List of La Liga broadcasters

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This is a list of television broadcasters which provide coverage of La Liga, Spanish football's top-level competition.[1][2]

La Liga matches have been broadcast since 1963 when the public television station TVE reached an agreement with the RFEF to broadcast one match each week. Since the 1987-88 season, an agreement was also reached with the regional television stations to broadcast the same game that TVE broadcast in the rest of the country.[3]

For the 1990-91 season, the federation made the first tender for the rights, being granted to the regional television stations and Canal Plus for eight seasons, a relevant fact that would forever change football broadcasts in that country, the arrival of Pay TV. Canal Plus was awarded the rights to broadcast a match each week in pay-per-view, for which it paid 12 million pesetas.[3]

The football war[edit]

Because each club was the owner to market its audiovisual rights, Antena 3 and Canal Plus began to negotiate to be able to acquire the rights of the largest number of clubs with the 1998-99 season, a fight to which TV3 would also join, which would start the so-called The football war (La guerra del fútbol).

On September 1996, the federation changed the agreement for the sale of audiovisual rights that it had established with Forta and Canal+ until the 1997-98 season, to modify that contract and include Antena 3, allowing it to broadcast a match on FTA on Monday for the 1996-97 and 1997-98 seasons. This conflict had both media and political repercussions, and several complaints and accusations were made against different directors of the companies involved since Canal Plus was categorically opposed to any modification of the contract of July 6, 1990.[4]

After several confrontations, companies reached an understanding and signed an agreement to establish Audiovisual Sport SL, in which 40% would be owned by Sogecable (Canal Plus), 40% by Antena 3 TV, and 20% by TV3. This company would exploit 100% of the television rights of Spanish football. This agreement would be called the Christmas Eve pact (El pacto de nochebuena), since it would be signed on December 24, 1996.[5]

On July 5, 1997, the government approved the so-called 'football law', which harmed Canal Plus and established the obligation to broadcast at least one free-to-air match of the day whenever there was an interested operator. The law is still in force and a match of little interest is broadcast every Friday.

The arrival of Mediapro and second football war[edit]

In 2006, another event occurred that would shake the market, the arrival of the television services company Mediapro, which began to manage the rights of several teams. After tense situations that included the prohibition of entry of cameras, on July 24, 2006 the parties ended up agreeing on a new version of the Christmas Eve Pact. The two companies could offer all paid matches and La Sexta would broadcast free-to-air.[5][6]

Subsequent disagreements between the partners led to mutual accusations of non-compliance with this agreement, which would begin the second football war.

On July 9, 2007, Audiovisual Sport announced the filing of a lawsuit against Mediapro to demand compliance with its payment obligations and compensation. Mediapro announces that it has reached an agreement with 39 of the 42 clubs in the LFP and requests a renegotiation of the contract and announces its intention to market the rights itself. On October 9, 2007, a court approves precautionary measures requested by AVS and prohibits Mediapro from exploiting the audiovisual rights of first division clubs. On July 15, 2008. AVS claims 200 million debt from this production company.[7] Finally, on June 4, 2009, Sogecable and Mediapro reached an agreement that guarantees Canal+ and Digital+ subscribers all matches, at least for the next three seasons.[8]

Centralized sale of rights[edit]

Finally, after several years of legal battles and selling the rights individually, on April 30, 2015, Royal Decree-Law 5/2015 was approved, which establishes a joint marketing system for the audiovisual rights of professional football from of the 2016-17 season, which avoids wars between operators and economic inequalities. No team will be able to directly market these rights, which must be transferred to the competition organizer, the LFP, which will be the entity in charge of selling the rights through a tender.[9]

This allowed the 20 clubs to go from earning nearly €800 million to pocketing more than €1.5 billion. The rights for this first cycle were granted to Telefonica with one First pick match exclusively, beIN Sports that acquired a package of 8 matches in third choice and Mediapro with the free-to-air match.[10]

