LA LIGA RECORD TV CONTRACT FOR THE PERIOD 2027-2032 EXCEEDS 5 BILLION EUROS

For the period 2027-2032, La Liga has negotiated a new television package expanded with the addition of Movistar and DAZN channels. This agreement represents an increase over the previous package, but also continues to illustrate the gap that opens up for Premier Leaguez in terms of broadcasting rights.

The current contract, worth €4.95 billion, runs until 2027 and has an approximate value of €990 million per season. This amount is then split between the teams. With the new contract, Movistar and DAZN will continue to split league matches, with five games appearing on each channel. The cost of watching all the games, which is already the highest of all the big five leagues, is likely to be very high in Spain.

The new contract, worth €5.25 billion, represents a 6% increase.

It has been confirmed that the total value of the new contract is €5.25 billion over five seasons, an average of €1.05 billion per season, an increase of €60 million. According to Marca newspaper, the contract was approved by La Liga's TV rights control committee, with Real Madrid being the only dissenting vote, all the other clubs in the top two divisions voted for the contract, and Atletico Madrid praised it.

The total package amounts to €6 billion including add-ons

Including an additional €650 million for the service providers, €60 million for free service packages and highlights and other rights, the total package is €6.135 billion, a 9% increase on the previous deal, which was praised by La Liga president Javier Tebas.

"In a difficult national and international context, securing an overall increase of 9%, more than €500 million more than in the previous cycle, is excellent news for the economic sustainability of our clubs and for the future of Spanish professional football, which will receive domestic rights revenues in excess of €6.135 billion," explained Tebas in a press release.

"At a time when many leagues are losing value, the continued growth and record success of LaLiga is particularly significant. This result reflects the strength of our product and the confidence of broadcasters, due in large part to our determined fight against piracy, which has helped us increase subscriber numbers, and the clubs' efforts to continually improve audiovisual content to offer fans the best possible experience."

Comparison with other major leagues

However, constant comparisons with the financial strength of the Premier League leave La Liga far behind. Its TV package for 2025-2028 is worth €1.6 billion per season, a difference of €550 million or 35%. Tebas often refers to the Bundesliga as a more realistic point of comparison, but according to Kicker, their current deal will mean revenues of €1.346bn a year, a difference of €296m or 22%.

Serie A currently has a €4.5 billion contract (Insider Sport) that runs until 2028, worth €900 million per season; La Liga's new contract will surpass it by €150 million, or 14%. Ligue 1 is running its own broadcasting rights service after the collapse of its contract, and L'Equipe reports that the French top divisions will split just €80.5 million between them this season.

Source: football365.sk