La Liga has opened up the bidding for its next set of TV rights arrangement in Spain with a variety of different options on the table.
The current deal expires at the end of this season and sees two broadcasters share the rights - Telefonica's pay-TV service Movistar+, which shows 342 matches a year, and Mediapro, which has the other 38.
The various options being offered up by La Liga for the next cycle mostly maintain the two-broadcaster system but some of them do provide provision for a potential third.
According to Sport Business, the options include a simple 342-38 game split, a 266-114 game split, a 190-190 game split, as well as options involving three entire matchdays going to a third - most likely streaming - broadcaster and a more convoluted arrangement involving quotas for the league's top teams.
The last deal was worth €3.42 billion (£2.92 billion) over a three-year period, although how much the new rights package will bring in is uncertain due to global financial instability and the exit of Lionel Messi for France's Ligue 1.
La Liga has said that it is open over the length of the new deal, with potential three-season, four-season and five-season agreements all on the table.
Bids can be submitted until December 13.
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