Spain

Motorsport

Spanish telco Telefónica remains interested in renewing its role as the incumbent broadcast rights-holder of Formula 1 motor racing in its domestic market.
Football

Spanish LaLiga football club Barcelona has continued its original content drive through its new Barça Studios division by announcing the launch of its first animated series.
Multi-sport

Mediaset’s operating profit fell by 47 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020 as the Italy-based commercial broadcasting group was hit hard by the Covid-19 crisis.
Multi-sport

Sports and entertainment group Endeavor has secured a $260m loan to help it through the Covid-19 downturn, the Wall Street Journal reports. The loan supplements an existing $2
Football

Javier Tebas, the president of LaLiga , is appealing to the English Premier League to judiciously examine the planned £300m ($378m/€345m) takeover of Newcastle United by Saudi Arabian investors.
Football

The end of the three-season maximum for LaLiga rights sales in the EU grants the rights-holder greater freedom but also some difficult decisions to make, experts have told SportBusiness Media.
Football

Mediapro founding partner Jaume Roures has announced that the rights and production agency will stop paying for media rights to football leagues and competitions if it is announced that properties it holds…
Football

Spanish LaLiga football club Barcelona has struck a deal with Netflix for the streaming service to show its Matchday documentary series in Latin America and Canada
Football

LaLiga, the governing body for the top two tiers of Spanish domestic football, has been given authorisation to sell its future broadcast rights in Europe for more than the traditional three-year term in…
Football

Spanish telco Telefónica, which owns Movistar, has capitalised on a lack of competitive bids to acquire Uefa’s club rights in the 2021-24 cycle.
Football

The chief executive of Spanish media group and sports marketing agency Mediapro has said Covid-19 will put a welcome rein on transfer spending by European football clubs
Football

Spain’s National Sports Council (CSD) has ratified the sale of centralised rights by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for futsal, women’s competitions and the Segunda División B, the third tier of c…
Football

LaLiga, the governing body of the top two divisions of Spanish football, has opened up its LaLiga StayAtHome content to international audiences as it looks to keep fans engaged in the absence of live sport
Football

Spanish telecoms operator Telefónica is to retain the exclusive rights to the Uefa Champions League for the 2021-24 cycle, it has been reported.
Multi-sport

Mediaset has received a portion of a €15m ($16.4
Basketball

In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the basketball media-rights landscape.
Motorcycling

Motor cycling’s MotoGP has announced the launch of a virtual racing competition involving star riders from the series.
Multi-sport

Barcelona-based rights and production group Mediapro has filed for a Temporary Employment Regulation File (ERTE) which the business has said will affect as many as 1,200 of its employees