Overview
- The Supreme Court confirmed on May 21 that the final round known as 'El Rosco' is a protected creation owned by MC&F and upheld a lower-court finding that it is not part of ITV’s Pasapalabra rights.
- The ruling orders Atresmedia to cease using the game, to withdraw and destroy recordings and production materials that reproduce it, and to pay €50,000 in compensation to MC&F.
- Atresmedia continues to air recorded Pasapalabra episodes with El Rosco while it awaits formal notification and a voluntary execution period that gives the company several weeks to comply or seek a deal.
- Separately, the Audiencia Provincial de Madrid has ordered Mediaset to pay €73.2 million to ITV for past unauthorised broadcasts, a judgment Mediaset says it will seek to annul in light of the Supreme Court ruling.
- Reports say Mediaset reached a conditional agreement with MC&F for Rosco rights, a move that could let Mediaset develop a new show using the game and force rival broadcasters to redesign flagship programming and schedules.