Spanish TV group Mediapro is relaunching OTT service Gol Mundial to stream all matches from the FIBA Basketball World Cup which takes place in the Philipines, Japan and Indonesia starting today (August 25th) until September 10th. Gol Mundial will offer 92 basketball matches – 76 of which are on an exclusive basis, whilst the other […]
Supponor, the virtual advertising technology solution provider in sports, and Mediapro, the TV production and marketing rights agency in the sports and entertainment industry, have announced the long term renewal of their long-standing partnership. This agreement further cements the decade-long partnership between Supponor and Mediapro; underlining Supponor’s most enduring commercial relationship and recognising Mediapro as […]
Spanish TV group Mediapro has reached an agreement with Unidad Editorial, owner of former DTT channel Veo TV, to renew their contract so that Gol TV can use its DTT spectrum for three more years. Mediapro will pay €2.8 million yearly to use the frequency for its sports channel. Both groups have been cooperating since […]
The Spanish Football Federation must pay €12.3 million to TV group Mediapro for excluding the latter in the public tender for Copa del Rey TV rights. The Spanish Court Audiencia Provincial has ruled that the RFEF tried to prevent Mediapro from bidding for Copa del Rey rights for the seasons 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. RFEF […]
Spanish TV group Mediapro has reported an 18 per cent rise in profit in 2022 to €189 million, improving its forecast by €50 million This strong result has been achieved in spite of flat revenues standing at €1.2 billion. Historic debt has also been reduced to €435 million. Large audiences for the Qatar football World […]
Mediapro, in collaboration with Festival Group, was the host broadcaster for the European Games, which took place in Kraków (Poland), ending July 2. The games encompass 29 disciplines held in 26 venues. In order to deliver these comprehensive services, the group deployed a team of more than 500 broadcast professionals in Kraków, where it produced […]
Grup Mediapro’s Mediapro US subsidiary has launched the largest virtual production centre in South Florida, along with BrandStar, a major US producer. The new facility includes a giant LED wall – 24 metres wide, 7 metres high and with over 1,000 panels – at its Miami studios. As part of the deal, BrandStar designed, constructed […]
Spanish La Liga has extended, to 2029, its deal with Mediapro to exploit its international football TV rights, including all territories except for in MENA and North America. In addition, both partners will set up a new joint venture under the name of Peak led by Simon Denyer, former CEO of DAZN to “jointly develop […]
Regional public TV group CCMA, operator of TV3 in Catalonian, has announced the launch of a FTA OTT service in Catalonian with “universal access”. “We want to be wherever our citizens have access to content and guarantee their right to choose the content in Catalonian as other platforms do not do it”, explained Rosa Romá, […]
France’s antitrust authority has rejected an appeal by pay-TV channel Canal+ and beIN Sports over its decision that the French football professional league didn’t abuse its dominant position when it awarded Amazon broadcasting rights to the main Ligue 1 matches. Reuters reports France’s Autorite de la Concurrence said it had not found “sufficient evidence” to […]