Broadcast Rights

Competitions available on Arena Sport 1 Serbia

UEFA Champions League

2024-2027

Telekom Srbija (Arena Sport) has acquired exclusive UEFA Champions League media rights in Serbia and other Balkan territories from 2024 to 2027. The pay-TV provider’s three-year contract covers Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Under its deal with UEFA, Arena Sport covers all Champions League games in these four Balkan countries on a linear and digital basis until the end of the 2026-27 season.

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Meanwhile, the subscription-based provider holds non-exclusive broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League in Croatia, with coverage shared with public broadcaster HRT.

Viewers in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, and Montenegro can watch live UEFA Champions League matches on Arena Sport’s group of linear channels (Arena Sport 1 through 10). Live and on-demand streaming is accessible using Arena Cloud TV, available on multiple devices. Subscribers can either purchase Arena Cloud TV on a standalone basis with no obligation to choose a comprehensive contract or add Arena Cloud TV to their already-standing TV subscription for both TV broadcasts and streaming access to Champions League matches.

Depending on their specific device, mobile users can also download Arena Sport’s corresponding app via the Apple Store or Google Play.

UEFA Europa League

2024-2027

UEFA Nations League

2022-2028

The broadcasting rights for the UEFA Nations League in Serbia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia belong to Arena Sport, which shows every match of the competition live to its subscribers each game week.

UEFA Nations League matches are shown live across the platform’s ten linear channels, with pre- and post-match coverage being broadcast via their UNL Studio show on Arena Sport 1.

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Live streaming of UEFA Nations League matches in Serbia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia is available via the Arena Cloud app. This platform can be downloaded for free onto iOS and Android devices, but a subscription to Arena Sport is needed for full access.

All UEFA Nations League shows on Arena Sport are broadcast in Serbian.

UEFA Conference League

2024-2027

UEFA Euro Qualifying

2022-2028

England - Premier League

2022-2028

Arena Sport, which is owned by Telekom Srbija, has secured English Premier League broadcast rights in multiple Balkan territories from 2022 to 2028 following a six-year deal. Previously, Sport Klub held Premier League media rights. However, the commercial broadcaster was outbid by state-owned Telekom Srbija, who reportedly paid approximately $104 million per season in late 2021 to secure rights until 2028.

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The countries included in Arena Sport’s Premier League coverage include Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia.

Telekom Srbija’s TV coverage of the English Premier League is accessible using Arena Sport’s linear channels, which are geo-tailored for specific countries. In addition, fans in these Balkan territories can stream Premier League games live and on-demand using Arena Sport’s streaming service, Arena Cloud TV. Arena Cloud TV’s EPL content is available on a wide range of devices, including mobiles (Android, iOS, Huawei), tablets (Android and iOS), smart TVs (LG, Samsung, Android TV), and streaming devices (Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast). Mobile users can download Arena Sport’s corresponding app using Google Play, the App Store, or Huwaei App Gallery. Bonus features accessible to viewers on the Arena Cloud TV platform include game highlights, full-match replays, and analytic shows.

Subscribers in multiple Balkan territories can purchase Arena Cloud TV on a standalone basis if they wish to stream Premier League games. However, fans can add Arena Cloud TV to their current TV plans to have both linear and digital coverage of Premier League matches.

Spain - La Liga

2021-2026

Telekom Srbija (Arena Sport) has acquired LaLiga linear and digital rights in the Balkans region from 2021 to 2026. Countries covered in this five-year deal include Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia. The commercial broadcaster’s arrangement covers the 2021-22 to 2025-26 LaLiga seasons and means that it now has exclusive live-streaming and broadcast rights in six countries in the Balkans.

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Telekom Srbija’s TV coverage of LaLiga is available via its group of Arena Sport linear channels that are geo-tailored to a country’s specific location–Arena Sport Serbia, Arena Sport Croatia, Arena Sport Slovenia, and likewise for other countries in the Balkans region. Live and on-demand streaming of LaLiga is accessible using Arena Cloud TV, which is available on multiple devices: smart TVs (LG, Samsung, Android TV), streaming devices (Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast), mobiles (Android, iOS, Huawei), and tablets (Android and iOS). Mobile users can download Arena Sport’s corresponding app using the App Store, Google Play, or Huwaei App Gallery.

Subscribers can either purchase Arena Cloud TV on a standalone basis with no obligation to choose a comprehensive contract or add Arena Cloud TV to their TV packages for broadcasting and streaming access to LaLiga matches. Additional features available on Arena Cloud TV include full match playbacks (for up to seven days) and LaLiga highlights.

Italy - Serie A

2024-2027

Serie A matches are shown live in the Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia) on Arena Sport.

The current deal, which runs until the end of the 2028-29 season, means fans in the Balkans can watch the likes of Inter Milan and Napoli on a weekly basis, provided they have a subscription to Arena Sport.

