Canal+ Liga
Canal+ Liga was a Spanish private television channel, included in the payment platform Movistar+, owned by Telefónica. The channel is dedicated exclusively to football, particularly to La Liga. This channel also has a high definition signal called Canal+ Liga HD.
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| Country | Spain |
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| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Network | Movistar+ |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| Picture format | 576p25 (SDTV 16:9) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Telefónica |
| Sister channels | Canal+, Canal+ Fútbol, Canal+ Deportes, Canal+ Golf, Canal+ Acción, Canal+ Comedia, Canal+ DCine |
| History | |
| Launched | 29 August 2009 |
| Closed | 22 August 2016 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.plus.es |
The channel was born on 29 August 2009 as direct competition against Gol Televisión, owned by Mediapro, with whom Canal+ Liga shares certain international football competitions' rights. The channel ceased on 22 August 2016, after Mediapro gained the TV-rights for the next three La Liga seasons and launched Bein LaLiga in association with Al-Jazeera.
History
In July 2009 it surfaced the Mediapro's business strategies, who would launch a TDT Premium channel at a cost of 18 euros per month called Gol Televisión, and it would broadcast La Liga, Liga Adelante, international football competitions and UEFA Champions League. Given this, Digital+ bought the rights to other international football competitions and created Canal+ Liga. The contract price is 15 euros per month, which forced the competition to lower their rates.
The first program broadcast by Canal+ Liga was El día del fútbol (English: The football matchday). The first match broadcast was the matchday 1 in Liga Adelante, the match between Real Unión and Recreativo Huelva.
On 2010, Digital+ reorganized the programming of their channels, leaving Spanish football and UEFA Europa League in exclusive as unique content of Canal+ Liga, leaving the international football to its sister channels such as Canal+ Fútbol, Sportmanía and Multideporte (former Canal+ Eventos), created in September 2010 with the intention of broadcast all that was left by the other Digital+ channels.
The channel ceased on 22 August 2016. Movistar eliminated the Canal+ brandname earlier that month. The TV-rights have gone to Bein Sports Espana which launched Bein LaLiga.
Contents
Those are the Canal+ Liga contents:
| Competition | Matches per matchday |
|---|---|
 La Liga |
8/10 |
| Copa del Rey |
14/16 (R32), 6/8 (R16), 2/4 (QF) |
Canal+ Liga 2
Canal+ Liga 2 was a Spanish private television channel, included in the payment platform Movistar+, owned by Telefónica. The channel was dedicated exclusively to football, particularly to Segunda División. This channel also had a high definition signal called Canal+ Liga 2 HD. This channel broadcast all the Segunda División in exclusive until 2015-2016.