Spain
New Joj Sports channel lands ACB rights in Slovakia
Newly launched Slovakian pay-television broadcaster TV Joj has secured rights to the Spanish top-flight basketball league for the next two seasons
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…
RTVE agrees women’s Primera División rights deal
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has reached an agreement with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to show matches from the Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino, the top division of women’s foo…
LaLiga Tech signs up World Padel Tour and Millicom as clients
LaLiga Tech, the new technology services arm created by the governing body of the top two divisions of Spanish football, has signed up World Padel Tour and Millicom, the Latin American telecoms operator,…
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
RFEF ‘close’ to broadcast deal for women’s Primera División
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) is said to be close to finalising an agreement for the free-to-air broadcast of matches from the Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino, the top division o…
LaLigaSportsTV launches subscription element
LaLigaSportsTV, the OTT streaming platform of LaLiga, organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, will from October offer a premium version - LaLigaSportsTV Plus - to paying subscribers
Mediaset shows signs of recovery with first-half results
Italy-based commercial broadcaster Mediaset has posted a net profit of €226.7m ($266.5m) for the first half of 2021, a significant increase on the same period in 2019.
Liga ACB expands outside Europe with Bilibili deal in China
Spanish basketball's Liga ACB has landed an international broadcast deal which will see it break into the Chinese market
Mediapro ‘terminates’ deal with Spanish women’s football’s Primera División
Mediapro, the Spanish agency and production company, has terminated its rights deal with the Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino, the top division of women’s football in Spain, it has been rep…
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
CVC spells out LaLiga exit strategy
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has said an exit protocol is in place in which it will likely disengage from its agreement with LaLiga, the organising body for the top two divisions of Spanish…
Messi’s PSG debut sets Spanish viewing records
Lionel Messi’s long-awaited debut for Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday became the most-watched French league match in Spanish viewing history.
Ligue 1 blackout over in Spain with free-to-air coverage of Messi debut
Fans in Spain will be able to watch live action from France’s Ligue 1 once again after a broadcast rights agreement was struck and details of free-to-air coverage for this weekend’s action were announced.
Real Madrid ‘seeks government funding’ to turn TV channel into OTT platform
LaLiga club Real Madrid is said to be seeking €8m ($9.4m) from the 'Spain, Audiovisual Hub for Europe' plan to help finance efforts to turn its television channel into an OTT platform.
Movistar Plus retains Serie A rights in Spain
Spanish pay-television broadcaster Movistar Plus has renewed an agreement for rights to football’s Italian Serie A until the end of the 2023-24 season.
Telefónica ‘set for court appeal’ over CNMC’s DAZN pact ruling
Telecoms operator Telefónica is set to appeal against a ruling from Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), after being ordered to alter the terms of …
Primera RFEF rights sold to Fuchs consortium for €9.5m per year
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has sold its domestic and international broadcast rights, plus international betting video rights, to the new third-tier Primera RFEF division to a consortium formed…