The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) has awarded the TV rights for the competitions it oversees to Hrvatski Telekom (HT) for the next four seasons.
HNS received bids from A1 Croatia, HT and Sportklub and AB SportConsulting, with the winning one amounting to €36 million. At the same time, it accepted a bid of €1.5 million per competition year for sponsorship rights and €500,000 per competition year for betting rights from SuperSport.
According to HNS president Marijan Kustic, “As we announced last week, we quickly found the best solution for Croatian clubs and Croatian football as a whole. Negotiations with interested companies showed great interest in Croatian club football and accepted offers from HT and SuperSport best confirm this great value. We are glad to continue our cooperation with HT, which has been a great partner of Croatian football for many years, so we have no doubt that this cooperation will be very successful. This is an exceptional step forward for the Federation and our clubs, and I am convinced that these €44 million will ensure further progress in the First Division (HNL) and all other competitions”.
An agreement has also been agreed between HT and the public broadcaster HRT according to which one match of each round will be broadcast on national TV.