The legislation, expected to be presented towards the end of this year, would do away with the practice of clubs signing deals with broadcasters individually, Cardenal said in an interview with radio station Cope.

Under the current system, Real Madrid and Barcelona, the world's richest clubs by income, split around half of the total pot of £555 million for La Liga rights between them.

Their domestic rivals, many of whom are in dire financial straits, are left to fight over the scraps and find it impossible to compete with the two heavyweights.

"It's an extremely important issue because it's the main source of funding (for the clubs)," Cardenal said.

"The idea is that the new law will regulate the collective sale (of TV rights) and that they will be sold in a single package," he added.

Real earned £170 million from broadcasting rights, including European games, in the 2011-12 season, the most of any club, according to the latest Deloitte Football Money League published in January.

Barca were second with £155 million, with European champions Chelsea a distant third on £120 million.

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, who are through to this season's Champions League semi-finals to face Barca and Real respectively, earned £70 million and £52 million from broadcasting, the report showed.

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this is good news for football.

yea yea, they've been saying this for the past 3 years and the Spanish FA never have the balls to stand up to the Big 2. Will believe it when I see it.