La Liga: Telefonica acquires the 2015-16 domestic TV rights of Real Sociedad

News Tank Football - Paris - News #30833 - Published on 06/01/15 at 17:53

The Spanish telecom group Telefonica acquired the 2015-16 domestic TV rights of Real Sociedad (Liga BBVA), announced the club on 01/122014. The agreement includes an option for two more seasons.

The domestic TV rights from 2012-2015 of the San Sebastian club are held by the audiovisual group DTS (Canal+ Espana). Real Sociedad earned €23m of audiovisual revenues in 2012-13, and nearly €25m in 2013-14.

The home games of the Basque club in La Liga (or Liga Adelante or if the club is relegated at the end of the 2014-15 season) and in the 2015-16 Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup) will be broadcast on Movistar Futbol, the thematic sports channel launched in September 2014 on the pay-TV platform Movistar TV.

Liga BBVA: collective marketing of TV rights from 2016-17

  • Telefonica is currently competing with Mediapro to obtain the 2015-16 domestic TV rights FC Barcelona.
  • The centralised and collective marketing of domestic and international TV rights of the Liga BBVA and Liga Adelante will take effect in 2016-17.
  • In July 2014, Telefonica completed the acquisition of 100% of the capital of DTS…

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