Belgium
Telenet retains English Premier League rights in Belgium
Telenet has renewed its deal for exclusive English Premier League rights in Belgium, extending its agreement with the league for another three seasons
Belgian, Danish and Swiss public broadcasters net Euro 2020 ratings boost
Action from the Uefa European Championship quarter-finals attracted strong audiences on public-service broadcasters in the competing nations of Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland
Eleven Belgium plans 4K channel for Pro League, sees BeNeleague as ‘opportunity’
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports Belgium is planning to roll out a 4K channel in time for its second season as the rights-holder to the country’s Jupiler Pro League and is also considering the d…
RTL Belgium sold for €250m to DPG Media, Groupe Rossel
European media group RTL has signed a definitive agreement to sell commercial broadcaster RTL Belgium to Belgian media companies DPG Media and Groupe Rossel for €250m ($298m).
BeNeLeague Basketball domestic rights tender in progress with May 5 deadline
BeNeLeague Basketball, the new commercial rights-holder of Belgian and Dutch domestic basketball, is expecting bids by May 5 for media rights to the competitions under its banner, SportBusiness understands
Belgian league clubs comforted by early Eleven Sports rights payment
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has settled its final rights fee instalment for Belgian football’s 2020-21 Jupiler Pro League season ahead of schedule.
Standard Liège ‘secures upfront bank funding’ against future media-rights income
Belgian top-tier football club Standard Liège has reportedly become the first in the country to agree a deal that gives it an upfront payment in exchange for future television rights income.
RTL ‘considers Belgian subsidiary sale carve-out, offloading RTL Nederlands’
European media group RTL is reportedly considering carving out its Belgian subsidiary from a package sale with its French subsidiary, M6, as well as selling its Dutch subsidiary
OneFootball, LIVENow and MyCujoo offer free and PPV Belgian league streaming
The Pro League, the top tier of Belgian club football, has ensured broadcast coverage in some key international markets in an agreement with football-based media platform OneFootball and through additional…
LaLiga adds Sky México to anti-piracy drive, extends with Pro League, Dorna
LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has signed up pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports México as the latest client for its anti-piracy venture, while Belgium’s Pr…
Eleven brings Telenet’s sports offering to Flanders customers
Subscription sports broadcaster Eleven has agreed a deal that will allow its subscribers in the Flanders region of Belgium access to the Play-Sports pay-television channels of telecoms operator Telenet
Formula E broadcaster RTBF adds Extreme E rights
RTBF, the French-language public broadcaster in Belgium, has acquired rights to Extreme E, the new electric off-road motor racing series
Proximus pays more but Uefa must wait on Champions League result in Belgium
The spectre of competition pushed telco Proximus to raise its spend on Uefa Champions League pay-television rights in Belgium by about a quarter for the 2021-24 cycle.
Telenet opens up free window for sports content, including Premier League
Belgian telecoms operator Telenet has announced it will launch a free-to-air channel targeting occasional viewers of sports events
Eleven retains grip on UFC rights in Belgium
Subscription broadcaster Eleven has retained rights to mixed martial arts’ Ultimate Fighting Championship in a ‘multi-year’ agreement.
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Proximus holds on to pay-television Champions League rights
Belgian telecoms operator Proximus will continue to be able to show all matches from the Uefa Champions League during the 2021-24 cycle after being awarded the pay-television rights across the country
RTL retains grip on free-to-air Champions League rights in Belgium
Commercial broadcaster RTL has retained free-to-air rights in Belgium to the Uefa Champions League for the forthcoming 2021-24 cycle
Eleven signs off on LaLiga rights extension in Belgium
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has finalised its extension of rights in Belgium to Spanish football’s LaLiga until the end of the 2025-26 season.