Netherlands
Eredivisie clubs reach agreement on TV money distribution
The 18 clubs in the Eredivisie, the Netherlands’ top football division, have reached an agreement on the distribution of the media-rights fees for the 2019-20 season.
Ziggo buys back into top tennis in the Netherlands with ATP play
Dutch telco Ziggo has landed exclusive multi-platform rights in the Netherlands to the ATP men’s tennis tour, SportBusiness Media understands.
Eurosport and DPlay air Covid-19 charity skins in seven European countries
Discovery, the media group and owner of pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport and subscription streaming service Dplay, will broadcast the first live golf since before the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown…
Government ruling set to end Eredivisie season
The Dutch government has extended a ban on major public events until September 1 in a move that effectively ends the 2019-20 season of football’s Eredivisie.
Fox Sports agrees to pay final Eredivisie rights fee tranche
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has agreed to pay the final fee instalment for the Dutch Eredivisie football league despite the continued suspension of fixtures due to the Covid-19 pandemic
NOS extends MXGP rights into 2020
Dutch public broadcaster NOS has renewed its rights to the FIM Motocross World Championship for 2020
Fox Sports refuses to be drawn on Eredivisie fee payment stance
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports is staying tight-lipped as to whether it will withhold an upcoming fee instalment for the Dutch Eredivisie football league in the light of the ongoing suspension of…
Discovery invests €40m in sports production technology hub
International media company Discovery has opened a new technology hub in the Dutch city of Hilversum to store and distribute live sporting productions.
Discovery has invested close to €40m ($44.5
Discovery ties Wimbledon renewals to ATP portfolio in multi-territory deal
International media group Discovery streamlined its portfolio of Wimbledon rights in its latest multi-territory European deal to align with its ATP Tour holdings across the continent.
NOS delivers uplift for International Skating Union events in key Dutch market
Dutch public broadcaster NOS increased its fee to retain rights to International Skating Union events in the Netherlands for the 2019-23 cycle, SportBusiness Media understands.
Fox Sports Netherlands commits to Red Bee’s IP-based Master Control Room
Media services company Red Bee has teamed up with Fox Sports Netherlands to provide the pay-television broadcaster with IP-based Master Control Room (MCR) services
Sportdigital Fussball adds Ajax TV to Dutch football offering
Sportdigital Fussball, the subscription broadcaster in German-speaking countries, has further enhanced its coverage of Dutch football by agreeing a deal to carry content from the in-house television channel…
Dutch Basketball League engages Genius for streaming and data platform
Sports data and technology company Genius Sports has been selected by the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) to launch its first live streaming and data platform
Dutch court rules out Fox Sports Eredivisie carriage probe
A Dutch court has ruled that the country’s competition regulator is not required to launch an investigation into the carriage agreement model for Fox Sports’ Eredivisie premium channels.
NISA announces streaming deal with MyCujoo
The National Independent Soccer Association - a new third-division men's soccer league in the United States - has announced a broadcast partnership with soccer-focused streaming service MyCujoo
WBSC strikes rights deals for softball Olympic qualifier
The World Baseball Softball Confederation has agreed a host of broadcast rights deals for its Women’s Softball Europe/Africa Qualifier event for the 2020 summer Olympic Games.
Alex Tielbeke to leave Eredivisie Media and Marketing
Alex Tielbeke, the statutory director of the Eredivisie CV and commercial director of Eredivisie Media and Marketing, has announced he will be stepping down from both roles, on August 1 and December 1,…
Fox Sports nets Dutch rights to MLS, Copa Libertadores
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has agreed rights deals in the Netherlands for North America’s Major League Soccer and South American club tournaments the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.