Historical Judicial Varapalo to Mediaset, Sentenced to Pay 45 Million Euros for the Illegitimate Issue of 'Pasapalabra'

'Pasapalabra' was first broadcast in Antena 3 in July 2000. At the point of a quarter of a century in the Spanish grill, the format not only continues in full form, but reaps every afternoon high ratings. However, during this long walk on television, it has been jumping from chain to chain. In its first stage in Atresmedia it remained until 2006. A year later it moved to Telecinco, where it aired until 2019. In May 2020 it returned to the starti…

Mediaset has suffered a final legal setback regarding one of the most outstanding issues that had placed it in the spotlight: the broadcast of "Pasapalabra." Madrid's Commercial Court Number 6 has ruled against the television company for having broadcast the game show hosted by Christian Gálvez from 2010 to 2019 without having the exploitation rights. Thus, Mediaset has been ordered to pay the sum of 44.3 million euros—although other figures can…

A court in Madrid has ruled that Mediaset will have to pay more than 45 million euros to the British group ITV Studios for the issue of the Pasapalabra contest in Telecinco without the corresponding rights. The judgment thus settles a long dispute on the intellectual property of the format, including its iconic final test, the Rosco. The resolution arrives almost a decade after the beginning of the judicial conflict, and after having been convic…

A Madrid court has established that Mediaset must pay more than 45 million euros to the British group ITV Studios for the unauthorized use of the format of the Pasapalabra program, including its star section, ‘El rosco’, as EFE explains. The decision, issued on February 24 by the Commercial Court number 6 of Madrid, quantifies in 44,334,194 euros the illicit profits obtained by Mediaset through direct and indirect advertising revenues during the…