- The tender refers to four open matches of the 1st Division of the Professional Women’s Football League (LPFF) starting with the 2025/26 season.
- The CNMC recalls that the LPFF can only exercise the joint marketing powers provided for in Royal Decree-Law 5/2015.
- Some of the conditions established in the tender do not comply with the requirements provided for in this standard
The CNMC has just published a report with observations on the conditions proposed by the Professional Women’s Football League (LPFF) to market certain audiovisual rights (INF/CNMC/319/25).
Specifically, it is a batch of four matches from the First Division of the women’s football league that would be broadcast openly and on a non-exclusive basis in Spain and Andorra starting in the 2025/26 season. These meetings are made open after an agreement between the LPFF and DAZN, an operator that had obtained exclusive broadcasting rights in 2022.
Among other observations, the CNMC points out that the LPFF should:
- Strictly adhere to the joint marketing powers attributed to it by Royal Decree-Law 5/2015 and adapt the content of the offer to that framework, especially with regard to the condition of producer.
- Do not present as your own rights that you do not have, nor imply that you can freely dispose of emission rights not covered by the rule.
- Limit the obligations imposed on the successful bidder to those that are necessary for marketing, avoiding disproportionate or unjustified burdens.
- Guarantee a transparent and competitive procedure, especially in the adjudication and evaluation of technical-professional criteria.
- Avoid lot structures or options that could favor the concentration of rights in a single successful bidder, although it is true that the commercialization analyzed is subsidiary to a previous commercialization in which several lots did exist.
These reports are issued in application of article 4 of the Royal Decree-Law 5/2015which requires audiovisual rights marketers to request a prior report from the CNMC on the proposed marketing conditions.
