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Telenet secures slice of Champions League pay-TV rights in Belgium
Proximus has renewed an agreement for pay-television rights in Belgium to football’s Uefa Champions League, but it will no longer have exclusivity in the category after rival telco Telenet also secured rights for the 2024-27 cycle.
Belgian telcos buoyed by arbitration ruling over Pro League rebates
Belgian telecoms operators Proximus, Telenet and Voo have emerged successful from an arbitration ruling over broadcast rights compensation claims related to the Covid-hit 2019-20 Jupiler Pro League season
Proximus holds on to pay-television Champions League rights
Belgian telecoms operator Proximus will continue to be able to show all matches from the Uefa Champions League during the 2021-24 cycle after being awarded the pay-television rights across the country
Carriage of eSportsONE among Proximus’ slew of esports deals
Belgian pay-television broadcaster and telecoms operator Proximus has further enhanced its esports commitment through a carriage deal for the new eSportsONE channel, plus a series of other agreements
Belgian telcos resume push for Pro League rights rebate
Belgian telecoms operators Proximus and Telenet have re-engaged in negotiations with Pro League, the country’s professional football league, over the repayment of a slice of their final broadcast rights f…
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
Proximus handed production remit for Eleven’s Belgian channels, 1B matches
Proximus Media House, an arm of the Belgian telecoms operator, is to be responsible for the production of the new Belgian football channels launched by international broadcaster Eleven Sports as part of…
Eleven lands Pro League carriage deal with Proximus
International broadcaster Eleven Sports has agreed a five-season distribution deal with telco Proximus for its three new dedicated Belgian football channels, which includes coverage of the top-tier Pro…
Proximus and Telenet ‘consider arbitration proceedings’ over Pro League rights refund
Belgian telecoms operators Proximus and Telenet are looking at the initiation of arbitration proceedings against the Pro League, the country’s professional football league, over the repayment of a slice o…
Proximus echoes Telenet calls for Pro League refund, ends club sponsorships
Proximus has joined fellow Belgian telecoms operator Telenet in calling for a repayment of a tranche of its broadcast rights fee if the country’s Pro League season is not completed.
Belgian Pro League and Proximus latest to create esports event in Covid-19 response
The Belgian Pro League and Belgian pay-television and telecommunications company Proximus are organising a Fifa 20 esports competition to make up for the lack of live league matches during the Covid-19…
Pro League approves Eleven Sports deal but duo threaten collective agreement
The general assembly of Belgium’s Pro League today decided to award domestic media rights to subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports from 2020-21 onwards, but resistance from two members has prevented t…
Pro League rights bids exceed €100m but clubs can’t agree on distribution
The domestic broadcast rights to Belgium’s Pro League from the 2020-21 season onwards have still to be awarded after clubs failed to agree on a revenue distribution model at Friday’s general assembly mee…
Proximus and KBC extend as main sponsors of Flanders Classics events
Telco Proximus and bank-insurer KBC have agreed a three-year extension to their contracts as main sponsors of Flanders Classics, the company which organises cycling’s traditional spring classic events i…