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Orange and Telefónica agree new deal for LaLiga and Champions League content
Orange has agreed a new content deal with fellow telco Telefónica to offer coverage from LaLiga, the Uefa Champions League and Europa League during the 2020-21 season.
Eurosport lands Portuguese Primeira Liga rights in Spain
Discovery-owned pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport will broadcast two matches per week from the Portuguese Primeira Liga until the end of the 2019-20 season
Tebas: Any LaLiga rights fee compensation talks to wait to end of season
Javier Tebas, the president of LaLiga, has said that broadcasters of the top two divisions of Spanish football will have to wait until the end of season before talks are held about compensation claims…
LaLiga readies broadcast innovations, Sky and BT unveil Premier League plans
LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has unveiled a series of broadcast innovations for when the top tier resumes its 2019-20 season later this week
Blanket UK coverage allows DAZN to offer all Premier League matches in Spain
International subscription streaming service DAZN will broadcast all remaining matches from the English Premier League this season in Spain
Lockdown created favourable conditions for Barcelona’s OTT launch, says digital chief
Barcelona FC’s head of digital, Didac Lee, believes lockdown restrictions and a ban on spectators when LaLiga matches resume this month have created favourable conditions for the launch of the club’s new…
LaLiga to resume on June 11 with daily matches
Spanish football's LaLiga will resume its 2019-20 season on June 11 and will play matches every day for at least the first week
LaLiga agrees content tie-up Japan’s SportsNavi portal
Japanese media platform SportsNavi has rekindled its connection to LaLiga by becoming the first official media partner of the Spanish football competition in Japan
RTVE acquires rights to Spanish Tennis Federation’s new league
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has acquired the exclusive rights to broadcast the newly-created Mapfre League tennis tournament in Spain
Telefónica remains interested in F1 rights renewal in Spain
Spanish telco Telefónica remains interested in renewing its role as the incumbent broadcast rights-holder of Formula 1 motor racing in its domestic market.
Barcelona delves into animation with Sony Music
Spanish LaLiga football club Barcelona has continued its original content drive through its new Barça Studios division by announcing the launch of its first animated series.
Mediaset’s Q1 operating profit hit by Covid-19 crisis
Mediaset’s operating profit fell by 47 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020 as the Italy-based commercial broadcasting group was hit hard by the Covid-19 crisis.
Round-Up: Endeavor loan, Japan rugby league delayed, Victorian teams resume training, and more
Sports and entertainment group Endeavor has secured a $260m loan to help it through the Covid-19 downturn, the Wall Street Journal reports. The loan supplements an existing $2
Tebas accuses Saudis of ‘stealing football’
Javier Tebas, the president of LaLiga , is appealing to the English Premier League to judiciously examine the planned £300m ($378m/€345m) takeover of Newcastle United by Saudi Arabian investors.
Removal of rights-cycle cap poses difficult questions for LaLiga
The end of the three-season maximum for LaLiga rights sales in the EU grants the rights-holder greater freedom but also some difficult decisions to make, experts have told SportBusiness Media.
Mediapro’s Roures: If football matches aren’t played, we won’t pay
Mediapro founding partner Jaume Roures has announced that the rights and production agency will stop paying for media rights to football leagues and competitions if it is announced that properties it holds…
Netflix to show Barça series in Latin America, Canada
Spanish LaLiga football club Barcelona has struck a deal with Netflix for the streaming service to show its Matchday documentary series in Latin America and Canada
Three-year limit on LaLiga’s European broadcast deals is scrapped
LaLiga, the governing body for the top two tiers of Spanish domestic football, has been given authorisation to sell its future broadcast rights in Europe for more than the traditional three-year term in…