Chello Central Europe retains Spanish Liga rights

Liberty Global-owned broadcaster Chello Central Europe has renewed its rights deal for Spanish football’s top-tier domestic league, the Spanish Liga, for the next three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15.

The deal covers the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.

Chello’s Sport1 and Sport2 channels will each week show the matches of Barcelona and Real Madrid, plus five other games.