Netherlands

Football
Media

Media company Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) has this morning unveiled its launch plans for the Netherlands through the acquisition of rights to German football’s Bundesliga and the Formula 1…
Motorsport
Media

The expectation that Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group will enter the Dutch market continues to gather pace as pay-television broadcaster Ziggo Sport confirmed its loss of Formula One rights in the Netherlands…
Football
Media

Broadcast rights to Italian football’s Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana from 2021-22 to 2023-24 have been acquired by a string of agencies and broadcasters in different international markets.
Multi-sport
Media

Dutch public-service broadcaster the NOS will continue as the exclusive free-to-air broadcaster of the Olympic Games in the Netherlands, securing rights to the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing and the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. 
Football
Licensing & Merchandising

LaLiga and the Eredivisie, the governing bodies for the top divisions of Spanish and Dutch club football, have agreed licensing deals with First Touch Games (FTG), the developer of mobile football game…
Basketball
Media

BeNeLeague Basketball, the new commercial rights-holder of Belgian and Dutch domestic basketball, is expecting bids by May 5 for media rights to the competitions under its banner.
Cricket
Media

Dutch telco Ziggo has acquired live rights to this summer’s series of one-day cricket internationals between the Netherlands and Ireland.
Football
Media

Eredivisie Media & Marketing (EMM) has struck carriage agreements for its ESPN Eredivisie pay-television channels with Dutch telcos Tele2, Delta and Caiway, expanding the channel's reach across the Netherlands
Sports Betting

The Netherlands Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation (NOC*NSF) has agreed a deal with the Integrity Services arm of sports data and content company Sportradar which is claimed will set the blueprint…
Wrestling
Media

Dutch media company Talpa Network has reached an agreement to broadcast WWE's weekly flagship programmes Raw and SmackDown in the Netherlands
Esports
Sponsorship & Marketing

Telco KPN has stepped up its support of the eDivisie by becoming the naming-rights sponsor of the competition, which is the esports arm of the top-tier Dutch Eredivisie football league
Media

European media group RTL is reportedly considering carving out its Belgian subsidiary from a package sale with its French subsidiary, M6, as well as selling its Dutch subsidiary
Football
Media

Matches from the Scottish Premiership will be streamed in seven international markets by OneFootball in a deal between the football-based media platform and the Infront agency
Football
Events

The proposed ‘Beneliga’ – a super league comprised of top Dutch and Belgian football clubs – has taken a step towards becoming reality after top clubs in Belgium backed plans for the competition.  Th
Football
Media

Broadcasters in the Netherlands have been invited to submit their bids later this month for Uefa national team rights in the 2022-28 cycle
Motorsport
Media

Broadcast rights to this weekend’s 24 Hours of Daytona, the first race of the 2021 WeatherTech IMSA Sportscar Championship, have been secured by leading broadcasters in Europe, including Eurosport, the N…
Tennis
Media

Dutch pay-television operator and telco Ziggo has launched a new tennis channel and renewed a wide-ranging carriage and streaming agreement with media group Discovery, bolstering its sports offering from…
Football
Media

Sunday afternoon's Dutch Eredivisie fixture between Ajax and PSV Eindhoven broke a viewership record on rebranded ESPN's first weekend of broadcasting the league, attracting an average of 1