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Play Sports: Play Media & Telenet: pay-TV with the channels Play Sports 1-4 & 7, Play Sports Golf, Play Sports Premier League: Dutch: Telenet cable network in Flanders and Brussels (Play Sports 1-4 & 7, Play Sports Golf & Play Sports Premier League in HD) VRT 1: VRT: Main channel of the Flemish public broadcaster: Dutch
Play Sports, formerly called Prime Sport (2005-2012) and Sporting Telenet (2012-2015), is a brand name owned by the Flemish cable distributor Telenet, consisting of a bundle of television channels. Through television stations, competitions from various European football competitions, including The Belgian Jupiler Pro League .
UEFA sold all the TV rights to the whole tournament in one exclusive package to one broadcaster per country. Because the winner got it all, there was a fierce competition for the TV rights whose increasing value can only be afforded by large broadcasters. This may increase media concentration and hamper competition between broadcasters.
The 2024–25 Belgian Cup, called the Croky Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 70th season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 28 July 2024.
The two main Belgian public TV networks, VRT in the Flemish Community and RTBF in the French Community of Belgium, broadcast their channels via operators using cable, satellite, IPTV and digital terrestrial television . In the French community of Belgium the channels of RTBF can be received by DVB-T2 free of charge. The privately owned channels ...
The broadcasting rights for the Croky Cup are held by Eleven Sports. Due to the RBFA's obligation that broadcast cup games are free to watch, Eleven doesn't air the matches on their own platforms. DPG Media (on VTM 2) selects and buys games to air on Flemish television and RTL (on Club RTL) does the same for the French Community.
Rugby union is a growing sport in Belgium which, due to the growing mediatisation around the sport, especially during the 2003 and 2007 World Cup, is enjoying a rise in popularity. The game is formally organised by the Belgium Rugby Federation and has a surprisingly long history.
Association football is the most popular sport in Belgium, which has been played since the end of the 19th century. The national association was founded in 1895 with the intention of bringing some order and organization to the sport. The first match of the Belgium national team was played on 1 May 1904, a 3–3 draw against France.