Portugal

Multi-sport

Laurent Prud’homme, head of Eurosport France and previously senior vice-president of rights acquisitions and syndication at Eurosport, is leaving his position amid a raft of departures across Europe u…
Football

Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has retained broadcast rights in Portugal to Spain’s LaLiga until the end of the 2023-24 season after winning the rights for another three seasons.
Football

The Spring Media agency has agreed a deal with the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) to sell international broadcast rights to the final of this season’s Taça de Portugal cup competition.
Golf

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…
Multi-sport

The Portuguese arm of pay-television sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has furloughed six of its staff for a period of 30 days as its bids to insulate itself from long-term Covid-19 damage
Football

Altice, the telecoms operator, has warned that it is suspending its rights fee payments to clubs from Portuguese football’s top two divisions amidst the ongoing postponement of professional football i…
Motorsport

Eleven Sports will screen the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge in support of Unicef live to motorsports fans from this Saturday
Cycling

International broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired live rights to the Tour de Suisse-backed ‘Digital Swiss 5’ e-cycling event in six territories.
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has responded to the nation’s coronavirus precautions by announcing that it will broadcast matchdays 25 and 26 in the top-tier Primeira Liga on its free-to-air Sport T…
Rugby Sevens

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has acquired rights to the World Rugby Sevens Series
Motorsport

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has launched an annual pass in Portugal for Formula 1, ahead of the second season of its coverage of the motor-racing championship
Football

Portuguese commercial broadcaster TVI’s acquisition of free-to-air rights to this summer’s Euro 2020 competition was driven by its desire to regain its status as Portugal’s most-watched terrestrial channel, SportBusiness Media understands.
Football

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has reached an agreement with commercial free-to-air broadcaster TVI for the latter to show 22 matches during this year’s Uefa European Championships national t…
Handball

Portuguese public-service broadcaster RTP has agreed a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster Sport TV for rights to the men’s 2020 European Handball Championships.
Football

Portuguese Primeira Liga football club Benfica has launched its new Benfica Play video-on-demand service through a link-up with OTT platform developer Insys Video Technologies
Football

International subscription sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired the exclusive Portuguese rights to the Spanish Supercopa
Football

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has reportedly received a joint bid from public broadcaster RTP and commercial broadcaster SIC for the rights to broadcast 22 free-to-air matches from next…
Football

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has insisted that it is ready to broadcast Euro 2020 matches on Sport TV+, its channel available without a subscription, although talks with free-to-air broadcasters…