Hrvatski Telekom steps up backing of Croatian football

Croatian telco Hrvatski Telekom has furthered its backing of domestic football by agreeing multi-year deals with four First League clubs to cover their qualifying games for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League.

The deals have been struck with GNK Dinamo Zagreb, HNK Hajduk Split, HNK Rijeka and NK Osijek, as Hrvatski Telekom prepares to be the exclusive rights-holder to the Europa League in Croatia.

The telco has already secured rights to the competition for the three seasons spanning 2018-19 to 2020-21.

The qualifying matches will be broadcast by MAXtv. The broadcaster will also cover the First League for the next three seasons, while HT has title sponsored the competition and the national team for the past seven years.