Spain
Levante replaces Betway with Gedesco, but four LaLiga clubs still without shirt deals
Spanish fintech company Gedesco has become the main shirt sponsor of Spanish LaLiga club Levante UD for the 2021-22 season
Real Madrid ‘seeks government funding’ to turn TV channel into OTT platform
LaLiga club Real Madrid is said to be seeking €8m ($9.4m) from the 'Spain, Audiovisual Hub for Europe' plan to help finance efforts to turn its television channel into an OTT platform.
Movistar Plus retains Serie A rights in Spain
Spanish pay-television broadcaster Movistar Plus has renewed an agreement for rights to football’s Italian Serie A until the end of the 2023-24 season.
Telefónica ‘set for court appeal’ over CNMC’s DAZN pact ruling
Telecoms operator Telefónica is set to appeal against a ruling from Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), after being ordered to alter the terms of …
Primera RFEF rights sold to Fuchs consortium for €9.5m per year
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has sold its domestic and international broadcast rights, plus international betting video rights, to the new third-tier Primera RFEF division to a consortium formed…
Barcelona’s Laporta reveals the club’s debt has risen to €1.35bn
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has announced that the Spanish LaLiga club’s debt has risen to €1.35bn ($1.59bn), with a loss of €481m posted for the 2020-21 financial year alone.
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BK8 signs regional betting sponsorships with five LaLiga sides
Online betting operator BK8 has become the 'Official Asian Betting Partner' of Spanish LaLiga sides Athletic Club Bilbao, Elche, RCD Mallorca, Valencia and Villarreal
All change at Real Betis as LegacyFX replaces Bitci on back of shirt
Trading platform LegacyFX has become the new back-of-shirt sponsor for Spanish LaLiga club Real Betis in a two-year deal, from 2021-22 to 2022-23, with an option to extend
CVC-LaLiga deal approved but value set to drop amid Real, Barca opposition
CVC Capital Partners’ investment deal with LaLiga has been approved by the latter’s general assembly, although the value of the agreement looks set to drop from €2.7bn ($3.2bn) to €2.1bn aft
RFEF labels LaLiga’s CVC deal as ‘totally illegal’
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has joined Real Madrid and Barcelona in denouncing LaLiga’s proposed investment deal with private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, labelling the agreement as “totally ill…
Spanish competition watchdog seeks alteration of Telefónica-DAZN F1 pact
Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has ordered Telefónica to alter the terms of its agreement with OTT subscription broadcaster DAZN so that it …
Betis lands telco Finetwork as shirt sponsor ahead of betting ban
Top-tier Spanish side Real Betis has replaced shirt sponsor Betway, the betting operator, with Finetwork, a Spanish telecoms firm
LaLiga assigns Kore Software to advance sponsorship strategy
LaLiga, the governing body for the top two divisions of Spanish football, has appointed US-based Kore Software to streamline its commercial strategies and support its global growth
Real Madrid seeks to head off LaLiga-CVC deal with legal action
Real Madrid has today (Tuesday) announced it will launch both civil and criminal legal action against LaLiga president Javier Tebas, CVC Capital Partners managing partner Javier de Jaime Guijarro and the…
Movistar Plus retains Bundesliga rights in Spain
Spanish pay-television broadcaster Movistar Plus has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal for the German Bundesliga, the top division of German club football
Fintech firm Naga replaces MarathonBet on Sevilla shirt front
Investment platform Naga as become the main sponsor of Spanish LaLiga club Sevilla in a multi-year deal
New-look Spanish third division struggles with rights sale
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has received only one bid - and at a value well below its initial expectation of €15m ($17.6
Barcelona, Real Madrid denounce LaLiga’s CVC deal
LaLiga giants Barcelona and Real Madrid have hit out at the Spanish football league’s €2.7bn ($3.2bn