Barça TV: IMG acquires international distribution rights on sublicense from Telefónica

The marketing and media rights agency IMG has acquired the marketing rights and international distribution (excluding Spain and United States) to Barça TV, the channel of FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA), on sublicense from the Spanish telecom and media group Telefónica, on 15/07/2015.

The agreement covers a period of three years (2015-2018). Telefónica originally acquired the 2015-16 domestic audiovisual rights from Barcelona for €140m, on 16/02/2015 (see below). The agreement includes operating rights to Barça TV, from 01/07/2015 until the end of the 2018-19 season. The channel broadcasts the matches of the Catalan club in the Liga BBVA, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League in a delayed time slot.

Telefónica maintains the production of a block of bi-weekly three-hour programming on Barça TV, whilst IMG returns to the international distribution role of the TV channel of the Catalan club, which the agency previously managed from 2006 to 2010.

• IMG is the exclusive agency for the commercial rights of FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA Primera División, or "La Liga", the Spanish first division…