Spain: Telecable and Orange acquire 10 of the 11 games per 2^nd division matchday via LaLiga 1|2|3 TV

Telecable, a regional pay-TV operator in Asturias (north-western Spain, around Gijon) and Orange, a telecommunications company, signed a non-exclusive agreement to broadcast the channel LaLiga 1|2|3 TV over the 2016-2019 period, stated LaLiga on 29/07/2016. This agreement allows the carriers to broadcast 10 of the 11 games per matchday of the LaLiga 1|2|3.

This corresponds to Lot 7 of the initial bidding for the domestic TV rights for the Spanish first and second divisions, as well as the Copa del Rey, launched by the LaLiga on 13/11/2015 and marketed directly on a non-exclusive basis following a LaLiga decision taken on 12/03/2015 (see below).

• First matchday of the 2016-17 LaLiga 1|2|3 season: 19 to 22/08/2016.

Spanish TV rights for 2016-2019: the first call for tenders launched on 13/11/2015

• The initial tender for the domestic audiovisual rights to the LaLiga Santander, LaLiga 1|2|3, and the Copa del Rey for the 2016-2019 cycle was launched by the LaLiga on 13/11/2015, and contained 10 lots.
  
  • The Spanish Professional Football League analysed the bids made on these 10 lots…