The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, Football Association Pretoria, the Premier League and La Liga had complained about the mobile app Mobdro The Premier League and La Liga were among the complainants that have brought down piracy operation Mobdro. The application had over 100 million users, and illegally distributed video streams and TV channels. The […]
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La Liga expands live watch party platform
The platform allows La Liga to engage with fans through digital watch parties, trivia, and gamification La Liga has expanded its live watch party platform, which offers engagement with fans through digital watch parties, trivia, and gamification. Created through partnerships with sports fan engagement platform LiveLike and digital solutions and data-driven technology and marketing agency […]
La Liga becomes first major league to use cutting-edge cameras in live broadcasts
The technology allows to get closer to the players than they have before La Liga and Mediapro have begun to use cutting edge cameras to bring fans closer to players in live broadcasts – which you can see in the video above. The innovation, using a Sony A7S II camera (35mm sensor), Sony optics (Zeiss) […]
La Liga launches invitation to tender for Indian subcontinent rights
Bids must be made by 8 February La Liga has kicked off the tendering process for audiovisual rights in the Indian subcontinent. Bidders are invited to submit offers for the 2021/22 season onwards, covering a minimum of three seasons and a maximum of five. The tender includes eight countries: Afghanistan (non-exclusive basis), Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, […]
DAZN reveals new original doc ‘Club Ibiza: The Sessions’
It will become available on DAZN’s global platform this month DAZN has unveiled new original documentary, Club Ibiza: The Sessions, for its global platform. Produced by DAZN Originals in association with Cielo Azul, the programme follows the fortunes of UD Ibiza, a football team in the third tier of the Spanish football pyramid. The five-part […]
La Liga and broadcasters adapt ‘Ultimate Xpert’ competition for Covid-19
The competition has had to be tweaked to deal with the realities of the Covid-19 pandemic La Liga is teaming up with broadcasters across the globe for its ‘Ultimate Xpert’ competition, which runs from December until May. In seasons past, this has entailed lucky subscribers, journalists, and influencers visiting stadiums, watching matches, and taking part […]
The FA and LaLiga on rights holders’ OTT future
Keegan Pierce, international development UK&I, La Liga, and Matt Brown, broadcast product manager, The FA, were speaking at the Broadcast Sport Tech Innovation Forum FA broadcast product manager Matt Brown and La Liga international development, UK&I, Keegan Pierce have spoken on the importance of OTT platforms for rights holders and the possibility that they could […]
FreeSports to show free-to-air live LaLiga games every Friday night
Free-to-air LaLiga games promised every Friday night. FreeSports is introducing a weekly Fútbol Fridays show to broadcast regular free-to-air Friday night LaLiga fixtures. For this next two weeks, it will also air Saturday’s 3pm LaLiga games (SD Eibar vs. RC Celta (Saturday 12 Sept); Villarreal CF vs. SD Eibar (Saturday 19 Sept)). FreeSports is also […]
La Liga scores double deal on sub-Saharan Africa rights
French language and other rights have been agreed La Liga has agreed deals with SuperSport and StarTimes for the rights to show the league in sub-Saharan Africa. SuperSport has renewed its agreement with the Spanish top flight, extending with a multi-year deal in all languages except Arabic and French. As a part of this, La […]
LaLigaTV goes free for a month as the Spanish football season resumes
The station provides 24/7 coverage of Spanish football, and is available via an app, or on Sky and Virgin. LaLigaTV is being offered for free throughout June, as the Spanish football season resumes after lockdown. Those wanting to take up the offer can register their details at premiersports.com with the promo code BACKTOWIN. From 1 […]
La Liga, Universal Music, and more combine for charity festival
The concert will be available through La Liga social and OTT platforms La Liga, Universal Music, Banco Santander, and others have come together to create LaLigaSantander Fest, a charity music festival this weekend. With fans stuck at home during coronavirus pandemic lockdown measures, and football postponed indefinitely, the organisations have decided to run the event […]
LaLigaTV kicks off new show during postponements, La Liga Classics
Live football matches are currently suspended indefinitely in the Spanish top division LaLigaTV has launched a new daily show, La Liga Classics, to air while live matches are suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. Airing daily at 6pm GMT on the LaLigaTV channel, the programme will also be available on broadcast partner Premier Sports’ channels […]
La Liga draws 170,000 viewers and raises £129,000 with esports tournament
Real Madrid’s Marco Asensio won the charity tournament La Liga may not have gone ahead this weekend, but some of the league’s star players did take part in a high profile tournament. The #LaLigaSantanderChallenge went ahead on Sunday, bringing players from 19 of the Spanish top division’s teams together in a charity esports competition played […]
La Liga backs charity esports tournament involving star players
A player each from 19 of the league’s teams is taking part in the competition La Liga and sponsors Santander have joined Spanish video game influencer, Ibai Llanos, in his charity FIFA 20 tournament. The sports commentator put out a call to the league on 16 March to create the competition, and now the governing […]
Premier League suspended: European football’s reaction to Covid-19
Professional football has been suspended across Europe The Premier League, EFL, and WSL have announced that they will suspend professional football in England due to the coronavirus pandemic. It is currently planned to return on 4 April but will be subject to medical advice and conditions at the time. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Chelsea […]
Mediapro extends virtual advertising deal with Supponor
It will allow the company to continue using the tech in La Liga matches Virtual advertising company Supponor and sports production company Mediapro have agreed a long-term licensing deal for the former’s products. Supponor currently supplies its LED perimeter replacement, Digital Billboard Replacement (DBRLive), and virtual carpet, Natural Scene Augmentation (NSA,) systems to Mediapro. DBRLive […]
Espanyol to deploy Supponor ad tech at all La Liga home matches
Tech can be used to tailor advertising to different regions and demographics La Liga side RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are to deploy Supponor tech at all home league games. Espanyol will be making use of the company’s DBRLive virtual replacement technology and NSA virtual carpet placement solution. These are used in conjunction with LED perimeter […]
LaLiga to produce 4K El Clasico with latest tech
It is looking for a high-quality viewer experience LaLiga are set to produce the latest El Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona in 4K-HDR when it is played on 1 March. It is also set to make use of some of the latest camera and graphics technology to film one of the biggest games in […]
LaLiga reveals series of tech innovations at Madrid event
The tech advancements are based on business intelligence, analytics and machine learning LaLiga has unveiled a series of tech innovations at its Technology, the secret behind LaLiga event, held at its offices in Madrid. The sports federation used the event to reveal details of new and emerging projects that have been developed by LaLiga in recent […]
La Liga shortlists 10 finalists for tech innovation competition
10 startups chosen for accelerator programme and for potential use by LaLiga in the production and/or broadcast of its content La Liga has picked the 10 companies that have made it through to the finals of its Startup Competition 2019. The content, which kicked off in March, is a partnership between La Liga and Microsoft’s […]
Premier Sports brings La Liga to UK
‘Historic’ three-year deal covers all Spanish league games and introduces dedicated platform LaLiga and Premier Sports have announced a “historic agreement” that will see all La Liga games to the end of the 2021/22 season broadcast in the UK and Ireland. It has also revealed the launch of LaLigaTV; a dedicated 24/7 channel in the […]