Portugal: Liga NOS schedules a game at 11:30 on weekends, and another on Monday evening for 2016-17

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The LPFP should propose two new time slots for Liga NOS games -- one at 11:30 local time on weekends (12:30 CET) and one on Monday evenings -- starting from the 2016-17 season, according to Portuguese media on 15/04/2016.

Other games are slated for 16:00, 18:00 and 20:00 local time (GMT, same as the United Kingdom) on Saturdays and Sundays, similar to the current time slot schedule of games.

The new 11:30 (GMT) time slot would allow the Liga NOS to be broadcast in prime time in the Asian market. Meanwhile, the Portuguese professional football league signed the Chinese company Ledman as the new title sponsor of the Portuguese second division of football on 25/01/2016, which will be called the Ledman ProLiga from 2016-17.

  • Portugal is the only country in Europe where clubs still sell their domestic TV rights individually to broadcasters.

Portuguese Primeira Liga (Liga NOS): games of Matchday 31, from 22/04 to 24/04/2016

  • Boavista FC - Belenenses, Friday 22/04/2016 at 20:30 GMT
  • Academica Coimbra - FC Porto, Saturday 23/04/2016 at 16:15 GMT
  • Sporting Clube de Portugal - Uniao…

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