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Spanish women’s football dispute resumes as Mediapro denied access
The battle over rights to Spanish women’s club football has intensified, with the Mediapro agency stating it will take “all necessary legal action” after it was prevented from broadcasting yesterday’s (Sunday…
Mediapro among bidders for Uruguay football rights as offers ‘exceed expectations’
The Uruguayan Football Federation (AUF) has received three offers for its international rights to the national team’s qualifying games for the 2022 World Cup.
Concacaf Nations League deal tightens OneSoccer’s grip on Canadian soccer
OneSoccer, Mediapro’s OTT sports streaming service in Canada, has secured rights to the Concacaf Nations League, including Canada’s matches in the new international tournament featuring sides from Nor…
Mediapro seals carriage deals for LaLiga TV Bar
The Mediapro agency has struck carriage deals with Movistar, Vodafone, Orange, Deion Comunicaciones and Telecable for its LaLiga TV Bar channel, which provides football coverage in public places
LaLiga seeking long-term deal after securing ITV stop-gap
Spain’s LaLiga has secured a short-term deal in the UK with commercial broadcaster ITV, whilst it continues its search for a longer-term deal.
Telefónica retains LaLiga rights in bars and cafes in Mediapro deal
Spanish telco Telefónica has renewed its deal with agency Mediapro for the rights to broadcast a range of live sports in public places during the 2019-20 season.
Mediapro agrees YouTube deal for 2019 Pan American Games
The Mediapro agency, international rights manager for the 2019 Pan American Games, has agreed a deal with YouTube for the online video platform to broadcast the ongoing multi-sport event in Lima, Peru
Madrid court upholds Mediapro’s women’s football deal
A Spanish court has ruled that the country's women’s football clubs are the owners of their individual broadcast rights, with the implication that a deal signed earlier this year by the Mediapro agency f…
New deadline issued for Lega Serie A to seal Mediapro deal
Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has set a fresh deadline of September 30 to seal an agreement with Spanish agency Mediapro over its offer for domestic rights…
Mediapro picks up WBSC rights in Americas until 2022
Spanish agency Mediapro has secured exclusive media rights across the Americas until 2022 for all of the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s flagship international competitions.
OneSoccer acquires Canadian broadcast rights to LigaMX
OneSoccer, the Canadian OTT sports streaming platform, has acquired a package of broadcast rights to LigaMX
Lega Serie A to continue Mediapro rights offer talks
Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has elected to continue talks with Spanish agency Mediapro over its offer for domestic rights to the league
Mediapro signs one-year deal for Chinese Super League, FA Cup rights
Mediapro Canada has acquired Chinese Super League and Chinese FA Cup matches for the 2019 season
Mediapro raises Serie A rights offer – reports
Spanish agency Mediapro has reportedly increased its offer for rights in Italy to football’s Serie A.
Mediapro happy to be Serie A stalking horse, but clubs may need convincing
The Mediapro agency’s offer for the domestic media rights to Serie A for the next two cycles, covering the six seasons from 2021-22 to 2026-27, is a plan B for the league in case it is unable to sell its rights in a competitive tender. The offer is the same as that made by the Spanish production house for the current cycle – an offer accepted by the clubs last year but later rejected.
RFEF could face legal action over Copa del Rey final award
The Spanish football federation’s award of 2019 Copa del Rey final rights to public-service broadcaster TVE could have left it open to legal action.
Mediapro keeps LaLiga domestic free-to-air rights fees steady
Spain’s Mediapro agency has again acquired LaLiga’s package of live, free-to-air Primera División matches, paying a similar fee in the 2019-22 cycle as it did in 2016-19. The sale of this package to Mediapro – alongside one containing free-to-air rights to two Segunda División matches per match-week – closes LaLiga’s domestic tender for the cycle.
Mediapro lands international rights deal with Paraguayan FA
Spanish agency Mediapro has acquired international rights to the Paraguayan national football team’s qualifying matches for the 2022 Fifa World Cup.