Official statement

In the wake of the resolution issued by the National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC), which was published this Wednesday, 8 March, LaLiga wishes to clarify its decision to have denied a Mediaset camera operator, who was intending on recording match action, access to games played over the 24th, 25th and 26th rounds of LaLiga Santander fixtures. The reasons put forward by this institution are as follows:

 

-    The highlights coverage, which is referred to by Article 19.3 of the General Law on Audiovisual Communication 7/2010 of 31 March, may only be used for the purposes of two general news programmes, must feature less than 90 seconds per game and cannot be used beyond the 24-hour window after the conclusion of the game. The aforementioned operator has systematically breached Article 19.3 and the Resolution issued by the CNMC on 15 January 2016. 

 

-       In view of the above limitations, the audiovisual service providers are not entitled to use the images on digital platforms, websites, social media channels or any other similar media. This has, however, been the case with the publication of images on its on-demand television platform MITELE and the websites of the television channels Cuatro and Telecinco, as LaLiga has been able to verify.

 

-       The images recorded by the camera operator, as provided for under the terms of Article 19.3 of the General Law on Audiovisual Communication with a view to offering  'a resource of public interest', must limit themselves to comprising an edited highlights clip lasting less than 90 seconds per game, which affords them the status of 'a resource of public interest'. These images must be confined exclusively to the on-field action, avoiding the broadcasting of other images which could inhibit the players from carrying out their sporting duties within the free exercise of their profession, as has been witnessed with the constant tracking of some players carried out by Mediaset's cameras.