LaLiga
LaLiga invites rights bids in trio of European countries
LaLiga has initiated a media rights sales process in Romania and a joint invitation to tender in Czech Republic and Slovakia, SportBusiness understands.
DAZN replaces Mediapro as LaLiga FTA broadcaster
Media group DAZN has secured rights to LaLiga’s free-to-air match from next season, adding to the pay-TV rights of the league it already holds.
DAZN further swells Swiss offering with LaLiga return
DAZN has retained rights in Germany and Austria to LaLiga until the end of the 2030-31 season, while bringing it back to its screens in Switzerland to round out its DACH offering.
EXCLUSIVE: LaLiga finally pulls plug on GXR in India
LaLiga has terminated its exclusive media rights contract with Galaxy Racer (GXR) in the Indian subcontinent, and is poised to land a new deal with FanCode, SportBusiness understands.
LaLiga sets €4m price for free-to-air match
LaLiga has set a reserve price of €4m ($4.5m) per season in the second round of its sales process for domestic media rights to its weekly free-to-air match from the top tier.
Mediapro retains LaLiga Hypermotion FTA rights
Mediapro has been provisionally awarded domestic free-to-air rights to a weekly Segunda División (‘LaLiga Hypermotion’) match in 2025-26 and 2026-27 but a second round of bidding has been launched for …
Mediapro rows back on LaLiga production riposte
Mediapro has performed a very public climbdown over its fiery response to LaLiga’s award of broadcast production duties to Host Broadcast Services (HBS), fully withdrawing the contents of a statement it had issued.
Deadline nears in LaLiga’s free-to-air tender
LaLiga has brought to market the domestic media rights covering the next two seasons for its weekly free-to-air match, currently held by Mediapro via its Gol Play channel.
LaLiga income tops €5bn, net debt rises again
LaLiga recorded revenues exceeding €5bn ($5.69bn) for the second year running last season, thanks to rising commercial and matchday income, but clubs' net debt continued to rise.
Mediapro contests LaLiga production loss to HBS
Mediapro has vowed to challenge LaLiga’s award of broadcast production duties to Host Broadcast Services (HBS) “through all available channels”, claiming that the tender process run was “neither fair nor objective”.
LaLiga steps up legal action against Barcelona
LaLiga is taking legal action to ban FC Barcelona players Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor for the remainder of the season in the escalating row over the club's attempts to balance its accounts.
Spain eyes 2035 RWC bid with LaLiga stadiums
Spain has emerged as a contender to host the Rugby World Cup in 2035, with discussions being held about potentially staging matches at LaLiga stadiums including the Santiago Bernabéu and Camp Nou.
LaLiga cuts Barca salary cap over auditor concerns
LaLiga has cut FC Barcelona's salary cap over concerns that a €100m ($102m) transaction was wrongly included in the club's accounts submitted to the league in January.
LaLiga selling weekly free-to-air match in UK tender
LaLiga has launched media rights sales processes in a handful of European markets, with a separate package tendered in the UK and Ireland targeted at free-to-air broadcasters
Tebas: expanding calendar spells ‘disaster’
Top European football league executives have reignited the debate over the international match calendar, with outspoken LaLiga president Javier Tebas telling delegates at the Spobis conference in Hamburg that the game is “heading towards disaster”.
EXCLUSIVE: LaLiga, Ligue 1 cut signal to GXR over ‘non-payment’
Spain's LaLiga and France's Ligue 1 were 'dark' in India over the weekend after the leagues cut their signal to Galaxy Racer (GXR) due to non-payment, SportBusiness understands.
LaLiga opens snack category with Mondelēz
The confectionary and snack giant becomes an ‘Official Sponsor’ of the Spanish league until the end of the 2026-27 season, with the Oreo, Milka, Philadelphia and Principe brands to be activated throughout the contract.
LaLiga wins Super Sports Media payments case
LaLiga is considered highly unlikely to receive the €47m awarded in a legal case over missed rights payments by China’s Super Sports Media but the ruling could serve as a deterrent to rights-holders in future.