Spain: RTVE secures Champions League finals
December 16, 2024
From David Del Valle in Madrid
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has acquired the TV rights to the next three years Champions League final (2o25, 2o26 and 2027) for a total cost of €7.5 million (€2.5 million per year).
RTVE outbid both Mediaset and Atresmedia in securing the rights to the finals that historically draw siginificant TV audiences in the country. The 2024 final between Real Madrid and Borusia Dortmund pulled in 6.2 million viewers, an audience share of 48.8 per cent.
Meanwhile, Spanish pay TV platform Movistar + has announced it will drop 14 TV channels from AMC Selekt, owned by AMC Networks, from January 1st 2025. These include: AMC, Sundance TV, Somos, DARK, XTRM, Odisea, AMC Crime, AMC Break, Buenviaje, Canal Hollywood, Canal Historia, Canal Cocina, Decasa and Enfamilia.
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