Liga BBVA: the Spanish group Mediapro acquires 2015-16 audiovisual rights to Athletic Bilbao

The Spanish multimedia group Mediapro has acquired the domestic audiovisual rights to the 2015-16 league games (at home) of Athletic Bilbao (Liga BBVA), announced Josu Urrutia, the president of the Basque club, on 04/02/2015. This agreement "fully meets the expectations of the current Board of Directors and will put Athletic Club in an excellent position in future negotiations," said the club on 04/02/2015. The sum agreed upon will be revealed with the publication of Bilbao's 2014-15 annual accounts.

Collective marketing of domestic and international audiovisual rights to the Liga BBVA and the Liga Adelante will take effect in 2016-17. "There is some uncertainty" surrounding this, said Josu Urrutia on 04/02/2015. "As far as we know, apart from Barcelona, every club [in la Liga] has an agreement [on audiovisual rights] for next season [2015-16], collective audiovisual rights does not interest the rest of the clubs," said Athletic Bilbao's president to the Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo Deportivo on 04/02/2015.

• The broadcasting group DTS (Canal+ Spain) acquired the 2012-2015…