Belgium
Belgian ‘Red Flames’ net RTBF deal to 2029
The Royal Belgian Football Association has secured free-to-air domestic television coverage for their women’s national team through to 2029.
Bundesliga rights return to Telenet in Belgium
Bundesliga media rights in Belgium will switch from DAZN back to Telenet next season after an exclusive four-year deal was announced today (Thursday).
Telenet renews F1 rights in Belgium until 2027
Play Sports, the sports broadcaster operated by Belgian telco Telenet, has extended its coverage of the Formula 1 World Championship for three seasons until 2027.
LaLiga selling weekly free-to-air match in UK tender
LaLiga has launched media rights sales processes in a handful of European markets, with a separate package tendered in the UK and Ireland targeted at free-to-air broadcasters
Pro League to get facelift in new DAZN rights cycle
The Belgian Pro League is to expand to 18 teams and scrap its end-of-season play-off rounds from 2026-27, the second year of its new five-year domestic rights deal with DAZN
Innovative Belgian GP deal opens up F1 calendar
Formula 1 has struck its first rotational hosting deal, with the Belgian Grand Prix to take place four times over the course of a new six-year contract
RTL, Infront win cycling antitrust legal case
RTL Belgium’s four-year Flanders Classics rights deal with Infront looks set to remain in place after legal claims raised by Belgian public broadcaster RTBF were dismissed by a Francophone commercial c…
DAZN retains Belgian Pro League on reduced terms
DAZN has retained domestic broadcast rights to Belgian football’s Pro League in an exclusive five-year deal that will represent a low double-digit drop on the value of the current agreement.
Belgian Pro League latest to threaten channel launch
Belgium’s Pro League is to study the launch of its own subscription service to showcase matches after opting against accepting the latest broadcast rights bids.
Trio in mix for Belgian Pro League rights
Three broadcasters, including the incumbent rights-holder DAZN, are vying for domestic rights to the top flight of Belgian football in direct negotiations with the country’s Pro League.
Infront defends Flanders Classics deal amid RTBF challenge
Infront has rejected competition claims raised by French-language Belgian public broadcaster RTBF over the agency’s sale of Flanders Classics rights to commercial network RTL.
EXCLUSIVE: TGL secures first TV deals in Europe
New indoor golf league TGL will be broadcast by Telenet in Belgium and Ziggo in the Netherlands after deals were signed off in the Low Countries, SportBusiness understands
Pro League domestic rights deadline extended
The Belgian Pro League has extended the deadline for responses to its domestic media rights tender at the behest of broadcasters lining up bids.
Diarra ruling threatens global transfer upheaval
Key elements of Fifa's global transfer system are "contrary to European law" according to a ruling today (Friday) from the European Union's Court of Justice (ECJ) in a case brought by former Arsenal, Real…
Belgian FA seeks stability with Willems CEO hire
The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) has ended its search for a new chief executive, appointing Peter Willems, a one-time Uefa sponsorship and marketing executive, to the role
Story-based content key to Pro League, WSC renewal
Belgium's Pro League has expanded its deal with WSC Sports, with a greater focus on producing story-telling content that also fits in with the focus of its recently issued domestic rights tender.
VRT takes rights to extra Uefa club competition match
Cercle Brugge's last-minute Uefa Conference League qualification has prompted Belgian telco Telenet to sublicense an extra match to free-to-air broadcaster in Flanders: VRT.
Belgian league eyes five-season domestic TV deal
The Belgian Pro League will once again look for a five-season domestic broadcast rights agreement after launching its tender in conjunction with the IMG agency.