It primarily offers FC Barcelona original and exclusive content such as documentaries, full matches, players and staff interviews, and entertainment TV series.
Barça TV+ was launched on June 3, 2020, as a part of the club's new digital strategy to get even closer to its global fan base, reaching them directly without intermediaries, and learning more about their individual preferences.
[12] In August 2021 Barcelona found themselves unable to comply with La Liga's Financial Fair Play requirements, and revealed a club debt of €1.35bn and a wage bill accounting for 103% of total income.
[14] The debt made FC Barcelona, under Joan Laporta's second presidential term, need to sell some club's assets, as long as they did not exceed 50 percent of the capital.
[15] On 1 August 2022, Barcelona announced the activation of the third 'economic lever', selling 24.5% of Barça Studios to Socios.com for €100 million "to accelerate the club’s audiovisual, blockchain, NFT and Web.3 strategy".
[23] Due to the difficult economic situation in 2023, On 28 April, FC Barcelona announced that it will be shutting down Barça TV after 24 years broadcasting by 30 June 2023 and it will focus on its streaming platform.
An in-house documentary consisting of eight 45-minute episodes, reviewing key moments from the 2018/19 season and offering exclusive, previously unseen footage and content, both of players before and after games and spending time with their family and friends.
[27][28] To capture a global market and obtain a financial return, Barça agreed with the OTT streaming service Rakuten TV to commercialize 'Matchday' in Japan, Europe, the Asian-Pacific (APAC) region, and the USA.
[30][31][32] On 2 August 2020, Barça Studios continues to consolidate its content catalogue, furthering the club's commitment to creating premium quality audiovisual products as part of its new digital strategy and premieres El Despertar (The Awakening), a sentimental story set against the background of the 2015 treble.