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LaLiga president Javier Tebas this week described the Spanish league’s new domestic media rights deals as “historic” in terms of income and the completion of the move to collective selling.

England’s Premier League has almost doubled its income in recently-agreed deals covering 11 territories across Europe.

Interview with LaLiga president Javier Tebas on the first centralised tender for Spanish domestic football rights.

Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica has announced plans to launch a number of new video services in seven Latin American markets.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has secured the main package of domestic rights for Spain's LaLiga, dislodging telecommunications company Telefónica as the main rights-holder for domestic club football in the country.

Spain’s top-tier basketball league, the Liga ACB, this week defended its decision to switch coverage exclusively to pay-television from next season following a three-season deal with telco Telefónica.

Interview with Mario Hernando, director of media (communications and TV) at Spain’s top-tier basketball Liga ACB, about its move to pay-television in this month’s deal with telco Telefónica.

Categoría Primera A, the top division of football in Colombia, is set to receive significantly enhanced exposure in the country under a partnership between pay-television channel Win Sports and telecommunications company Telefónica.

Telcos Orange and Vodafone have become the first two operators in the Spanish market to sublicense LaLiga content in the 2015-16 season from rival firm Telefónica, while public-service broadcaster TVE has agreed a deal for highlights rights.

Spain’s competition regulator, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y La Competencia, has fined telco Telefónica and pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus €15.5m ($17.1m) for alleged anti-competitive behaviour in the exploitation of football rights for the three seasons from 2012-13 to 2014-15.

Spain’s LaLiga has leapfrogged Italy’s Serie A in media rights income to become Europe’s second most valuable league following deals agreed in recent weeks.

The IMG Events & Media agency has agreed a deal to become the exclusive distributor of Barça TV, the official club television channel of Spanish Liga football club Barcelona.

Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica has today (Friday) signed an agreement with LaLiga, the new brand name for the Spanish Football League, for the domestic pay-television rights to club football in the 2015-16 season.

Telecommunications companies Vodafone and Orange have submitted appeals in Spain’s High Court over rival Telefónica’s takeover of pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus, according to daily newspaper El Economista.

Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica has submitted an offer to acquire the collective international rights for LaLiga, the new brand name for the Spanish Football League.

Spanish football’s ongoing rights shake-up continued during a fortnight in which collective selling was brought forward by the league and Mediapro was appointed its international marketing partner.