Cabovisão ensures Benfica games next season – publico

 
         

                 

                         
                     

                 

 
 

We announced on Friday that it has reached agreement with Cabovisão for “reciprocal provision of” broadcasting rights for sporting events and sports channels.

The agreement guarantees “co costs (current and future) associated with these sports content “, said the company led by Miguel Almeida in a statement filed with the Securities Market Commission (CMVM).

Once you have signed in May, a memorandum with Vodafone that guaranteed the operator headed by Mario Vaz access to Benfica channel and Benfica’s home games at the next sporting season 2016/2017, the he left the door open to other companies to enter this agreement – ” provided that such membership is carried out in accordance with and under the same conditions. “

with Cabovisão, led by Miguel Veiga Martins (former administrator of in), to align the conditions that had been set with Vodafone the great unknown remains the Meo (PT Portugal).

“with regard to the agreement on sports content between In, Meo and Vodafone, the negotiations continue,” said Publico official source Meo, owned by Altice (which once owned Cabovisão and Oni). The same source assured, however, that Benfica TV “is still available for Meo customers.” This is because on June 30 ended the contract that the company had for the transmission of this channel, but it is still available in the Meo grid while they last negotiations. As for the future, everything will depend on the outcome of the process.

here, in the light of the club channel, which will continue to be transmitted to Benfica’s home games next season, announced the in which owns the television rights of these games and is also a shareholder of Sport TV.

at a time when it is still unclear the accession of PT to the memorandum, Vodafone and the show again , be perfectly aligned in the sharing of content “. When we defend universal access to sports content, for the defense of consumer interests the extent of this partnership Cabovisão is another step towards that goal,” said the president of Vodafone said in a statement

“the extension of this agreement to another operator represents another step in achieving the objectives we have always advocated: ensure conditions for sports content are available across all operators.”, he stressed, in turn, the president of Nos.

in practice, all operators to sign the memorandum will have to give access to all that is sports content (national and international), paying the price that is established. So if the Altice want to ensure that your customers will have access to Benfica games at home starting in August will have to line up with the competition.