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Fans can watch Serie A via the Arena Sport paid TV channel or the Arena Cloud TV app and website. Via the app and website, fans can buy one-off Serie A matches for a small fee instead of signing up for an entire month or year.

The app also provides instant highlights of all Serie A matches, which stay on the platform for seven days.

France - Ligue 1

2024-2027

England - FA Cup

2024-2028

Telekom Srbija’s Arena Sport has secured non-exclusive English FA Cup media rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia from 2024-25 to 2027-28.

Viewers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia can stream select FA Cup matches live and on-demand via Arena Cloud TV.

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Arena Sport’s English football streams are available across multiple screens, including tablets (Android and iOS), smart TVs (LG, Samsung, Android TV), streaming devices (Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast), computers (PCs, Chromebooks, and Macs using Edge, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari browsers) and mobiles (Android, iOS, Huawei after downloading the app via Google Play, the App Store, or the Huawei App Gallery).

Subscribers in these countries can purchase Arena Cloud TV on a standalone basis to stream FA Cup matches. However, if they want to watch select games on Arena Sport’s linear channels, they must add Arena Cloud TV to their current TV plans.

Germany - DFB Pokal

2022-2026

German Cup matches can be watched live on Arena Sport in the Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovakia).

The deal between DFB and the pay-TV platform runs until the end of the 2025-26 season and includes live coverage of every match from every round of the competition.

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Live action is shown across the platform’s linear TV channels.

German Cup live streaming is available on the Arena Cloud app in the Balkans. In addition to live content, fans can also catch up on previous German Cup matches for seven days following the completion of each match. Live commentary is available on each match, with the language changing depending on the country in which it is broadcast.

Spain - Copa del Rey

2022-2025

Arena Sport secured broadcast rights to the Copa del Rey through an agreement with the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), covering the competition from the 2022-23 season until the end of the 2024-25 campaign. The Serbian-based network is authorized to air multiple matches from the Spanish domestic cup across Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and other countries in the region.

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Each season, Arena Sport can show up to 25 matches live and exclusively. The number of fixtures per round is capped at half of those played, starting from the Round of 32. The agreement guarantees coverage of the semifinals and the final as part of its seasonal lineup.

Beyond live broadcasts, Arena Sport is permitted to produce highlight packages and use goal replays for inclusion in its sports news and related programming. Both full-match replays and highlights are routinely re-aired on Arena Sport’s channels.

Access to Copa del Rey broadcasts on Arena Sport requires a subscription to a pay-TV provider that carries the network. Services such as MAXtv, EvoTV, IskonTV, B.net, and A1 Televizija include Arena Sport in their offerings. For those preferring to stream matches, Arena Cloud TV is available as a digital alternative. It works via web browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari, and supports streaming on devices such as Apple TV, Chromecast, and Amazon Fire TV. The app is also compatible with Smart TVs running Android TV, Samsung, or LG operating systems. Mobile users on Android or iOS can watch by installing the Arena Cloud TV app on their smartphones or tablets.

Argentina - Primera División

2024-2027

Belgium - Pro League

2024-2027

England - Championship

2024-2027

Poland - Ekstraklasa

2023-2027

Sweden - Allsvenskan

2020-2025

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About

Arena Sport 1 Serbia history, coverage, features

Arena Sport is a pay-tv sports network, which is owned and operated by Telekom Srbija, or Mts. The network was launched on August 27, 2010 in Serbia, adding localized content for other neighbor nations such as Slovenia since September 2010. It is one of the most popular sports channels in the country due to its content and variety of disciplines available to watch.

Since its launch, Arena Sport has included a variety of sports events to increase its viewership, mainly thanks to the number of channels available in Serbia, which has expanded over the years.  Some of the sports covered on this channel have included football, basketball, handball, hockey, rugby, baseball, motorsports, volleyball, tennis, and more. While domestic competitions have found their way into the channel’s grid, international tournaments and leagues from other countries have been favored in the channel’s programming as time has gone by.

Speaking about football, Arena Sport 1 in Serbia has been known for focusing on leagues such as La Liga, the French Ligue 1, the English Premier League, the Italian Serie A, the Portuguese Primeira Liga, and games for some lower-ranked European leagues like the Swiss Super League, the Scottish Premiership, the Belgian Jupiler Pro League, and more. Other leagues covered by this network over the years have included Mexico’s Liga MX, the Superliga Argentina, the Australian A-League, and the Chinese Super League. Cup tournaments from Spain, Italy, Germany, England, Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, Serbia and Greece have also been covered on this channel. On top of that, continental tournaments such as the UEFA Europa League the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa Conference League have been available to watch on this channel.

Arena Sport 1 was launched as a Standard Definition channel, but a HD feed was launched during the second half of the 2010s. With the launch of the High-Definition option, users who do not have access to HD technology may tune in on the channel via a downscaled version of the HD feed.