Hungarian Public Television & Sport TV to Share Football Rights

BUDAPEST: The upcoming four championship seasons of the Hungarian Football Association (MLSZ) will be broadcast on Hungarian Public Television and on Chello Central Europe’s Sport TV.

The Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA) and Chello Central Europe made a joint offer for the First and Second Division Hungarian National Championships, the Hungarian Cup, the Amateur Cup, the League Cup and the Super Cup tournaments in the 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.

“I consider the results of this tender to be a serious business success based on common advantages,” said Dr. Sándor Csányi, MLSZ’s president. “The agreement between the MTVA and Chello Central Europe well serves the interest of Hungarian Football, and I am sure that football-loving viewers will be satisfied with both the matches and their broadcast quality.”

“Public TV and Radio reach Hungary’s largest fan base, members of the whole population who are interested in football,” commented István Borocz, the CEO of MTVA. “Data concerning the sport broadcast audience affirm that there is a need in the public media for quality sports broadcasts. The matches of the previous First Division Championship season reached more than a million viewers on average on the m1 and m2 channels.”

Levente Málnay, the CEO of Chello Central Europe, added, “Since its inception, Chello Central Europe Zrt., operator of the Sport TV channels, has been a committed supporter of Hungarian football. It is a great pleasure that we can in the next four years continue the joint work we began with the MLSZ and the MTVA, providing even more Hungarian football for the viewers of Sport TV.”