Each Network Will Offer Exclusive Spanish and English-language Multiplatform Coverage of Spain’s La Liga

New York City – June 22,  2009 — GolTV, the only live bilingual channel delivering 24/7 international soccer,  which holds exclusive TV rights to Spain’s La Liga and ESPN have reached an agreement  for Spanish and English-language multimedia rights to Spain’s La Liga in the U.S. through 2012.  The two multimedia companies will now share coverage of one of the world’s most popular and most watched football leagues — Spain’s La Liga.

With this deal, GolTV and ESPN will give La Liga fans in the U.S. the ability to see an unprecedented number of games.  Under the terms of the agreement, in addition to the 120 live games in English and Spanish that will be televised on GolTV, ESPN Deportes will provide exclusive Spanish-language coverage of more than 95 La Liga regular-season matches live and ESPN Deportes Radio will broadcast select matches live.  ESPN360.com – ESPN’s live sports broadband network – will stream at least 114 matches, including simulcast of all 95 ESPN Deportes matches live in English.  ESPN2 will televise select matches and ESPN Mobile TV (on FLO TV and MobiTV) will also stream select games live to mobile devices.  Additional coverage will include a highlights show on match days on ESPN Deportes, as well as re-air rights across ESPN Deportes and ESPN360.com.

ESPN Deportes and ESPN360.com will also have rights to Copa del Rey, Spain’s domestic cup tournament.

ESPNdeportes.com – the company’s Spanish-language Web site, and ESPNSoccernet – the leading soccer news and information site, will deliver complete coverage including highlights and news video,  original reporting, columns, match previews, player profiles and real-time scores and data.

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