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ITV lands sublicensed rights to 10 LaLiga matches per season
ITV, the UK free-to-air commercial broadcaster, has secured rights to 10 LaLiga matches per season in a deal with rights-holder Premier Sports
Barcelona strikes late €100m ‘fourth lever’ deal with Roures’ Orpheus Media
Barcelona has announced the sale of a 24.5-per-cent stake in its Barça Studios production division to Orpheus Media, a production entity run by Mediapro co-founder Jaume Roures, for €100m ($102.8m
Mediapro launches OTT service for Spain’s hospitality sector
The Mediapro agency has launched Bar TV, a new OTT service for public venues in Spain that will offer coverage of LaLiga and other sports content
Canal Plus extends LaLiga rights in sub-Saharan Africa with exclusive deal
The African arm of French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has secured exclusive French-language pay-television rights to Spain's LaLiga across sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius
LaLigaTV Bar channel to roll out in public establishments
LaLiga, the governing body of Spain’s top two professional football tiers, has set up LaLigaTV Bar for the broadcasting of matches in bars, restaurants and other public establishments.
Mediapro: Debt facilities repaid after closing of €500m refinancing
Mediapro, the international broadcast production group and rights agency, has announced that it has successfully completed its full refinancing through a new “long-term” €500m ($511m) facility.
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Mediapro signs sports content deal with Snapchat
The Mediapro agency has agreed a global content sharing deal with social media platform Snapchat
Belgian Super Cup to receive vertical format treatment on TikTok
Mediapro, the agency and international broadcast production group, has detailed plans to produce this weekend’s Belgian Super Cup match in a vertical 9:16 format on social video platform TikTok.
Mediapro reduces fee for LaLiga highlights, free-to-air package
Mediapro, the agency and international broadcast production group, renewed free-to-air rights to highlights and one match per week with Spain’s LaLiga, decreasing its fee after a tender process in which reserve prices were not met.
Eurosport, Eleven and Mediapro in the mix for Lega Basket rights
Lega Basket Serie A, organising body of the top division of Italian basketball, has announced that international sports broadcasters Eurosport and Eleven Sports, along with the Italian arm of the Mediapro…
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.
Mediapro to advise on Salvadoran Primera División production, rights distribution
Mediapro, the rights agency and international broadcast production group, has reached an exclusive agreement with El Savador-based network Telecorporación Salvadoreña (TCS) to advise broadcast production a…
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.
Mediapro ‘definitively resolves’ financial uncertainties after debt refinancing
Mediapro claims to have “definitively resolved” financial uncertainties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic after reaching a debt refinancing agreement.
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…
Kooyong Classic to return in 2023 with new title sponsor
Melbourne tennis tournament the Kooyong Classic will return next January after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic
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.