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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.
Mediapro Asia to distribute Fiba 3×3 rights
Mediapro Asia will call on its experience of distributing media rights to 3x3 basketball in a new agreement with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) to help commercialise the shorter-form variation of the sport.
Mediapro keeps hold of Conmebol club contract
Conmebol, South American football's governing body, has awarded Mediapro a new contract to continue producing and distributing the broadcast signal for its leading club competitions until the end of 2026.
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.
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.
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”.
Libero 33 founders make Mediapro switch
Mediapro has recruited all three Libero 33 executives, including co-founders Sunil Kaikini and Austin Houlihan, to head up a new office in London, SportBusiness understands
Roja Directa must pay Mediapro €31.6m over piracy
The Roja Directa platform has been ordered to pay €31.6m ($32.8m) in damages to Mediapro for the piracy of football content owned by the agency.
Mediapro readying €1bn fund for sports IP investments
Mediapro is to launch and manage a €1bn ($1.1bn) fund to be used for the acquisition of sports intellectual property, including media rights, worldwide, the Spanish media and broadcast production group has revealed.
Mediapro bemoans Win Sports’ ‘unjustifiable’ contract termination
Mediapro has described the termination of its long-held Colombian league production services agreement with pay-television broadcaster Win Sports as both abrupt and unjustifiable
Mediapro back in the black for 2023
Mediapro registered a profit of €12m ($13.3m) in 2023 as revenues rose narrowly to €1.2bn but remained well short of levels enjoyed before the Covid-19 pandemic.
SportyTV bolsters European football portfolio
The Sporty Group has solidified its free-to-air football rights portfolio in Ghana and Nigeria in long-term deals for LaLiga, Serie A and the English Football League
LaLiga seeks five-season TV deal in Hungary
Broadcasters in Hungary have been invited to bid for LaLiga broadcast rights as the Spanish league looks to secure a new five-season agreement, SportBusiness understands.
New World TV adds two heavyweight European leagues
New World TV has added rights to both LaLiga and Serie A as the Togo-based pay-television broadcaster continues to amass European football rights in sub-Saharan Africa
RTVE ‘opts against’ LaLiga free-to-air bid
RTVE has voted against proceeding with a bid to bring coverage of LaLiga back to public-service television in Spain