Belgium
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…
Telenet pays big increase to secure essential Premier League deal
The English Premier League has secured a strong increase in Belgium with incumbent broadcaster Telenet, leveraging the potential threat of market entry by Nent and Viaplay.
Ligue 1 blackout ends in Belgium as Eleven returns with three-year deal
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in Belgium to Ligue 1, the top tier of club football in France
Eleven serves up World Padel Championship coverage in Belgium
Live coverage of this month’s World Padel Championship will be shown in Belgium by pay-television broadcaster Eleven.
RTBF picks up UCI Track Champions League rights in Belgium
RTBF, the French-language public-service broadcaster in Belgium, has acquired rights to the International Cycling Union (UCI)’s new Track Champions League competition.
LIVENow to offer LaLiga, Serie A matches in Belgium through Eleven Sports deal
Pay-per-view streaming platform LIVENow is offering customers in Belgium access to live coverage of a handful of matches from Spanish LaLiga and Italian Serie A on a PPV basis under a deal with Eleven…
France’s L’Équipe acquires rights to Belgian football
French digital terrestrial broadcaster L’Équipe has acquired rights to Belgian top-flight football division Jupiler Pro League, marking its second acquisition of football content in recent weeks.
Eleven retains Serie A rights in Belgium
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has renewed an agreement for exclusive rights in Belgium to Serie A, the top tier of club football in Italy
VTM secures free-to-air rights to Tuesday evening Champions League matches
Belgian commercial broadcaster VTM has secured free-to-air rights in the country's Dutch-speaking Flanders region for Tuesday evening Uefa Champions League matches across three seasons, from 2021-22 to…
Eleven renews Bundesliga rights in Belgium, Luxembourg and Portugal
International sports broadcaster Eleven has renewed its German Bundesliga football rights in Belgium, Luxembourg and Portugal for the four seasons from 2021-22 to 2024-25
Eleven retains third-party Qualifiers and Nations League rights in Belgium
Pay-television broadcaster Eleven Sports has retained third-party rights in Belgium to Uefa European Qualifiers and the Uefa Nations League, acquiring rights through to the beginning of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Uefa national team rights part-sold in Belgium as Wallonia process continues
VRT is set to pay a slight increase for Uefa European Championship rights in Dutch-speaking Belgium, while VTM will keep its rights fee for Belgium’s European Qualifier and Nations League matches in the region flat until the end of 2025-26.