LaLiga
LaLiga secures Australian uplift with Optus after ending beIN contract
Australian telco Optus acquired exclusive rights to Spain’s LaLiga after the league exercised a break clause in the contract of the incumbent, beIN Sports.
Optus swells football portfolio with LaLiga rights acquisition
Australian telecoms operator Optus has acquired exclusive rights to Spain’s LaLiga in a 'multi-year' contract.
Ziggo locks up LaLiga rights to 2029 in face of Viaplay threat
Dutch telecoms operator Ziggo has retained its exclusive broadcast rights to Spain’s LaLiga until the end of the 2028-29 season.
EXCLUSIVE: LaLiga terminates media rights deal with China’s Super Sports Media
Spanish football's LaLiga is terminating its digital media rights agreement in China with sports marketing company Super Sports Media due to missed rights fee payments, SportBusiness understands
Mediapro set to retain domestic free-to-air LaLiga rights
Mediapro, the Spanish media rights agency and production group, is poised to retain its domestic free-to-air live and highlights rights to Spanish football’s top-tier LaLiga Santander.
LaLiga gets UK increase from Premier despite Fite deal collapse
Premier Sports has managed to retain its exclusive rights to LaLiga in the UK and Ireland, paying a relatively modest uplift compared to an initial offer for the rights by streaming platform Fite.
Premier Sports retains LaLiga rights in UK after Fite deal collapse
Premier Sports has acquired exclusive rights to LaLiga in the UK and Ireland after the league's lucrative deal with streaming platform Fite collapsed last month
LaLiga offers non-exclusive Segunda División rights after receiving no bids
LaLiga, the governing body of Spain’s top two professional football tiers, received no bids for exclusive rights to its second-tier Segunda División, and will now market the rights non-exclusively.
LaLiga receives no bids for public venue media rights, considers own channel
LaLiga, the governing body of Spain’s top two professional football tiers, received no bids for its so-called 'Horeca' broadcast rights for distribution in public establishments, and says it will now m…
LaLiga preparing UK D2C solution as talks with Fite stall
A direct-to-consumer offering such as LaLiga Pass – which has already been rolled out in Indonesia and Thailand – is thought to be LaLiga’s current preferred fallback option should its deal with Fite collapse.
EXCLUSIVE: Streaming platform Fite surprise frontrunner for LaLiga rights in UK
SportBusiness understands Fite is currently in exclusive negotiations with LaLiga over a proposed three-season deal from 2022-23 to 2024-25.
Gol to show LaLiga match live on TikTok
Spanish free-to-air channel Gol has announced plans to broadcast next week’s LaLiga football match between Real Sociedad and Real Betis on social media platform TikTok.
CNMC issues fresh rights tender recommendations to LaLiga
Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has issued its latest set of recommended changes to broadcast rights tenders launched by LaLiga, the governing bo…
LaLiga announces Indonesia and Thailand as testbed for LaLiga Pass streaming service
LaLiga, the organising body for the top two domestic football leagues in Spain, has announced that it will launch its new OTT streaming service in Indonesia and Thailand later this month
Tebas hopes ESPN deal will push LaLiga to become most popular soccer league in US
Javier Tebas, the president of Spain’s LaLiga, is hoping the organization's rights deal with ESPN in the United States will push LaLiga to become the most popular soccer league in America.
Spanish broadcast watchdog wants changes to LaLiga rights sales in four European markets
Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has recommended changes to the sale of broadcast rights to LaLiga in Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands and Ma…
LaLiga ramps up anti-war broadcast messaging, Tebas confident over DAZN financial future
LaLiga has no immediate plans to end its broadcast deal in Russia and will instead try to convey messages to viewers in the country that the Spanish league is firmly opposed to the Russian invasion of…
Telefónica and DAZN ‘close’ to deal for LaLiga matches
Telco Telefónica is close to clinching a sublicensing deal with OTT subscription broadcaster DAZN for its five weekly LaLiga matches from next season, it has been reported.