TV: Government forces’ victories, Europa League and MotoGP to be broadcast free of charge from January 2025

The government ordered the return of free-to-air football from January 2025. In an order published in the Official Gazette, the events that must “be classified as of general interest to the public” were announced. .

Therefore, the Champions League, Club World Cup, Europa League and Conference League in which Portuguese teams participate must pass with an open marker (one for each round or hand).

In the same order, it is recommended that events such as the Volta a Portugal on men’s and women’s bicycles, the participation of Portuguese athletes, as well as national teams ‘A0’ in the final stages of sports competitions the World and Europe. free broadcast, as well as the final of the Men’s Football League and the finals of the World and European championships for national teams in team sports, seniors, men and women.

With this order from the Government, it is guaranteed that the last two rounds of the group stage of the Champions League, the Europa League and the Conference League will be broadcast on national television in a signal open to the entire public. Remembering that in the last two rounds of the Champions League, Benfica hosts Barcelona and finishes away against Juventus, Sporting plays away to Leipzig and finishes the stage of the League at home with Bologna. In the Europa League, FC Porto will close at Dragão against Maccabi Telavave, after playing in Greece with Olympiacos, Braga will finish the group stage at Pedreira against Lazio, after playing in 5th round at Union St. Gilloise.

Other events that require open traffic are the Portuguese Rally and the Portuguese Grand Prix in MotoGP.

Here is the Government order:

“1 – According to the provisions of § 4 of article 32 of Law number 27/2007, of July 30, in its current wording, the list of events that must be classified as of general interest to the public for reasons of the provisions of § 2 of that order, and their access must be granted by the customers of the exclusive exclusive rights that they broadcast under a regime of access with conditions or from without national coverage for operators interested in their television broadcasting that broadcasts through a terrestrial hertzian channel with national coverage and unconditional access For all relevant purposes, the events considered refer to sports that are protected in Portugal by sports federations that have the status of a public sports facility, they are:

a) Tour of Portugal by Bike, women’s edition and men’s edition;

b) Participation of Portuguese athletes in high individual modes, as well as leading national teams in the final stages of the World and European competitions;

c) Semi-finals and finals of official international team sports competitions, between senior clubs, women’s and men’s, in which Portuguese teams participate;

d) Finals of Portuguese and League cups, national Supercups (or similar) at the highest level of women’s and men’s teams (team sports);

e) Official competitions of the main national teams (team sports, seniors) for women and men, including Deaf-Olympic Games – Tokyo 2025, while Portugal participates;

f) Official competitions of the main national teams (individual sports, seniors) for women and men, in which national athletes participate, including the Deaf Olympic Games – Tokyo 2025;

g) Men’s Football League Final;

h) Finals of the World and European championships of national teams in team sports, senior, male and female;

i) Finals of international competitions for senior team sports clubs, women and men, organized by continental associations and/or international federations;

j) One match per round, or each leg of each round, of the Champions League and the Club World Cup, of the main general modes, men’s and women’s, in which Portuguese teams take part;

k) One match per day or each leg of each round of other European football competitions, in which Portuguese teams participate, that is from the Europa League and the Conference League;

l) Rally de Portugal, counting towards the FIA ​​World Rally Championship;

m) Portuguese Grand Prix, counting for the MotoGP championship.

2 – The events referred to in § 1 are compulsorily provided for full and live distribution by the operators who benefit from the assignment of the individual rights, according to the provisions of §§ 2 and 4 of Article 32 of Law 27/2007, of July 30, in its current wording.

3º – The event envisaged in paragraph a) of § 1º is excluded from the provisions of the previous paragraph, and the transfer of rights for the transmission, however, requires live coverage of a significant part of the to cover an event, no less than the latter. half an hour of each daily level, as well as the possibility of extensive daily summaries of the test lasting at least fifteen minutes.

4 – The Management Unit for Social Communication was heard.

November 11, 2024. – Minister of Parliament, Pedro Miguel Duarte.”