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Belgium

Eleven extends Bundesliga rights in Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg

Eleven has secured a new four-year deal for live rights to the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 in Portugal, Belgium and Luxembourg from the 2021-22 season. Eleven will also hold broadcasting rights for the German Supercup and relegation play-offs each season. In Belgium, Eleven will have the exclusive rights to show all Bundesliga matches in both […]

July 15, 2021

Eleven Belgium scores new package of international football

Eleven Belgium has agreed a new rights deal to broadcast the UEFA Nations League, alongside the UEFA Euro 2024 and FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers. Eleven’s UEFA Nations League coverage will get underway again in October with the semi-final clashes Belgium vs France and Italy vs Spain. Eleven will go on to bring fans all […]

July 14, 2021

RMB, Smart AdServer display live personalised ads during Euro 2020

RMB – the Belgian multi-media advertising network – relied on the proprietary solution of Smart AdServer – the leading independent ad monetisation platform – to activate linear TV ad replacement on live streams on desktop and mobile app (IOS & Android) for the first time during Euro 2020 ad breaks. The adtech’s advanced TV solution for […]

July 13, 2021

Extreme E on Eleven Sports

Off-road electric race series Extreme E has partnered with global media group Eleven Sports to bring the championship’s X Prix to motorsports fans in multiple markets. Eleven has secured the rights to Extreme E’s live race coverage – as well as its behind-the-scenes magazine programme, preview, and review shows – for its new global streaming […]

June 30, 2021

MyZen TV, Museum TV launch on Proximus platform

MyZen TV and Museum TV have extended their distribution in the Belgian market with its launch on the pay-TV platform Proximus. MyZen TV HD offers premium lifestyle content around the four thematic pillars of the chain: daily well-being, life changes, escape, body, and soul. The signal is available in full HD, in FR and EN […]

June 21, 2021

WIND VISION ups QoE with ZAPPWARE solution on AWS

WIND VISION, the first Android TV subscription platform launched in Greece and one of the first of its kind in Europe, continues to innovate and evolve to provide the best user experience. One of the ingredients of this success is leveraging leading technology and IT services. In addition to using ZAPPWARE’s platform for video services, […]

June 3, 2021

BrutX expands distribution  

Young adult-focused French SVoD platform BrutX has expanded to francophone countries Belgium, Switzerland and Luxemburg. Launched in France on April 7th by digital media group Brut, offering films, TV series and documentaries for 18-34 years-old, Brut X is now available in these additional three countries through its website, as well as on mobile and TV […]

May 28, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

EBU names Quartier Head of Digital, Transformation & Platforms

Wouter Quartier, a digital strategy and transformation practitioner with over 18 years’ experience at Flemish broadcaster and EBU Member, VRT, has been appointed as the EBU’s new Head of Digital, Transformation and Platforms. He will take up the position in August 2021. Quartier held a number of roles at VRT, including most recently as Manager […]

May 28, 2021

Belgium: Nokia, Proximus deploy live fibre network

Nokia and Proximus have turned on what they claim is world’s fastest fibre access network at a media event in Antwerp attended by the Belgian Minister of Telecommunications, the Mayor of Antwerp and executives and engineers from the two companies. Operating over existing fibre and Nokia equipment deployed in the Proximus network, the 25G PON […]

May 27, 2021

SpaceX’s Starlink extends to Belgium

Last week it was the Netherlands, and this week the SpaceX Starlink broadband-by-satellite service has been extended to Belgium – or at least a service has been promised in the near future. An email from Starlink to potential subscribers in Belgium stresses that the system will still suffer short periods without a connection while Starlink […]

May 24, 2021By Chris Forrester