“Broncano case” could become an obstacle | Relief
The situation at RTVE’s board of directors is unclear following the much-vaunted million-dollar deal with presenter David Broncano for the next two television seasons, amounting to €28 million for 155 programmes, according to various media reports in recent weeks. During these negotiations, there were two dismissals: Elena Sanchez, the former president, and José Pablo Lopez, the former content director who negotiated the job.
The same Council, and in this context of hangover and excitement that still lingers within him, will be the one who final say on the distribution of the next league’s open match, which has been mandatory since 1997 under the Audiovisual Communications in the Public Interest Act. All this after Mediapro reached a verbal agreement with a public channel, which must still be approved by the highest governing body of the subject.
In June 2022, Mediapro received open broadcast rights for the match from La Liga for three seasons. What follows is an agreement that the final campaign will be completed next year, 2024-2025. The audiovisual group, then led by Jaume Roures, provided the broadcast of each match day to its channel Gol Televisión, now called Gol Play, which this Sunday broadcast the Seville derby (21:00) simultaneously with Movistar+. If negotiations with RTVE are successful, Gol will stop broadcasting this match every weekend.
The contract, signed at the time and still in effect, excludes matches played by teams that attract the most television attention, the report said. Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Atlético Madrid and Valencia, as well as those teams that participate in European competitions. at that moment of competition.
European Cup, Olympic Games…
The final approval of this verbal agreement would complement RTVE’s sports offerings, the number of which has recently increased exponentially. The public broadcaster has the rights to broadcasting matches of the Spanish national team until 2027 and this summer, in addition to the teams of Luis de la Fuente, will offer all matches of the German football championshipwhich will take place from June 14 to July 14.
As for football, it also owns it jointly with Movistar+ Champions League final.cAlso in October 2022, it acquired the rights to 15 Copa del Rey matches until 2025.to also broadcast them openly, including broadcasting all semi-finals, round trips and the final.
A busy summer for the sports team, led by Rosana Romero since September 2023, will end with the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.