Portugal
SIC retains free-to-air Europa League rights in Portugal
Portuguese free-to-air commercial broadcaster SIC has retained its rights to broadcast one fixture per matchweek from the Uefa Europa League for a three-season period
Sport TV ‘closes in’ on Europa League rights in Portugal
Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV is poised to land rights to the Uefa Europa League and new Europa Conference League, according to reports in the country
Mediapro and LVP take esports model to Portugal
The Mediapro agency and production group is to handle the broadcast production of the third season of the eLiga Portugal, the esports league set up by the organising body of Portugal's Primeira Liga and…
Eleven keeps hold of Champions League rights in Portugal
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has retained its prized property in Portugal in a new three-year deal to broadcast the Uefa Champions League from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Sporting CP ‘to swap Macron for Nike’
Portuguese football club Sporting CP will switch kit suppliers from Italian brand Macron to Nike at the end of the 2020-21 season, according to reports
Uefa club competitions TV rights on market in three more European countries
The Team Marketing agency has initiated broadcast rights sales processes in three more European countries for the Uefa club competitions during the 2021-24 cycle
Sport TV ‘begins legal proceedings’ against TVI over Euro 2020 rights payment
Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has filed a claim against free-to-air broadcaster TVI over alleged non-payment of rights fees for the delayed Euro 2020 tournament
Eleven retains NFL rights in three European countries, beIN renews in France
International subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has retained its rights to the National Football League in Belgium, Luxembourg and Portugal
Prud’homme among senior exits in Discovery’s European ‘streamlining’
Laurent Prud’homme, head of Eurosport France and previously senior vice-president of rights acquisitions and syndication at Eurosport, is leaving his position amid a raft of departures across Europe u…
Eleven Sports holds on to LaLiga rights in Portugal
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has retained broadcast rights in Portugal to Spain’s LaLiga until the end of the 2023-24 season after winning the rights for another three seasons.
UCI cancels Chinese events, reschedules Para Worlds
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has been forced to cancel this year’s WorldTour and Women’s WorldTour events in China due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, while new dates have been set for next yea…
Portugal to stage MotoGP season finale, fan attendance planned
MotoGP has announced that it will conclude its 2020 season at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao, with fan attendance planned for what will be the motorcycling championship’s first ret…
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Germany will not allow fans into football stadiums until at least the end of October - Reuters/CNA
Portimao in Portugal will host the final race of the 2020 MotoGP season - Reuters/CNA
Spring Media to distribute Portuguese Cup final international rights
The Spring Media agency has agreed a deal with the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) to sell international broadcast rights to the final of this season’s Taça de Portugal cup competition.
Champions League ‘set for’ Lisbon finale, Europa League to conclude in Germany
European football’s governing body Uefa is set to conclude its 2019-20 Champions League and Europa League competitions with ‘Final Eight’ tournaments held in Lisbon, Portugal and four German cities, accor…
Germany and Portugal in ‘box seat’ for new-look Champions League finale
Germany and Portugal are the leading contenders to stage a new-look finale to the 2019 Uefa Champions League season, according to multiple reports
End of the line for NOS’ Portuguese Primeira Liga title sponsorship
The Portuguese Primeira Liga, the country's top-flight football league, will lose telecoms and pay-television broadcaster NOS as its title sponsor at the end of its contract
Eurosport and DPlay air Covid-19 charity skins in seven European countries
Discovery, the media group and owner of pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport and subscription streaming service Dplay, will broadcast the first live golf since before the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown…