A Spanish court has ruled that the production company Mediapro is free to enter the country’s football stadiums to produce its own coverage of the Spanish league until a final decision has been made on broadcasting rights.
Mediapro is currently embroiled in a dispute with the Sogecable unit Audiovisual Sports (AVS), which had asked the court to block Mediapro’s coverage, aired on the terrestrial channel La Sixta. The Catalan production company believes Sogecable’s contract with the Spanish league to be invalid, having signed direct agreements with the clubs.
In a prepared statement, Mediapro said the court had concluded that it would be permitted to enter the matches and continue their broadcast until the dispute was settled.