Netherlands
KPN extends main Eredivisie sponsorship as P&G signs up at supplier level
Dutch telecoms operator KPN has extended its main sponsorship of the country’s top-flight Eredivisie football league.
OneFootball adds various leagues, AFC rights and Serie A clips to Italian portfolio
Football-based media platform OneFootball has significantly upgraded its content portfolio in Italy, adding rights to a string of leagues, including the top divisions in Portugal and Scotland, while also…
Holland Casino returns as Eredivisie sponsor after 16 years
The flagship division of Dutch football, the Eredivisie has signed Holland Casino as a sponsor
Ironman to hold full-distance event in Maastricht, Limburg in 2022
The Ironman Group has announced it will once again host a full-distance Ironman triathlon event in the city of Maastricht in August next year
European Leagues invites exclusive bids in expanded data rights RFP
European Leagues, the body of European football leagues, has gone to market early with the centralised fastpath data rights to league and cup competitions organised by a total of 18 different league bodies…
Ziggo responds to Nent arrival with Ligue 1 deal, various renewals
Dutch telco Ziggo has acquired broadcast rights to French football’s Ligue 1 and extended rights to various other sports properties in a response to the market entry by the media company Nordic Entertainment (…
Coca-Cola agrees multi-brand sponsorship with Ajax
Coca-Cola European Partners has signed an ‘Official Partner’ deal with Dutch Eredivisie champions AFC Ajax for the next three seasons.
Sports Media Venture to distribute Dutch clubs’ Uefa qualifiers, summer friendlies
Boutique media rights agency Sports Media Venture will be the global distributor of media rights to Uefa club competition home qualifiers for PSV Eindhoven and Vitesse Arnhem as well as summer home friendly…
Nent lands Premier League in Netherlands, Poland and Baltics in six-season deals
Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired exclusive rights to the English Premier League across the Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for the six seasons from 2022-23…
Rai nets 61-per-cent share for narrow Italy win, ORF pulls in 2m viewers
Italy’s extra-time victory over Austria at the Uefa European Championship registered a 61.1-per-cent market share on Rai, the Italian public broadcaster.
An average of 13.3
NOS lands Dutch national team, Euro 2024 rights
Dutch public-service broadcaster NOS has acquired the rights to Netherlands national football team matches for the three seasons from 2022-23, as well as the 2024 European Championships
RTL Group, Talpa merge operations in the Netherlands to tackle growing competition
Broadcasters RTL Group and Talpa Network have signed agreements to merge their businesses in the Netherlands to create a “strong Dutch cross-media group”.
ORF nets 1.84m peak audience for Austria’s historic Euro 2020 progress
ORF, the Austrian public broadcaster, attracted a peak audience of 1
Fifa launches Dutch ITT for Women’s World Cup rights
World football’s governing body Fifa has opened an invitation to tender for media rights in the Netherlands to the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
ESPN Nederlands to close two channels from August 1
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN Nederlands will close two of its six channels and introduce a new UHD channel from August 1.
The channels ESPN 5 and ESPN 6 will cease operations from that date
Utrecht to host departure of La Vuelta 2022 after 2020 cancellation
The Dutch city of Utrecht has been announced as the host for the official departure of the 2022 Vuelta a España.
Ziggo ‘loses rights’ to NBA
Dutch pay-television broadcaster Ziggo Sport has reportedly lost its National Basketball Association broadcast rights from next season
Nent takes darts rights from RTL in the Netherlands
The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired exclusive rights to Professional Darts Corporation events in the Netherlands, securing a five-year deal to solidify its new sports offering in the country