A Bola TV

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A Bola TV
A Bola TV logo.png
Country Portugal
Broadcast area Portugal
Angola
Mozambique
Cape Verde
Canada
Programming
Picture format 16:9 (HDTV and SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerSociedade Vicra Desportiva
History
LaunchedOctober 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.

Contents

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]

Broadcasting rights

Football

Futsal

Handball

Basketball

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