A1 introduces Arena Sport to its TV offer, but eliminates N1 television and SportKlub

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At the end of this month, there will be a new rearrangement of sports content offered by domestic IPTV operators. All this was preceded by last year's trading in the rights to broadcast the most attractive sports competitions. We remind you that then the rights to the matches of the Champions League from the season 2021/2022. for the entire region took over Arena Sport (Telekom Srbija), and at the same time they bought the rights to some other extremely attractive competitions, such as the first Spanish La Liga.

Therefore, it is not surprising that information appeared today about the failed negotiations between the media house United Media, which holds a number of regional channels, including Sport Klub (until now they had the rights to La Liga) and N1, with the telecommunications service provider A1 Hrvatska ( so far they have had rights to the Champions League).

From March 29, viewers who watch television in Croatia through the services of the A1 operator will no longer be able to watch the N1 and Sport Klub channels, it was announced today from United Media via the regional news channel N1.

United Media says that no agreement has been reached with A1 on the continuation of cooperation: " We are very surprised by A1's decision not to renew the channel distribution agreement, especially considering that they were offered exactly the same conditions as before. We cooperated with them. for many years and we are sorry that this cooperation has not continued, despite the good will on our part to make it happen, "they said.

Termination of cooperation already this month

From the end of March, those who use the television services of Telecom A1 Croatia will be able to follow the information channel N1, the sports program on the channels of the Sport Club, as well as the children's channels Pikaboo and Vavoom.

This will mostly affect fans of Formula 1 races, whose new season starts at the end of the month, and for which the exclusive right to broadcast in Croatia from this season has the Sport Club. In addition to Formula 1 races, the Sport Club broadcasts the German Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2, the English Premier League and FA Cup, MOTO GP races, the Euroleague and Eurocup, tennis at ATP tournaments and Wimbledon as well as the NFL.

All United Media channels will remain available in Croatia only in the offer of Hrvatski Telekom and Total TV.

A1 shifts the focus to Arena Sport

Regarding this reshuffle, we also addressed A1 Telekom, which tells its side of the story of negotiations with United Group: " Despite all our efforts to ensure the continuation of these channels, the owner of TV rights with the loss of some attractive competitions set unacceptable conditions for contract extension. , the provision of TV services to our customers would no longer be possible under equally favorable conditions . "

From March 29, users of A1 services in "exchange" for Sport Klub will get access to a number of Arena Sport channels , which will be expanded with Arena Fight and Arena Esports channels, and additional Arena Sport 7-10 programs. We remind you that so far Arena Sport has had an exclusive contract with Hrvatski Telekom (they were also offered by Iskon.TV)

In addition to competitions that are already broadcast, such as the domestic 1. HNL (competition currently called "Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga"), Italian Serie A, French football league, NBA and others, on Arena sport channels, users of A1 TV In the next three-year cycle, you will be able to watch various other prestigious football competitions, such as the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League, the new UEFA Conference League competition and the Spanish La Liga.

In addition, Arena Sport channels bring numerous domestic and regional competitions such as basketball leagues - regional ABA and Croatian Premier, regional handball and water polo leagues, as well as the EHF handball Champions League, automotive and many other competitions.

Regarding the announcement of the expansion of the sports offer, the General Manager for private users Ivana Marković pointed out: “Investing in first-class content is investing in customer satisfaction, which is the most important thing for us at A1 Croatia. We have continuously ensured the users' enjoyment of the UEFA Champions League from 2018 to 2024, and we are now adding even more diverse and attractive sports content to this most prestigious and most watched football competition. We will continue to follow the trends and wishes of users, improve our offer and user experience, justifying the position of the operator in which users can rely when it comes to providing the best TV content .

By July 1, a total of 23 new channels will be added to the A1 TV offer.

All A1 TV users in the promotional period from March 29 to July 1 will have available Arena Sport 1 - 6 channels in their basic TV package, free of charge, while after the promotional period the prices of TV packages remain the same as before the arrival of Arena Sport on A1 TV.

At the same time, the new offer of spor

Edited May 21, 2021 by Chewy_fox

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