Portugal

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Portugal’s competition authority, the AdC, has rejected a proposed deal for telecommunications company Portugal Telecom to acquire a 25-per-cent stake in Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV.

Benfica TV, the basic-tier television channel operated by Portuguese Primeira Liga football club Benfica, has acquired the rights to the 2014 FA Honor Cup, the annual curtain-raiser to the domestic season.

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has had a fine reduced by the country’s competition tribunal following an appeal.