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Eleven Sports Portugal extends La Liga rights

Eleven Sports Portugal has extended its partnership with La Liga Santander for the next three seasons. Eleven has also secured exclusive rights to LaLiga SmartBank and will broadcast over 100 games a season from the Spanish second league. Fans will be able to enjoy comprehensive coverage of Spanish football across Eleven’s OTT and linear channels. […]

August 13, 2020

Portugal wants more public DTT channels

The Portuguese Parliament has approved a proposal by left-wing political party Bloco da Esquerda (BE) to increase the number of public service TV channels on the national DTT network. According to the draft resolution, which was also voted by members of other political parties, the Parliament will now recommend to the Government to ‘take the […]

July 24, 2020From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Portugal’s DTT migration further delayed

The process of releasing the 700 MHz frequency band, currently used for DTT and essential for the start-up of 5G in Portugal, has been postponed from August 3rd to August 12th. The National Communications Authority (Anacom) said it has been informed by DTT network operator Meo of the need to change the DTT migration timetable […]

July 21, 2020From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Disney+ launching in 8 more European countries

The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer & International segment has set September 15th as the launch date for Disney+ in eight new markets across Western and Northern Europe. The streaming service will launch in Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Belgium and Luxembourg and will retail at the following prices: €6.99 (monthly)/€69.99 (annually) in Portugal, Belgium, […]

June 23, 2020

Portugal: Highest pay-TV sub growth since 2016

Portugal saw the highest growth in pay-TV subscribers in the past four years, reaching 4.1 million at the end of March 2020. According to data released by the National Communications Authority (Anacom), more than 160,000 new pay-TV subscribers were added in the period January-March, corresponding to a 4 per cent growth on the same period […]

June 10, 2020From Branislav Pekic in Rome