Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has decided to stop showing recaps of matches from the country’s top-tier football Liga in protest at a ruling from Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia, the national competition regulator.
Despite having a package of rights for 90-second recaps of each game, TVE was angered by a CNMC ruling that every media company should have access to Liga clips as they are of public interest.
TVE said it would curtail its rights deal this week for the match recaps with LaLiga, the body that sells the Liga’s commercial rights.
The decision was confirmed following TVE’s monthly board meeting.