Mediapro
Eleven, Canal Plus divide up LaLiga rights in Poland
Subscription sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired all rights in Poland to Spain’s LaLiga from the 2021-22 season onwards and has immediately agreed to sublicense half to pay-television broadcaster P…
Mediapro sells World Cup qualifiers to Brazil’s TV Walter Abrahão in surprise deal
TV Walter Abrahão, a youth-oriented basic-tier channel launched in May last year, has shocked the Brazilian sports industry by acquiring the rights to a bulk package of South American qualifiers to the …
LFP, Mediapro lose money, face in rights fiasco but victory for Canal Plus could be pyrrhic
The collapse in December of the French football league’s media-rights deal with Mediapro is the biggest market setback suffered by a European league for nearly two decades – since the failure of the ITV Digital pay-television platform nearly bankrupted the English Football League in 2002.
Mediapro requests ‘reduction’ on LaLiga public spaces rights deal
The Mediapro agency has ‘opened talks’ with LaLiga, the governing body of Spain’s top two professional football tiers, over a reduction in its rates for rights to broadcast matches in public spaces.
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LFP presses ahead with tender for Mediapro’s Ligue 1, Ligue 2 rights
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has launched its invitation to tender for domestic broadcast rights for the remainder of the 2020-24 cycle after the collapse of its previous contract with a…
Mediapro ‘offers’ to continue showing Ligue 1 beyond January
Mediapro, the agency and production group that is closing down its Téléfoot subscription service in France after the collapse of its French football broadcast deal, has offered to continue to show Ligue 1…
Canal Plus joins Téléfoot in broadcasting Trophée des Champions
The 2021 Trophée des Champions football match will be shown live in France by pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus as well as Téléfoot, the subscription service of the Mediapro agency and production gr…
Barcelona wins case against Mediapro challenge to Liga Iberdrola broadcast
FC Barcelona, the Spanish multi-sport club, has successfully defended allegations from the Mediapro agency of rights infringement after the club broadcast a Primera Iberdrola league match on its own platforms
LFP-Mediapro rights settlement rubber-stamped by court
The settlement struck between France’s Professional Football League (LFP) and agency and production group Mediapro has received the legal backing of the Nanterre commercial court in a ruling issued today.
French court ‘to rule on Tuesday’ on Mediapro-LFP rights settlement
The Nanterre commercial court is expected to decide on Tuesday whether to validate the settlement reached between Spanish agency and production group Mediapro and France’s Professional Football League (…
Mediapro ‘to pay €100m’ as part of LFP settlement
Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has reportedly agreed to make a €100m ($120m) severance payment to France’s Professional Football League (LFP) as part of its settlement for the return of …
Quillot to repay tender bonus after LFP-Mediapro deal to sever ties
Didier Quillot, the former chief executive of France’s Professional Football League (LFP), has said he will forego his bonus payment for overseeing the league’s ill-fated domestic rights deal with the…
Téléfoot ‘to close’ as LFP and Mediapro ‘reach agreement’
The Mediapro-owned Téléfoot service will close as part of a deal reportedly reached between the Spanish agency and production group and France’s Professional Football League (LFP) over the non-payment of …
Mediapro ‘warns of possible Téléfoot closure’ as Ligue 1 row rumbles on
Staff at the Mediapro-owned Téléfoot channel have reportedly been warned of the possible closure of the channel amid continued wrangling between the agency and the French Professional League (LFP) over t…
Eleven signs off on LaLiga rights extension in Belgium
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has finalised its extension of rights in Belgium to Spanish football’s LaLiga until the end of the 2025-26 season.
Extension for LFP-Mediapro mediation as latest instalment deadline ‘missed’
The mediator named in the dispute between France’s Professional Football League (LFP) and the Mediapro agency and production group is scheduled to present in front of the league this Thursday after an e…
Conmebol World Cup qualifier distributors face losses after disastrous US process
Potential US buyers baulked at the asking price for media rights to Conmebol’s 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers, exposing several members of the seven-strong selling consortium to significant losses on their investments.
Mediapro and LVP take esports model to Portugal
The Mediapro agency and production group is to handle the broadcast production of the third season of the eLiga Portugal, the esports league set up by the organising body of Portugal's Primeira Liga and…