Mediapro
Mediapro launches tender for World Cup free-to-air rights in Spain
Spanish agency Mediapro has launched its sale of free-to-air rights in Spain to the 2022 Fifa World Cup.
In 2019, Mediapro secured media rights to the tournament in Spain
Infront, Mediapro awarded Caf broadcast services contracts, RTS lands Afcon rights
The Confederation of African Football has appointed Infront France, AMP Visual, Globecast and Mediapro as broadcast services suppliers for its events in 2022 and 2023, while Senegalese public-service broadcaster…
Orient Hontai ups stake as Mediapro agrees €620m recapitalisation package
Mediapro, the international broadcast production group and rights agency, has confirmed a €620m ($700m) recapitalisation that will see majority shareholder, Chinese private equity firm Orient Hontai C…
Amazon to showcase MotoGP docuseries produced by Mediapro
Amazon Prime Video, the video streaming arm of internet retail giant Amazon, has announced an exclusive documentary series about the MotoGP motorcycling championship
RFEF claims legal win over Mediapro in Monday matches case
A court in Spain has dismissed a lawsuit from multimedia production company and agency Mediapro against the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF)
Sky Mexico renews LaLiga rights for eight seasons from 2024-25
Spain’s LaLiga has renewed its deal with Sky Mexico for a further eight seasons from 2024-25, securing a long-term broadcast home in one of its most important territories.
Watchdog rejects RFEF collusion claims in Copa del Rey rights bidding
Spain's competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has said there was no pact between the Mediapro agency, public broadcaster RTVE, media group Mediaset and telco …
LaLiga launches domestic rights tender divided into seven ‘options’
Spain’s LaLiga has launched the bidding process for domestic media rights for up to five seasons, from 2022-23 to 2026-27.
LaLiga set to issue domestic tender next week after internal sign-off
Spain’s LaLiga is set to issue its domestic broadcast rights invitation to tender next week after its audiovisual rights control body approved the tender documents.
LaLiga experiments in race for global growth
Imran Yusuf travels to Barcelona to visit the production studios of LaLigaTV, the Spanish top-flight’s 24/7 television channel, to examine how the league is focusing on innovation to compete in a squeezed media rights market.
Mediapro fights back after Ligue 1, Serie A setbacks and Covid
In his first major interview since the collapse of the media rights deals for France’s Ligue 1 and Italy’s Serie A, Mediapro founder Jaume Roures strongly defends the company’s approach in both markets and insists that neither deal fell through on concerns about Mediapro guarantees.
Mediapro ‘terminates’ deal with Spanish women’s football’s Primera División
Mediapro, the Spanish agency and production company, has terminated its rights deal with the Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino, the top division of women’s football in Spain, it has been rep…
Mediapro’s Roures to attend French parliamentary hearing
Jaume Roures, the chief executive and co-founder of Mediapro, is to attend a hearing of a French parliamentary commission next week following the high-profile collapse of the media group and agency’s F…
Mediapro’s OneSoccer added to fuboTV as linear channel in Canada
The Canadian arm of the Mediapro rights agency and production group has reached an agreement with fuboTV to include its OneSoccer streaming service on the sports-focused streaming platform
Mediapro cites ‘quick Covid recovery’ with first-half revenues up 68 per cent
Mediapro, the international broadcast production group and rights agency, claims to have “recovered quickly from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic” after reporting revenues of €669m ($795.2m) i
OneFootball to stream Liga MX after Mediapro deal
Football-based media platform OneFootball has secured an agreement with rights agency and production group Mediapro, the international sales partner of Mexican top-tier Liga MX, for exclusive rights to…
Qatar involvement drives beIN deal for Concacaf Gold Cup rights
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to the Concacaf Gold Cup across various territories, including its home market of the Middle East and North Africa
RMC Sport ‘secures’ majority of Europa League rights in France
French pay-television broadcaster RMC Sport is to acquire rights in France to the Uefa Europa League and new third-tier Europa Conference League, it has been reported