Mediapro President Jaume Roures Confirms Broadcaster Is In Negotiations With Barcelona

Mediapro President Jaume Roures "assured that the broadcaster is in negotiations with Barcelona," according to MUNDO DEPORTIVO. Roures: "We are negotiating with Barcelona on a contract that would begin in 2016." Roures added that "the broadcasting of football is currently loss-making." He said, "La Liga does not give us benefits, and globally, operators lose money. We continue buying it because it is premium content that you have to have, and surely one day the situation will improve and the administration will fight piracy." Roures added that F1 and MotoGP are the only "profitable sports assets economically," and pointed out that the NBA "is not profitable in Spain" (MUNDO DEPORTIVO, 10/15).