Portugal
Betano replaces NOS at Sporting CP as Nike confirmed as kit supplier
Portuguese Primeira Liga football club Sporting Clube de Portugal will kick off the 2021-22 season with betting operator Betano as its new front-of-shirt sponsor
TVI audience soars as Portugal exit Euro 2020
Portugal’s round-of-16 defeat to Belgium at the Uefa European Championship on Sunday evening posted record viewing figures on TVI, the Portuguese commercial network.
CBF partners with Bitci to produce NFTs, Portuguese FA teams up with Socios
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has agreed a three-year deal with Turkish blockchain company Bitci Technology to develop a series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for Brazil’s national football t…
Euro 2020 weekend action nets bumper audiences in ‘big five’ European markets
Matches from the Uefa European Championship attracted bumper audiences across Europe’s major broadcast markets over the weekend with the ‘big five’ countries all in action.
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Sport TV records €12.2m loss in Q1
Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has recorded a loss of €12.2m ($14.5m) in the first quarter of 2021, according to Portuguese newspaper Jornal de Negócios.
Spain and Portugal officially launch bid for 2030 World Cup
Spain and Portugal have officially launched their joint bid for the 2030 Fifa World Cup
WiZink makes co-branded payment card play with Benfica
Portuguese football club Benfica has signed a five-year sponsorship agreement with the Spanish digital bank WiZink
EXCLUSIVE: beIN, Nent and Sport TV among new Ascot broadcasters in Europe
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports, the Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group and subscription broadcaster Sport TV are among the broadcasters to have acquired rights to this year’s edition of Royal A…
Creditors ‘seeking exit’ from Sporting CP
Debtholders in Sporting Clube de Portugal are seeking to sell out of the Portuguese Primeira Liga football club, according to Bloomberg
RTP, SIC and TVI secure Portuguese free-to-air rights to Euro 2020
Public broadcaster RTP and commercial broadcasters SIC and TVI have secured an agreement with Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV to share free-to-air rights to this summer’s postponed 2020 U…
Porto replaces Istanbul as Champions League final host
Uefa has today (Thursday) confirmed that Estádio do Dragão in Porto will become the new host of the 2020-21 Champions League final after overcoming the “many challenges” of moving its showpiece club event…
Seven nations to compete for EHF Euros hosting rights
The European Handball Federation has announced that seven nations remain in contention for hosting rights to its men’s and women’s European Championships in 2026 and 2028, respectively, with Russia hav…
Uefa ‘lining up’ return to Portugal for Champions League final
Portugal is said to be in pole position to host the relocated Uefa Champions League final for the second year in a row, after the UK government failed to come up with the necessary guarantees for the match…
Sport TV secures IIHF World Championship rights in Portuguese first
Pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has acquired rights to show ice hockey's IIHF World Championship for the first time in Portugal
Sport TV’s losses widen to €5.7m
Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has seen its losses increase by 59 per cent year-on-year.
Sport TV registered a loss of €5.69m ($6.8
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