Spain
RTVE secures Spanish national team rights in Fiba deal
Fiba, the world basketball governing body, has reached an agreement with Spanish public-service broadcaster RTVE for rights to the Spanish basketball team’s international matches until 2025.
RFEF claims legal win over Mediapro in Monday matches case
A court in Spain has dismissed a lawsuit from multimedia production company and agency Mediapro against the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF)
Footters strikes deal with DAZN for Copa del Rey streaming
Streaming platform Footters has agreed a deal with subscription streaming broadcaster DAZN to cover more than 50 matches from this season’s Copa del Rey, the knockout football competition in Spain.
Watchdog rejects RFEF collusion claims in Copa del Rey rights bidding
Spain's competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has said there was no pact between the Mediapro agency, public broadcaster RTVE, media group Mediaset and telco …
Unipublic posts €5.2m profit for pandemic-affected 2020
The Unipublic agency, organiser of cycling’s Vuelta a España, posted a profit of €5.2m ($6m) in 2020 despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
LaLiga launches domestic rights tender divided into seven ‘options’
Spain’s LaLiga has launched the bidding process for domestic media rights for up to five seasons, from 2022-23 to 2026-27.
Teledeporte becomes latest UCI Track Champions League broadcaster
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced a rights deal with Teledeporte, the free-to-air digital terrestrial channel of Spanish public broadcaster RTVE, for its new Track Champions League competition
LaLiga set to issue domestic tender next week after internal sign-off
Spain’s LaLiga is set to issue its domestic broadcast rights invitation to tender next week after its audiovisual rights control body approved the tender documents.
Orange ‘to pass up’ bid for LaLiga domestic rights
The Spanish division of telco Orange will not bid for domestic rights to Spain's LaLiga in order to avoid price inflation, the company's chief executive Jean-François Fallacher has said.
LaLiga provides match highlights through Twitch, access to pirated content falls
LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has strengthened its association with Twitch by announcing it will provide highlights of all matches through the Amazon-owned…
LaLiga presses ahead with domestic tender despite regulator stance on longer terms
Spain’s LaLiga is to press ahead with a domestic broadcast rights tender that allows bidders to lodge offers over four and five seasons despite advice from the country’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Naci…
Mediaset strikes fresh deal to follow Messi in Ligue 1 action
Spanish media group Mediaset has acquired a further package of rights to French Ligue 1 matches featuring Paris Saint-Germain, following its broadcast of Lionel Messi’s debut for the club earlier this s…
New Joj Sports channel lands ACB rights in Slovakia
Newly launched Slovakian pay-television broadcaster TV Joj has secured rights to the Spanish top-flight basketball league for the next two seasons
Three-year rights cycles decrease competition, says Tebas ahead of LaLiga ITT
Domestic broadcast deals of just three years in length restrict LaLiga from increasing competition for the rights, according to league president Javier Tebas, who is looking to match the value of the current…
RTVE agrees women’s Primera División rights deal
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has reached an agreement with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to show matches from the Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino, the top division of women’s foo…
LaLiga Tech signs up World Padel Tour and Millicom as clients
LaLiga Tech, the new technology services arm created by the governing body of the top two divisions of Spanish football, has signed up World Padel Tour and Millicom, the Latin American telecoms operator,…
Tebas eyes LaLiga domestic TV deals of up to five years
LaLiga is set to offer seven packages in its next tender for domestic media rights and contracts of up to five years in length