A Bola TV

A Bola TV

Country	Portugal
Broadcast area	Portugal Angola Mozambique Cape Verde Canada
Programming
Picture format	16:9 (HDTV and SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Sociedade Vicra Desportiva
History
Launched	October 12, 2012
Links
Website	www.abolatv.pt

A Bola TV is a Portuguese basic fiber and satellite television channel. It's a sports channel owned by the same company that owns the Portuguese sport newspaper A Bola , read in Portugal, the Portuguese diaspora and in Portuguese-speaking Africa. The content is mostly about football, but have many other sports, even some F1 shows.

The channel appeared after an agreement between Sociedade Vicra Desportiva and MEO and it had an exclusivity contract with that platform. While limited in Portugal, it's widely available in Africa. ^{[1] [2]}

One June 6, 2023, the channel, alongside its parent newspaper, was sold to Ringier Sports Media Group, the values of the transaction were not revealed. ^[3]

On July 16, 2025, the channel launched on the NOS platform. ^[4]

Broadcasting rights

Football

• Campeonato de Portugal Prio
• Hero I league
• A Lyga

Futsal

• LNFS

Handball

• Andebol 1 (Except Benfica, Sporting and FC Porto's home matches)

Basketball

• Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol

References

1. A BOLA TV no canal 12 do MEO Archived October 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
2. A Bola TV está no ar com Futre e outras estrelas Archived October 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Acordo fechado: "A Bola" passa para as mãos do grupo suíço Ringier". Expresso (in European Portuguese). June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
4. A BOLA TV entra na NOS