Spain

Multi-sport

Arsenio Cañada has been named head of sport at Spanish public-service broadcaster RTVE. Cañada will be responsible for RTVE’s sports output across television, radio and online.
Football

DAZN’s determination to add domestic football to its portfolio of rights in Spain led the OTT platform to pay Mediaset a Copa del Rey sublicensing fee that covers entirely what the latter spent on the rights just three months ago.
Football

Javier Tebas, the president of LaLiga, has underlined the need for online retail giant Amazon and other major streaming platforms to provide consumer data details as part of any rights agreement
Football

The first Spanish Supercopa to be played in Saudi Arabia yielded an average of 1
Football

Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset has claimed a win in a legal row with LaLiga, which operates the top two divisions of club football in the country, over the airing of 90-second highlights packages

In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape in Spain.
Football

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) accepted a fee from telco Telefónica for Supercopa de España domestic rights that was just half its original target, driven by a dearth of competition for the property.

In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the media-rights landscape in Spain.
Football

Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid has launched a subscription-based service on social media platform Facebook
Football

Subscription OTT platform DAZN has signed a deal for broadcast rights in Spain to the ongoing Fifa Club World Cup
Football

A total of €1.42bn ($1.5
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Movistar+ has acquired the exclusive rights to broadcast the Spanish Supercopa tournament through to 2022
Football

Radio networks wishing to cover action from Spanish football’s Copa del Rey will not be charged fees, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said today (Thursday).
Football

Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales has threatened legal action against RTVE over its stance on the Supercopa club competition in Saudi Arabia, stating that the public-service broadcaster’s a…
Football

Spanish free-to-air commercial broadcaster Mediaset is close to agreeing a sublicensing deal with DAZN for the Copa del Rey, it has been reported, in a deal that would mark the entrance of the subscription…
Football

The Spanish Football Federation’s (RFEF) decision to award the domestic rights to club knock-out competition the Copa del Rey to commercial broadcaster Mediaset could spark a legal battle following production group and agency Mediapro’s allegations that the decision was politically motivated.
Boxing

OTT sports streaming platform DAZN has acquired rights in Austria, Switzerland, Spain and Germany to this weekend’s heavyweight boxing rematch between Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz.
Multi-sport

Spanish public-service broadcaster RTVE has returned to the idea of converting its dedicated sports channel, Teledeporte, into an OTT platform, it has been reported