Spanish LaLiga

Spanish football’s LaLiga is expected to announce a major broadcast deal with Disney’s ESPN that will come into force next season.

Nova, the Greek pay-television broadcaster now owned by United Media Group, has acquired rights to Spanish football’s LaLiga from next season onwards, replacing rival Cosmote.

The value of the rights to second- and third-tier properties in Italy is enjoying a mini-boom in the wake of DAZN’s acquisition in March of the main live rights to Serie A for the next three seasons. Faced with the loss of its key property, Sky is fighting back, renewing deals with MotoGP and the Bundesliga and snatching rights currently held by DAZN, such as Serie B and Ligue 1.

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has reduced its fee for rights to Spain’s LaLiga in Brazil, agreeing a six-season extension at a reduction of about 25 per cent on a per-season basis.

LaLiga is the latest European football league to make gains in Poland, seeing the value of its rights in the country rise by nearly a third in a five-season renewal with Eleven Sports.

Amazon Prime, the OTT platform of internet retail giant Amazon, has struck a deal to carry LaLigaTV on its UK arm in an exposure boost to the Spanish league

The ‘carriage’ agreement between OTT subscription platform DAZN and telco Telefónica has deepened broadcaster power in Spain, creating an effective duopoly with the widest subscriber base and deepest pockets in Spain.

Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has finalised its extension of rights in Belgium to Spanish football’s LaLiga until the end of the 2025-26 season.

LaLiga is launching a subscription mobile app in the Middle East and Africa, with plans to roll it out in other markets, under deals with mobile technology company Mondia and telco Orange

Eleven needed to retain LaLiga rights in Belgium to strengthen its position in carriage negotiations next year.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has boosted its sports rights portfolio by extending a content-sharing agreement with DAZN, giving it access to select rights from the streaming service’s portfolio, w…

Sports talent and marketing agency Mediacom Sport and Entertainment has announced Real Madrid and Brazil footballer Vinícius Junior will star in a new social media series documenting his life and career.

Sports broadcaster Setanta has agreed a five-season deal with LaLiga for exclusive rights in the Baltic region to Spanish football’s top two tiers, from 2021-22 to 2025-26.

Russian social media platforms VK and Odnoklassniki, owned by Russian internet company Mail

LaLiga, the governing body of Spain’s highest two domestic football divisions, has agreed a long-term rights renewal with the Disney Group in Brazil.

Dutch telco Ziggo has secured another fee reduction in its latest renewal of Spanish LaLiga rights amid a lack of competition in the market.