For the 2019-22 cycle, the league put eight lots up for sale. Telefónica managed to obtain the rights to lots 4 and 5, which included "one first pick match on each matchday of the First Division, exclusively, eight paid matches of each matchday, exclusively in the third selection", and the highlights of all matches. The total cost of the lots awarded was €3.42 billion, 15% more than in the last cycle.[11]

For the current cycle, La Liga sold the rights to Movistar and DAZN for five seasons from 2022-23 to 2026-27. This agreement is valued at €4.95 billion and represents a increase of 1% more compared to the previous agreement that Movistar owned exclusively. Movistar broadcasts five games per day and DAZN the remaining five in a new model for selling television rights. In addition, Movistar has the right to broadcast three full matchdays. GOL Televisión will continue to broadcast one match per day on FTA, with the limitation that it will never be one in which a club from European competitions participates.[12]

International rights[edit]

For the 2015-16 season, Mediapro had the rights to 38 of the 42 first and second division teams. The company reached an agreement with the League to transfer the rights of all its teams to the LFP to advance to that season the centralized sale of the same, which was mandatory by royal decree starting with the 2016-2017 season. In exchange for this advance, the League made Mediapro the marketing agent of the international rights for a guaranteed minimum price of €400 million, an amount that would be much higher once the sale by country of the same is completed and which could amount to €600 million unlike the previous year where, without centralized sales, the teams obtained only €230 million. The agreement did not include, of course, neither Barcelona – nor the three teams that Telefónica had in its portfolio (Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad and Espanyol).[13]

Telefonica presented a counteroffer of up to €450 million per season (€1.35bn for three years). The proposal did not offer a guaranteed minimum – as Mediapro did – and that is why it was classified as insufficient. The proposal did not satisfy La Liga either with the amount, which was below what they would obtain with the intermediation of Mediapro, or with the formula: while the Catalan audiovisual group only acted as an intermediary in exchange for a commission, the multinational telecommunications company would take ownership and resell them to third parties without the obligation to consult.

This situation would cause a return to the past, in which La Liga had almost no decision-making power over which operator it transferred broadcasts abroad to. Until that moment, could negotiate directly and in some countries or markets decide not only based on the economic offer, but also according to the level of media exposure guaranteed by television.

In 2018, the company extended the agreement with the sale of international audiovisual rights for the next five seasons from 2019/2020 until 2023/2024. Thanks to this agreement, LaLiga is guaranteed income from international audiovisual rights of €4.48bn over the period, 30% more than in the previous three-year period.[14]

In the latest agreement, Mediapro extended the rights until the 2028-2029 season. However, this time the Middle East, North Africa and North America have been excluded from the new pact, since LaLiga already has regional companies there to manage them.

Broadcasters[edit]

Domestic Broadcast[edit]

Seasons Free-to-air Pay television PPV Total
2009–2010[15] laSexta 38 Canal+ 38 Canal+ Liga 106[a] GOLT [es] 128 – 191[b] 380
2010–2011[16] 112[a] 146 192[c]
2011–2012[17] 114[a] 152 Canal+ Liga 2 [es] 190 Abono Fútbol [es] 152 190[d]
2012–2013[18] 5 304[e] 304[e] – –
MARCA TV 23
Cuatro 10[f]
2013–2014[19] 38 1[g]
2014–2015[20] 27 –
Energy 11
2015–2016[21] La 1 32 Canal+ Partidazo [es] Abono Fútbol [es]
Teledeporte 6 Abono Fútbol 1 [es]
2016–2019[22][23][24] GOL 38 Movistar Partidazo [es] BeIN LaLiga [es] 304 –
2019–2022[25][26] Movistar LaLiga 342 –
2022–2025[27] 205[h] DAZN 175[h] –
2022–2027[28]
Notes
Matches shown per season
  1. ^ a b c All Canal+ Liga matches were shown live on GOLT.
  2. ^ One PPV match per matchweek was shown live on GOLT starting on MW22 (MW37 excluded).
  3. ^ One PPV match per matchweek was shown live on GOLT (excluding MW11, MW 36–38).
  4. ^ All PPV matches were shown on Canal+ Liga 2 and either GOLT or Abono Futbol.
  5. ^ a b Matches were shared by both channels.
  6. ^ Mediaset took the rights from Mediapro in April 2013.
  7. ^ 2013/14 MW38 league deciding match Barcelona-Atletico Madrid was available on Digital+ PPV platform.
  8. ^ a b Five matches over 35 weeks will be split between Movistar and DAZN (with Movistar getting exclusive rights for three full matchweeks).

