Portugal

Football
Media

Spain’s surprise defeat to Morocco at the Fifa World Cup attracted a Spanish free-to-air television audience of 12.6 million viewers during the penalty shootout yesterday (Tuesday).
Football
Media

1190 Sports, the international broadcast rights-holder to Brazil’s top two football leagues, has signed an agreement with Turkish pay-television broadcaster D-Smart to show the top-tier Brasileiro Serie A…
Football
Media

Portuguese public-service broadcaster RTP has sublicensed rights for the upcoming Fifa World Cup in Qatar to commercial broadcasters SIC and TVI
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Premium experiences company Legends has furthered its global expansion plans by appointing Jesus Bueno as managing director of Iberia
Football
Finance & Law

Investment group Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) has added SC Braga to its sports portfolio by acquiring a minority stake in the Portuguese Primeira Liga team
Multiple Sports
Media

DAZN Group’s takeover interest in Eleven Group was driven not only by the latter’s football rights portfolio and strong presence in markets such as Belgium and Portugal, but also the ability of Eleven-owned dig…
Multiple Sports
Media

Global sports streaming service and media company DAZN Group has struck an agreement to acquire subscription broadcaster and streaming platform Eleven Sports in a deal including digital content company…
Football
Finance & Law

Portuguese Primeira Liga rivals Sporting CP and Benfica have reported contrasting financial fortunes, with the former announcing record results and the latter seeing losses mount
Football
Media

AI video technology company WSC Sports has agreed a deal with Eleven Portugal to bring automated real-time highlights of the broadcaster’s football coverage to fans across the country.
Football
Fan Engagement

Lega Serie A has launched dedicated Japanese and Portuguese Twitter accounts as part of plans to improve its engagement with fans
Football
Industry Moves

Football media platform OneFootball has appointed long-serving Electronic Arts executive Jean–Charles Gaudechon to head up its new OneFootball Labs venture.
Football
Licensing & Merchandising

Clubs from Portugal’s top two divisions are to tackle the sale of illegal merchandise by using the ‘Brand Protection’ offering from LaLiga Tech, the technology services arm of Spain’s LaLiga. The
Football
Media

Streaming platform DAZN has acquired non-exclusive rights in Japan for the Portuguese Primeira Liga in a deal covering at least the 2022-23 season
Football
Licensing & Merchandising

The English Football Association (FA) and Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP) have become the latest rights-holders to issue requests for proposals for the licensing rights to non-fungible tokens…
Football
Licensing & Merchandising

Portuguese Primeira Liga champion FC Porto has agreed a deal with metaverse real estate property game Upland that will see a digital version of the club’s Estádio do Dragão arena mapped as a virtual prop…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) has signed a renewal to its sponsorship with bank BPI which will see the company continue as the official bank of Portugal's men’s and women’s national teams unt…
Basketball
Media

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has retained rights to North America’s National Basketball Association until 2025.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Portuguese football club FC Porto has expanded its association with gambling platform Betano to include its front-of-shirt rights