Telefónica has secured the broadcast rights for the UEFA Europa League in Spain, covering the 2024/25, 2025/26, and 2026/27 seasons. The deal, part of a broader acquisition that includes the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Youth League, and UEFA Europa Conference League, involves a total expenditure of 960 million euros, equating to 320 million euros per season. This acquisition aligns with Telefónica's existing strategy of maintaining comprehensive football rights within the Spanish market, with Telefónica Audiovisual set to provide these broadcasts to its residential segment customers.
Telefónica, through its pay-TV arm Movistar Plus+, has secured the exclusive Spanish broadcasting rights for UEFA's men's club competitions, including the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, Europa Conference League, UEFA Super Cup, and UEFA Youth League, for the 2024 to 2027 cycle. The deal, worth €960 million, averages €320 million per season. This represents a slight decrease from Telefónica's previous rights deal, valued at €975 million.
Spanish telco Telefónica has successfully re-negotiated its broadcast rights for LaLiga, covering Spain and Andorra. This renewed TV deal follows a regulatory re-evaluation of their initial agreement with LaLiga spanning from 2021 to 2027. The re-acquisition, effective from the latter half of the 2024/25 season to the end of the 2026/27 season, is in response to the Spanish competition regulator CNMC's concerns. CNMC had contended that Telefónica's acquisition of pay TV operator Digital+ constrained it from holding rights for a period exceeding three years. Under the new arrangement, valued at approximately €1.29 billion, Telefónica may continue broadcasting five LaLiga games per matchday through its digital subscription platform Movistar+. It has also agreed to exclusively cover three match weeks in both the 2025/26 and 2026/27 seasons. The financial commitment involves €250 million for the latter half of the 2024/25 season, increasing to €520 million for each of the following full seasons. This revised contract aligns Telefónica's rights period with DAZN's existing contract for consistent LaLiga coverage.
