Spanish LaLiga
Eleven considers options after ceasing blackout broadcasts “for the time being”
Eleven Sports has agreed to stop showing Saturday afternoon Spanish LaLiga matches in the UK "for the time being", but is considering all legal and regulatory options to overturn the '3pm blackout'.
Eleven Sports’ ‘3pm blackout’ challenge could see rule scrapped
Eleven Sports’ decision to break one of the golden rules of UK sports broadcasting – the ‘3pm blackout’ – has created a legal quandary that could result in it being scrapped altogether.
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Andrea Radrizzani, owner, Eleven Sports
Interview with Andrea Radrizzani, owner of Eleven Sports, on the reasons behind the broadcaster's decision to break the UK's '3pm' blackout rule
LaLiga extends betting rights partnership with Perform Content
The Perform Content division of digital media company DAZN Group has struck a five-season extension to its partnership with LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish football
Eleven continues to flout UK 3pm blackout law with LaLiga broadcasts
Eleven Sports has ignored the UK’s ‘3pm blackout’ rule for the second Saturday in a row, showing another LaLiga game that kicked off at 3:15pm UK time.
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Agencies swoop after LaLiga takes rights back from MP & Silva
The Mediapro agency has sealed several last-minute deals with IMG and Saran Media across Eastern Europe for rights to Spain’s LaLiga, after cancelling its deal with MP & Silva.
Sony bolsters its football portfolio with Nations League
Sony Pictures Networks India has continued its recent burst of European football acquisitions in the Indian subcontinent, picking up rights to the Uefa Nations League in 2018-19 and 2020-21
Facebook Watch goes global
Facebook Watch, the social media company’s streaming service, will roll out globally a year after it launched in the US.
Facebook sublicenses LaLiga to Sony in Indian subcontinent
Media group Sony Pictures Networks India has struck a sublicensing deal with Facebook to show matches from Spain’s LaLiga in the Indian subcontinent.
Vodafone and Orange sell LaLiga bar and club rights to Mediapro
The Mediapro agency has acquired the broadcasting rights in public establishments of Spain’s top-tier LaLiga from telcos Vodafone and Orange in the 2018-19 season, adding to the same set of rights it w…
Iflix and beIN strike football partnership in Asian markets
Online streaming service iflix has agreed a partnership with pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports that will deliver live English Premier League and Spanish LaLiga football to its customers in Cambodia,…
Digi retains LaLiga rights
Direct-to-home and IPTV platform Digi has extended its rights in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for LaLiga, the top division of Spanish club football
IMG to debut OTT football service in Scandinavia
The IMG agency has said it will launch its first direct to consumer football OTT channel in Scandinavia.
Entitled Strive, the new platform will be available in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
Eleven signs Facebook deal for UK and Ireland
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has partnered with social media platform Facebook ahead of its upcoming launch in the UK and Ireland
TVI seals Champions League deal, Eleven to set first in Portugal
Portuguese commercial broadcaster TVI has concluded a deal for free-to-air rights to club football competition the Uefa Champions League
DAZN lands Pro14 rights, Italian launch line-up revealed
DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has secured rights in Italy to the Pro14 cross-border rugby union league as it unveiled its full line-up for its launch in the country
Cypriot telcos join forces in sports pact
Cypriot telcos Cablenet and PrimeTel have agreed a deal through which they will bring their sporting content under one roof from 2019
Eleven lifts lid on pricing strategy for UK and Ireland
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has today (Friday) revealed its pricing strategy as it prepares to launch in the UK and Ireland later this month