Spanish LaLiga
LaLiga set to issue domestic tender next week after internal sign-off
Spain’s LaLiga is set to issue its domestic broadcast rights invitation to tender next week after its audiovisual rights control body approved the tender documents.
Orange ‘to pass up’ bid for LaLiga domestic rights
The Spanish division of telco Orange will not bid for domestic rights to Spain's LaLiga in order to avoid price inflation, the company's chief executive Jean-François Fallacher has said.
LaLiga provides match highlights through Twitch, access to pirated content falls
LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has strengthened its association with Twitch by announcing it will provide highlights of all matches through the Amazon-owned…
LaLiga presses ahead with domestic tender despite regulator stance on longer terms
Spain’s LaLiga is to press ahead with a domestic broadcast rights tender that allows bidders to lodge offers over four and five seasons despite advice from the country’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Naci…
Three-year rights cycles decrease competition, says Tebas ahead of LaLiga ITT
Domestic broadcast deals of just three years in length restrict LaLiga from increasing competition for the rights, according to league president Javier Tebas, who is looking to match the value of the current…
LaLiga to stream content internationally ‘in collaboration’ with broadcasters
LaLiga, organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has announced here at Sportel Monaco that it is to offer live and on-demand coverage to international fans via a new over-the-top…
LIVENow to offer LaLiga, Serie A matches in Belgium through Eleven Sports deal
Pay-per-view streaming platform LIVENow is offering customers in Belgium access to live coverage of a handful of matches from Spanish LaLiga and Italian Serie A on a PPV basis under a deal with Eleven…
Tebas eyes LaLiga domestic TV deals of up to five years
LaLiga is set to offer seven packages in its next tender for domestic media rights and contracts of up to five years in length
Gol and Twitch expand LaLiga showcase to nine matches
LaLiga rights-holder and free-to-air channel Gol has made an agreement with Twitch through which nine LaLiga matches during the 2021-22 season will be broadcast on the Amazon-owned online streaming platform
Hungary’s TV2 retains Premier League rights, adds Bundesliga
Hungarian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has renewed a rights agreement for football’s English Premier League and signed a new deal to cover the German Bundesliga, while also preparing t…
Deloitte European football study: Covid sparked 13-per-cent market contraction
The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the European football market contracting 13 per cent to overall revenues of €25.2bn ($29.9
Viacom 18 acquires LaLiga rights in India at reduced value
Spanish LaLiga’s value in India has seen a sharp decline in media group Viacom 18’s deal for exclusive rights to the property from 2021-22 to 2023-24, driven by a lack of competition.
LaLiga’s $1.4bn ESPN deal lays foundation for US ambitions
LaLiga's recently-secured, record-setting $1.4bn (€1.16bn) media rights deal with ESPN in the United States is the resounding high point thus far in the three-year history of LaLiga North America.
Lack of competition allows beIN to reduce LaLiga fee in France
The value of Spanish LaLiga rights in France has dropped about 30 per cent in beIN Sports’ latest renewal, driven by a dearth of competition for the property in a rapidly consolidating French marketplace.
BeIN extends LaLiga rights in France until 2024
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports and Spain's LaLiga have announced a new deal for broadcast rights in France for the next three seasons
DAZN keeps hold of LaLiga rights in Germany, Austria
Subscription sports streaming broadcaster DAZN has retained rights in Germany and Austria to Spanish football’s LaLiga until the end of the 2025-26 season.
ESPN secures $1.4bn US rights deal with LaLiga through 2028-29
ESPN and LaLiga have finalized a wide-ranging long-term media rights deal that will make streaming service ESPN+ the principal English- and Spanish-language home for Spain's top-flight soccer league in…
LaLiga poised to unveil long-term US rights deal with ESPN
Spanish football’s LaLiga is expected to announce a major broadcast deal with Disney’s ESPN that will come into force next season.