Canal+ Liga
{{update|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Canal+ Liga
| logo = Canal+ Liga.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2009|08|29|df=yes}}
| closed_date = {{End date and age|2016|08|22|df=yes}}
| picture_format = 576p25 (SDTV 16:9)
1080i (HDTV)
| network = Movistar+
| owner = Telefónica
| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
| area = Nationwide
| sister_channels = Canal+, Canal+ Fútbol, Canal+ Deportes, Canal+ Golf, Canal+ Acción, Canal+ Comedia, Canal+ DCine
| website = [http://www.plus.es/ www.plus.es]
}}
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.
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:
| class="wikitable" |
| Competition
!Matches |
|---|
| {{flagicon|ESP}} La Liga
|align="center"|8/10 |
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Copa del Rey
|align="center"|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.
See also
{{Association football on television}}
{{Channels on Movistar+}}
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2009
Category:Companies based in the Community of Madrid
Category:Defunct television channels in Spain