International broadcasters[edit]

Africa[edit]

Country Broadcasters
Angola ZAP
Mozambique
South Africa SuperSport
Sub-Saharan Africa SuperSport
Canal+

Americas[edit]

Country Broadcasters
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela 		ESPN, DSports[29]
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama 		Sky Sports, Vix+ en Tigo[29]
Bolivia ESPN, Tigo Sports[29]
Brazil ESPN
Canada TSN, RDS[30][31]
Caribbean SportsMax, ESPN[29]
Cuba Tele Rebelde
Haiti Haiti Sport
Mexico Sky Sports, Canal 5
Paraguay ESPN, Tigo Sports[29]
Puerto Rico ESPN
Suriname SCCN
United States ABC, ESPN, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes[30][32]

Asia and Oceania[edit]

Country Broadcasters
Afghanistan Meraj TV, SOLH TV
Australia Optus Sport[33]
Brunei beIN Sports
Bangladesh Rabbithole
Cambodia beIN Sports
Central Asia Setanta Sports
China Migu
Hong Kong Now Sports
Indian Subcontinent Sports18
Indonesia beIN Sports[34]
Iran IRIB 3, IRIB Varzesh, Perisiana Sports
Japan DAZN, U-Next[35]
Laos beIN Sports
Macau TDM, M Plus
Malaysia beIN Sports
Maldives Ice Sports
Myanmar Canal+
Pacific Islands Digicel
Pakistan A Sports
Papua New Guinea Digicel
Philippines Setanta Sports, beIN Sports
Singapore beIN Sports
South Korea Coupang Play[36]
Taiwan DAZN
Tajikistan TV Varzish, TV Football
Thailand beIN Sports
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Sport
Uzbekistan Sport
Vietnam SCTV[37][38]

Europe[edit]

Country Broadcasters
Albania SuperSport
Armenia Setanta Sports Eurasia, Fast Sports
Austria DAZN
Azerbaijan Setanta Sports Eurasia, TVNet, Real TV
Belarus Setanta Sports Eurasia
Belgium DAZN
Bosnia and Herzegovina Arena Sport
Bulgaria Max Sport
Croatia Arena Sport
Cyprus PrimeTel Sports
Czech Republic Nova Sport, Premier Sport
Denmark TV 2 Sport
Estonia Setanta Sports Eurasia, Go3 Sport
Finland C More Sport
France beIN Sports
Georgia Setanta Sports Eurasia, Silk Sport
Germany DAZN
Greece Nova Sports
Hungary Spíler TV
Ireland Premier Sports
Italy DAZN
Kosovo ArtSport [sq], K Sport [sq][39]
Latvia Setanta Sports Eurasia, Go3 Sport
Liechtenstein Blue Sport, DAZN
Lithuania Setanta Sports Eurasia, Go3 Sport
Luxembourg DAZN
Malta Total Sports Network
Moldova Setanta Sports Eurasia
Montenegro Arena Sport
Netherlands Ziggo Sport
North Macedonia Arena Sport
Norway TV 2 Sport
Poland Eleven Sports, NC+
Portugal DAZN
Romania Digi Sport, Orange Sport, Prima Sport
Russia Okko Sport
San Marino DAZN
Serbia Arena Sport
Slovakia Nova Sport, Premier Sport
Slovenia Arena Sport
Sweden C More Sport
Switzerland Blue Sport
Turkey S Sport
Ukraine MEGOGO
United Kingdom Viaplay, ITV[40][41]

