZN Group has struck an agreement to acquire subscription broadcaster and streaming platform Eleven Sports in a deal including digital content company…
Eleven launches commercial premises offering ahead of new Pro League season
The Belgian arm of subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has launched a commercial offering for bars and restaurants to support its coverage of domestic club football, along with its other rights properties
D’Amario succeeds Collard as Eleven Sports Belgium CEO
Eleven Sports has promoted Massimo D’Amario to the role of chief executive of its operations in Belgium and Luxembourg.
Belgian Super Cup to receive vertical format treatment on TikTok
Mediapro, the agency and international broadcast production group, has detailed plans to produce this weekend’s Belgian Super Cup match in a vertical 9:16 format on social video platform TikTok.
Chief business officer Monbaliu to leave Belgian Pro League
Leander Monbaliu, chief business officer at the Pro League, is to leave the Belgian football club body later this month.
Monbaliu has been with the Belgian league for close to a decade in various guises
Belgian telcos buoyed by arbitration ruling over Pro League rebates
Belgian telecoms operators Proximus, Telenet and Voo have emerged successful from an arbitration ruling over broadcast rights compensation claims related to the Covid-hit 2019-20 Jupiler Pro League season
ServusTV extends DTM deal, RTBF acquires FIM EWC rights
ServusTV, the commercial free-to-air broadcaster in German-speaking countries, has agreed a one-season extension to its rights deal in Germany and Austria to the DTM touring cars series
Eleven’s Collard named chief executive of RTL Belgium
Guillaume Collard will leave international pay-television and streaming business Eleven to become the new chief executive of commercial broadcaster RTL Belgium
Infront adds E3 Saxo Bank Classic to cycling portfolio
The Infront agency has entered into an exclusive media and marketing rights agreement with the E3 Saxo Bank Classic cycling event in Flanders, Belgium
Belgium Market Report, 2021
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media rights landscape of Belgium
New MCS Basket channel nets Liga ACB rights in France, other markets
MCS Basket, a new OTT platform focusing on basketball, has acquired broadcast rights to Spanish club competitions organised by the Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto (ACB) in the markets of F…