Spain: Vodafone acquires 10 of 11 second division games per week for three years, via LaLiga 1|2|3

Vodafone has signed a non-exclusive agreement to broadcast the channel LaLiga 1|2|3 TV over the 2016-2019 period, said LaLiga on 04/08/2016. This agreement allows the telecommunications group to broadcast 10 of the 11 games per matchday live, as well as the remaining game on-delay, on the LaLiga 1|2|3 channel.

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).

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.

• Matchday 1 of the 2016-17 LaLiga 1|2|3 Spanish second division (22 clubs); naming rights contract to the bank Santander (2016-2019) of from 19 to 22/08/2016.

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