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Portugal’s SIC sees 32.8% profit hike to €5.5m

Portuguese commercial broadcaster SIC ended the first half of 2021 with a net profit of €5.5 million, up 32.8 per cent on the same period last year. Total revenues increased 18.9 per cent to €80 million, while EBITDA grew 11.1 per cent to €10 million. Subscription revenues generated by the eight SIC channels, distributed over […]

July 29, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Portugal: Dizi on Meo

SPI/FilmBox and MEO, Altice Portugal’s consumer brand, have signed a distribution agreement to introduce SPI’s drama brand Dizi to Portugal. Dizi content will now be offered both via linear channel and SVoD through the operator’s distribution networks in the basic package. Timeless Dizi Channel will be available to MEO subscribers at channel 77 with Portuguese […]

July 26, 2021

Portugal’s Media Capital sees 33% TV revenue growth

Portuguese media group Media Capital saw a 33 per cent annual growth in operating revenues for its TV activities during the first half of 2021, to €61.4 million. Advertising revenues in the TV segment rose 37 per cent, reflecting the recovery of ad investments in TV and the significant increase in audience share. Other revenues, […]

July 23, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Sport TV 6, CNN to launch in Portugal

Portuguese premium sports channel operator Sport TV will launch its sixth channel in August, after receiving the green light from the Regulatory Authority for the Media (ERC). Sport TV 6 will mainly focus on popular sports such as basketball, handball, volleyball and motorsports, promising even more live coverage. According to ERC’s ruling, Sport TV 6 […]

July 19, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Portugal: Extreme E on Sport TV

SUV race series, Extreme E, has announced its latest broadcast agreement with Portugal’s Sport TV. Lisbon-based Sport TV is televising all of Extreme E’s X Prix plus race highlights, on its linear channels in both English and Portuguese. In addition, the championship’s race action is streaming live on Sport TV’s digital platform. As well as […]

July 16, 2021

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

Agile Content acquires WeTek

Agile Content, a provider of digital TV and video distribution solutions, has announced the acquisition of WeTek, the Portuguese company dedicated to the R&D of the Android ecosystem. Agile COntent says the addition of WeTek’s line of products to its offering “furthers its range of innovative end-to-end services, brings multiple benefits to new and existing […]

July 6, 2021

Portugal: MEO deploys MediaKind solution

MediaKind has announced that Altice Portugal’s MEO has deployed MediaKind’s low-latency streaming solution to enhance its live coverage of Euro 2020. MEO, Portugal’s leading pay-TV service by market share, has enhanced its existing deployment of MediaKind’s media processing and delivery solutions, including its Video Storage and Processing Platform (VSPP), to reduce the end-to-end video latency […]

June 24, 2021

First football match broadcast over 5G in Portugal

TVU Networks, a market and technology lspecialist in cloud and IP-based live video solutions, has announced the widespread use of its technology in Portugal’s first football games broadcast using 5G technology. Premier A/V supplier, Ibertelco, connected Portuguese telco, NOS, with TVU Networks to supply video-over-IP delivery solutions at the country’s first 5G – enabled stadiums […]

June 10, 2021

Media Capital to launch CNN Portugal

Portugal’s Media Capital Group has signed a licensing agreement with Turner Broadcasting System Europe for the launch of CNN Portugal. Media Capital will be responsible for the programming and operations of the new TV channel, while CNN will provide training, consultancy and content access. According to the Portuguese group, further information on the project will […]

May 25, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome