Telefónica Agrees Deal with DAZN to Show All LaLiga Matches
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Telefónica, the Spanish telecommunications company, has reached a deal with DAZN, a sports broadcasting service.
The deal is about showing LaLiga football matches on Movistar Plus, Telefónica's television platform.
Before this agreement, Telefónica already had the rights to broadcast about half of LaLiga's matches.
Now, with this new deal, Movistar Plus will be able to show every single match in the league.
The agreement will last until 2032, giving Telefónica long-term control of LaLiga broadcasting.
To get these rights, Telefónica will pay DAZN 1,650 million euros.
This is a very large sum of money, showing how important football broadcasting is for companies.
LaLiga is Spain's top professional football league, and matches attract millions of viewers.
Having full coverage of the league is seen as more valuable than only having some of the games.
This deal will likely affect how fans in Spain watch football for many years.
It also shows the growing competition between companies for sports broadcasting rights.
Vocabulary5 words
- deal
- an agreement between two groups
- rights
- legal permission to do something, like show a TV programme
- broadcasting
- sending out TV or radio programmes to viewers
- league
- a group of sports teams that play against each other
- competition
- when companies try to do better than each other
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Answer key
1. Rights to about half of LaLiga's matches 2. 1,650 million euros 3. Every LaLiga match
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Telefónica, the Spanish telecommunications company, has reached a _____ with DAZN, a sports broadcasting service.
The deal is about showing LaLiga football matches on Movistar Plus, Telefónica's television _____.
Before this agreement, Telefónica already had the rights to broadcast about half of LaLiga's _____.
Now, with this new deal, Movistar Plus will be able to show every single match in the _____.
The agreement will last until _____, giving Telefónica long-term control of LaLiga broadcasting.
To get these rights, Telefónica will pay DAZN _____ million euros.
This is a very large sum of money, showing how important football broadcasting is for companies.
LaLiga is Spain's top professional football league, and matches attract millions of _____.
Having full coverage of the league is seen as more valuable than only having some of the games.
This deal will likely affect how fans in Spain watch football for many _____.