In a significant development for Portuguese football fans, TVI has secured a sublicensing deal with Eleven Sports for the UEFA Champions League broadcast rights. This agreement, spanning the next three seasons from 2021 to 2024, enables TVI to continue airing one Champions League match per week. The deal comes amidst competitive bidding in the broadcasting sector, with Eleven fending off a substantial offer from SIC. Alongside Eleven's comprehensive coverage, including all matches and the annual UEFA Super Cup, this arrangement ensures continued access for Portuguese audiences to the Champions League on free-to-air television.
Private free-to-air network TVI has obtained Portuguese rights to the 2022 World Cup subsequent to a sublicense deal with national broadcaster RTP. TVI has agreed to show three group stage matches, in addition to two Round of 16 matches, one quarterfinal and one semifinal. TVI’s 2022 World Cup matches may be streamed live on OTT service TVI Player.
Portuguese television network TVI has secured free-to-air rights to the Taça de Portugal for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons. TVI will air 11 matches each season, including fixtures from both the third and fourth rounds of the competition, as well as the Round of 16, quarterfinals, semis and final. As part of its agreement with the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), the commercial broadcaster will also air the annual Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira match between the champions of the Portuguese League and the Portuguese Cup, for the period of the deal.
TVI has retained its free-to-air (FTA) broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League in Portugal. The terrestrial channel will televise one game per match day involving a Portuguese team, in addition to the Champions League final -- per Portuguese regulations. TVI will also share preview and highlights shows with Eleven Sports.
Choice Tuesday match of each Champions League matchweek. In event there are no Portuguese teams in the competition, then this choice match will extend to best match of either match-night.
