Portugal

Altice has pledged to appeal after the European Commission fined the telco €125m ($153m) for closing its 2015 acquisition of PT Portugal before it had secured regulatory approval.

Portuguese commercial broadcaster SIC has extended its rights agreement for the Uefa Europa League club football competition.

Portuguese public-service broadcaster RTP has acquired rights to domestic club football competition the Taça de Portugal, along with national team friendly matches, but has said it will end broadcasts of the Uefa Champions League following this season’s tournament.

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has acquired rights to the International Motorcycling Federation’s (FIM) Motocross World Championship (MXGP), as well as the Motocross of Nations event.

Portuguese commercial broadcaster SIC has agreed a sublicensing deal with public-service broadcaster RTP for rights to the 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournament, according to multiple reports.

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has revealed details of an innovative scheme designed to raise awareness of the video assistant referee system in the Primeira Liga, the top division of domestic football.

Portuguese public-service broadcaster RTP has acquired rights for the 2018 winter Olympic Games, which get underway today (Friday) in Pyeongchang.

Benfica’s in-house pay-television channel, BTV, will continue to show the Primeira Liga top-tier football club's games until the end of the 2018-19 season.

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has entered into a multi-year rights partnership with US wrestling organisation WWE.

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV is launching a new 4K channel to showcase its football coverage.

Multinational telecommunications company Altice has seen its hopes of completing a takeover of Portuguese media group Media Capital suffer a blow after the country’s telecom market watchdog Anacom declared that the deal would create serious competition issues and impact on consumers.

Media company CSI Sports has signed carriage deals for its Fight Sports pay-television channel in Portugal, Indonesia and Nepal, and extended an agreement with Singaporean pay-television broadcaster Singtel.

Multinational telecommunications company Altice has further strengthened its position in the Portuguese market by sealing an agreement to acquire Spanish media group Prisa’s stake in Media Capital.

Altice has entered talks with rival media company Prisa to acquire a majority stake in the latter’s Portugal-based Media Capital.

Portuguese commercial broadcaster TVI has acquired rights to the World Touring Car Championship motor racing series.

US pay-television channel GolTV has acquired rights to the Primeira Liga, the top division of club football in Portugal.