La Liga: the league and the Spanish federation agree on the centralised sale of TV rights

"The joint commission recognises the need to set up a joint selling model, with equal sharing and solidarity in action with amateur football, of the TV rights to the competitions of the Liga BBVA and the Liga Adelante (Spanish second division) through a royal decree that we invite the government to take urgently," announced the LFP (Spanish Professional Football League) and the RFEF (Royal Spanish Football Federation), on 06/03/2015.

The RFEF had proposed to the LFP, on 25/02/2015, the creation of a joint commission to discuss the need for a royal decree allowing collective marketing of TV rights to Spanish professional football competitions (Liga BBVA, Liga Adelante, Copa del Rey). The collective marketing of domestic and international TV rights to the Liga BBVA and the Liga Adelante is expected to take effect in 2016-17, assuming that the royal decree is approved by the Spanish government at some point in 2015.

• "The joint committee requests that, in the text of the royal decree, the Government establishes mechanisms to ensure the roles of the RFEF, the LFP, clubs and the AFE…