Portugal

Football

Portuguese media company NOS has joined forces with domestic pay-television broadcaster Sport TV and Korean electronics company Samsung to broadcast a match from Portugal’s Primeira Liga top-tier football club competition in virtual reality.

The Vodafone Portugal division of telecommunications company Vodafone has struck a deal with global programming provider SPI International to carry a number of sports channels on its TV Net Voz IPTV platform.

Mixed Martial Arts

Pay-television channel BTV, owned by Portuguese Primeira Liga club Benfica, this month acquired exclusive rights to three second-tier properties in Portugal.

Football

Interview with Domingos Soares de Oliveira, chief executive of Benfica; Bernardo Faria de Carvalho, director of sales & international expansion at Benfica, on BTV's past, present and future.

Sailing

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has acquired rights for the 35th America’s Cup sailing showpiece.

Mixed Martial Arts

Benfica TV, the pay-television channel operated by Portuguese Primeira Liga football club Benfica, has acquired rights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series.

Football

Benfica TV, the pay-television channel operated by Portuguese Primeira Liga football club Benfica, has acquired rights for the top divisions of football in Italy and France.

Football

The Autoridade da Concorrência, Portugal’s competition regulator, has ratified a set of proposals by Controlinveste, the investment vehicle that controls the Olivedesportos agency, to limit the lengths of domestic rights deals with football clubs to three years.

Football

Uefa last month secured a strong increase in the value of its Champions League rights in Portugal, while the value of its Europa League rights stayed steady.

Football

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has retained rights for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League European club football tournaments.

Multi-sport

Organisers of Baku’s 2015 European Games have secured rights deals in Spain, Portugal, Estonia, Latvia and Slovenia for the inaugural edition of the multi-sport event.

Fox International Channels (FIC), the broadcast division of media company 21st Century Fox, has appointed Vera Pinto Pereira as the new managing director of its Iberia division.

Football

Portuguese commercial broadcaster TVI has agreed a two-year extension to its rights deal for the Taça da Liga, Portuguese football’s league cup competition.

Football

US pay-television channel GolTV has signed rights deals with Portuguese Primeira Liga football club Benfica and English Premier League club Everton.

German-based pay-television broadcaster Motorvision TV has broadened its global reach by agreeing carriage deals in Australia, Cyprus, Portugal, Angola and Mozambique.

Football

Portuguese public-service broadcaster RTP has said it has a “binding” agreement for rights to the Uefa Champions League that has been accepted by football’s European governing body amid criticism of the deal’s reported fee.

Minor Sports

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has acquired media rights for the Formula E electric car-racing championship, which is operated by the FIA, motorsport’s global governing body.

Football

Benfica has reported improved financial results due to the Portuguese Primeira Liga football club’s pay-television channel, Benfica TV.