{"id":4158,"date":"2012-08-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/08\/17\/canal-mediapro-to-share-football-rights-for-spain\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T00:00:00","slug":"canal-mediapro-to-share-football-rights-for-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/08\/17\/canal-mediapro-to-share-football-rights-for-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Canal+ & Mediapro to Share Football Rights for Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"
MADRID: Mediapro and <\/span><\/span>Prisa’s Canal+ <\/span><\/span>have reached an agreement to share La Liga broadcasting rights, settling a dispute that had threatened to delay the start of the season, which kicks off tomorrow. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The three-year agreement sees Prisa’s Canal+ taking on the exclusive pay-TV rights for 28 games featuring Real Madrid, FC Barcelona or games between rival clubs, as well as another eight matches for its soccer-league themed channel Canal+ Liga. Mediapro then offers eight matches per week on its digital terrestrial channel Gol T of the Liga Primera Division, with at least one match by Real Madrid or FC Barcelona. Mediapro will also distribute a game per day on the free-to-air channel La Sexta, preferably to be held on Monday, as well as the international rights to the Liga and Copa del Rey.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The agreement—covering the 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 seasons—was reached with the intervention of Spain’s Secretary of State for Sport, Miguel Cardinal. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n "The agreement…establishes a viable model for the Spanish league and presents a stable scenario for football fans for the seasons 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15," Mediapro said in a statement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MADRID: Mediapro and Prisa’s Canal+ have reached an agreement to share La Liga broadcasting rights, settling a dispute that had threatened to delay the start of the season, which kicks off tomorrow. The three-year agreement sees Prisa’s Canal+ taking on the exclusive pay-TV rights for 28 games featuring Real Madrid, FC Barcelona or games between rival …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n