Portugal
Spring Media’s Fanseat acquires AFC rights across Europe
Sports streaming service Fanseat has acquired rights to show Asian Football Confederation major national and club team tournaments for 2021 and 2022
Betano calls foul as Bwin ‘snatches Portuguese Primeira Liga naming rights’
Betting operator Betano has written to Portugal’s top-flight football clubs and threatened legal action against the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP), after it was beaten by rival company B…
Eleven picks up PFL rights in Portugal
Mixed martial arts organisation the Professional Fighters League has agreed a rights deal in Portugal with pay-television broadcaster Eleven
Eleven, Canal 11 to cover Women’s Champions League in Portugal
Pay-television broadcaster Eleven Sports and Canal 11, the in-house television channel of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), have acquired media rights in Portugal to the final stages of the 2020-21…
Benfica engages WME Sports in stadium and academy naming rights search
Portuguese football club Benfica has contracted WME Sports, the sports representation arm of the Endeavor-owned WME agency, to secure naming rights partners for the club’s Benfica Stadium and Benfica Y…
Horizm adds Benfica to football club portfolio
Portuguese Primeira Liga club Benfica has become the latest major football team to agree a deal with digital inventory management company Horizm
European Tour seeks to harness PGA Tour ties as Florida events considered
Golf’s European Tour is proposing to address a potential hole in its 2021 calendar by staging tournaments in the United States for the first time.
Eleven nets WTA rights in Portugal until 2023
International subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired exclusive rights to a range of Women’s Tennis Association events for a three-year period until 2023.
Sport TV extends Portuguese rights to MXGP
Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has agreed a three-year extension to its rights deal for the Motocross World Championship (MXGP) motorcycling series
Government expects revenue increase from centralised Portuguese league rights
Portugal’s Council of Ministers has given the go-ahead to plans centralising the media rights of Portugal’s top two footballing divisions in a key reform.
Discovery wins full Formula E exclusivity in seven markets, Eleven lands Portugal rights
Discovery, the international broadcaster that owns Eurosport, has secured a new rights deal with Extreme E, the electric motor racing series, spanning over 50 European countries and including full exclusivity…
Portuguese league plan to centralise media rights is a long way from becoming reality
The Portuguese Primeira Liga is one of only two European football leagues that hasn't centralised its media rights. A government-backed plan to change that is in motion, but will Portugal's big three play along?
Portuguese FA creates new official Amazon e-commerce store
The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) has teamed up with e-commerce giant Amazon to launch a new official online store
Eleven picks up exclusive Nascar rights in Portugal
Subscription broadcaster Eleven has secured exclusive rights in Portugal to US stock car racing series Nascar in a deal covering 2021 and 2022
Eleven retains Ligue 1 rights in Portugal
Subscription broadcaster Eleven has retained its rights in Portugal to France’s Ligue 1 for three more seasons.
Portuguese football bodies reach deal over centralised TV rights sales from 2027-28
The domestic media rights to the top tier of Portuguese football are set to be centralised from the 2027-28 season onwards in a breakthrough move agreed between the league and the country’s football g…
Portuguese football facing losses of €266m, warns of ‘collapse’ if league is suspended
Sónia Carneiro, executive director of Liga Portugal, has warned that the teams in the top two divisions of Portuguese league football are facing collective losses of over €250m ($304m) for the 2020-21 se…
Portuguese government moves closer to ratifying centralised rights sales
The Portuguese government is readying legislation which will see the centralisation of broadcast rights to its top-tier football league, the secretary of state for youth and sports João Paulo Rebelo has …