by Ekrem Duman | Sep 4, 2026 | Spain Sport & Entertainment Business, Startup
⚡ TL;DRSpain has become the European Union’s largest production base for streaming content. Netflix opened its first European production hub at Tres Cantos, north of Madrid, in 2019 — 22,000 m², ten sound stages — and in June 2025 committed more...
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 4, 2026 | Spain Sport & Entertainment Business, Startup
⚡ TL;DRSpain’s 1990 Sports Law turned nearly every professional football club into a limited company — a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva — and exempted only four: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Athletic Club and Osasuna. Three decades later the...
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 4, 2026 | Spain Sport & Entertainment Business, Startup
⚡ TL;DRLaLiga is a €2bn-a-season media business run by Javier Tebas since 2013. Its model rests on three pillars: centralised broadcast rights sold since 2015 (the 2027-32 domestic cycle with Movistar Plus+ and DAZN is worth €6.135bn, about €1.05bn a...
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 4, 2026 | Spain Sport & Entertainment Business, Startup
⚡ TL;DRFC Barcelona went from the edge of insolvency in 2021 — total debt of about €1.35bn, negative equity, a wage bill above revenue — to revenue of €994m in 2024-25 and over €1bn in 2025-26. It did so by selling 25% of its LaLiga TV...
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 4, 2026 | Spain Sport & Entertainment Business, Startup
⚡ TL;DRReal Madrid is the first football club to pass €1bn of revenue and, in 2025-26, the first past €1.2bn: operating income of €1,221m, EBITDA of €287m and net debt of just €8.7m. The engine is a rebuilt Santiago Bernabéu that cost...
