The beIN Sports channel will continue to broadcast the Spanish Football Championship in France until 2024 in France after extending its broadcast contract, she announced on Tuesday.
The Qatari group, broadcaster in France of the Italian Championship and the German Championship, has extended its commitment with La Liga by three seasons.
An extension that will bring the partnership to a total of more than ten years, the channel has been broadcasting the championship since its creation in 2012.
The channel also has the television rights to the next football Euro, and will recover part of the Champions League matches next season, in tandem with Canal +.
A deal in sight with the Bundesliga
With this extension, beIN Sports manages to secure one of its flagship competitions.
The channel must now look into the extension of its contracts with the Italian Serie A and the German Bundesliga, which also expire at the end of the season.
According to the sports daily
L'Équipe
, an agreement is on the verge of being reached between the German competition and the broadcaster.
This investment, the amount of which has not been disclosed, cements part of the beIN Sports grid on the French market, while the Qatari channel has been cited alongside Canal + among the possible buyers of Ligue 1 TV rights. and Ligue 2 which remain to be reallocated for the period 2021-2024.
For the broadcast of La Liga across the ocean, Disney's ESPN group has already positioned itself until 2028. The channel has spent $ 1.4 billion to afford the prestigious Spanish league .