Spanish LaLiga
LaLiga kicks off Sub-Saharan African rights tender
Spanish football’s LaLiga has launched a tender process for its media rights in Sub-Saharan Africa for the four seasons from 2020-21 to 2023-24.
LaLiga agrees early China extension amid cooling market
Spanish football’s LaLiga extended its rights deal in China with Wuhan DDMC Culture in May without going to market, where it would have faced a tough task maintaining its income, SportBusiness Media understands. The Chinese rights market has cooled since the previous deal was agreed, and DDMC is thought to be paying the league a strong rights fee.
Mediapro keeps LaLiga domestic free-to-air rights fees steady
Spain’s Mediapro agency has again acquired LaLiga’s package of live, free-to-air Primera División matches, paying a similar fee in the 2019-22 cycle as it did in 2016-19. The sale of this package to Mediapro – alongside one containing free-to-air rights to two Segunda División matches per match-week – closes LaLiga’s domestic tender for the cycle.
Mediapro awarded remaining LaLiga free-to-air domestic rights
Spain’s Mediapro agency has provisionally been awarded the rights to LaLiga’s two remaining domestic broadcast packages for the 2019-20 to 2021-22 cycle.
LaLiga seeks to set example after Danish anti-piracy victory
Denmark’s RettighedsAlliancen, an organisation dedicated to protecting creative content, has partnered with LaLiga, the governing body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, to secure the f…
Mediapro, TVE front-runners for unsold LaLiga free-to-air rights
Spain’s Mediapro agency and public broadcaster TVE will likely try again to acquire LaLiga’s two unsold domestic free-to-air rights packages for the 2019-20 to 2021-22 cycle, SportBusiness Media understands.
Eleven Sports teams up with Onefootball for LaLiga PPV offering in UK
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports will launch a pay-per-view offering after agreeing a global partnership with digital football platform Onefootball
Spain’s LaLiga retenders unsold free-to-air domestic football rights packages
LaLiga, which operates the top two divisions of Spanish football, has restarted a tender process for two unsold domestic free-to-air rights packages for the 2019-20 to 2021-22 cycle
Mediapro claims latest win in Spain’s long-running ‘football war’
The Provincial Court of Madrid has ordered media company Prisa to pay the Mediapro agency €51m ($57.7
LaLiga’s multi-sport OTT service goes live
Spanish football league LaLiga has launched its multi-sport OTT platform LaLigaSportsTV, offering free coverage of Spanish sporting competitions ranging from badminton to weightlifting
LaLiga to head back to UK rights market as early as May
Spain’s LaLiga is poised to return to the UK market in May or June with a media rights tender for the three-seasons running from 2019-20 to 2021-22, SportBusiness Media understands.
ITV the latest LaLiga broadcaster in the UK
Commercial broadcaster ITV has announced it will broadcast free-to-air coverage of Spain’s LaLiga for the rest of the 2018-19 season in a new deal with the league.
Eleven secures crucial carriage deals in Portugal with Nos, Meo and Vodafone
Pay-television broadcaster Eleven Sports may have fallen on hard times in the UK and Ireland, but its opportunistic acquisition strategy has cleared a pathway to success in Portugal's broadcast market
LaLiga claims anti-piracy victory in Brazil
LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has claimed another win in its ongoing battle against audiovisual piracy by securing the closure of three IPTV platforms in…
Strive now available on linear television in Norway
The Strive OTT platform launched by the IMG agency will now be available on linear television in Norway via the IPTV platform Altibox
Eleven’s difficulties in the UK hit IMG, MMA promotions
The expected collapse of Eleven Sports’ UK business has pushed IMG back to square one in its bid to stir up competition in the country and ruined the best-laid plans of multiple mixed martial arts promotions.
IMG to cooperate with TV2 in Denmark on Serie A and LaLiga
Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has signed an agreement with the IMG agency giving it access to matches from both Italy’s Serie A and Spain’s LaLiga.
Eleven Sports vows to fight on in UK market
Eleven Sports has confirmed it is in talks to restructure its deals for rights to Italy’s Serie A and Spain’s LaLiga, as its chief executive Marc Watson has vowed the OTT service will fight on in the UK.