Middle East and North Africa[edit]

Country Broadcasters
MENA beIN Sports[42]
Israel ONE

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Comparador de Tarifas". Página web oficial de LaLiga | LaLiga. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
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  7. ^ "Audiovisual Sport denuncia que Mediapro le debe más de 200 millones en derechos de fútbol". El pais (in Spanish). 2 September 2008.
  8. ^ "Derechos de fútbol y retransmisiones deportivas en Europa". Telos (in Spanish). 15 February 2018.
  9. ^ "El Gobierno aprueba, por fin, la venta centralizada de los derechos de TV del fútbol". El confidencial (in Spanish). 30 April 2015.
  10. ^ "La TV, un antes y un después para el fútbol español". Palco 23 (in Spanish).
  11. ^ "Telefónica se hace con los derechos de La Liga desde 2019 hasta 2022". el periodico (in Spanish). 5 March 2021.
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  14. ^ "La Liga vende los derechos televisivos a Movistar y DAZN por 4.950 millones (2022-2027)". el confidencial (in Spanish). 26 June 2018.
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  17. ^ "Liga BBVA 1ª División 11/12". Mundo Plus TV (in Spanish). 5 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Liga BBVA 1ª División 12/13". Mundo Plus TV (in Spanish). 5 March 2021.
  19. ^ "Liga BBVA 1ª División 13/14". Mundo Plus TV (in Spanish). 5 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Liga BBVA 1ª División 14/15". Mundo Plus TV (in Spanish). 5 March 2021.
  21. ^ "Liga BBVA 1ª División 15/16". Mundo Plus TV (in Spanish). 5 March 2021.
  22. ^ "LaLiga Santander 16/17". Mundo Plus TV (in Spanish). 5 March 2021.
  23. ^ "LaLiga Santander 17/18". Mundo Plus TV (in Spanish). 5 March 2021.
  24. ^ "LaLiga Santander 18/19". Mundo Plus TV (in Spanish). 5 March 2021.
  25. ^ "LaLiga Santander 19/20". Mundo Plus TV (in Spanish). 5 March 2021.
  26. ^ "LaLiga Santander 20/21". Mundo Plus TV (in Spanish). 4 March 2021.
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  31. ^ "TSN and RDS Become New Canadian Home of LaLiga, Kicking Off in August". Bell Media. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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  33. ^ "Optus Sport secures exclusive rights for LaLiga". Optus Sport. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  34. ^ "Channel TV yang Menyiarkan Liga Spanyol". Pulsapedia.com. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  35. ^ "U-NEXT and DAZN secure LaLiga rights for the Japanese market". June 21, 2023.
  36. ^ Sim, Josh (2022-10-20). "La Liga to be streamed exclusively by Coupang Play in South Korea". SportsPro. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  37. ^ danviet.vn (27 July 2023). "SCTV sở hữu bản quyền Giải U23 Đông Nam Á 2023 và độc quyền phát sóng LALiGA 5 mùa liên tiếp". danviet.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  38. ^ "SCTV secure LALIGA rights for the Vietnamese market". July 26, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  39. ^ "La Liga ekskluzivisht në ArtMotion dhe Kujtesa". klankosova.tv. Klan Kosova. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  40. ^ "ITV to show LaLiga in new three season deal". ITV. August 12, 2022.
  41. ^ "Barça pulls Orpheus lever as ITV scores LaLiga broadcast deal". Rapid TV News. August 15, 2022.
  42. ^ "BeIN secures LaLiga extension in Mena through to 2024". SportBusiness Media. June 25, 2019.

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