Spain
ONE Championship agrees deal with streaming platform FITE for landmark show
Fight sports streaming platform FITE will offer pay-per-view coverage in several markets around the world of ONE Championship's ONE: CENTURY event in Tokyo on Sunday, October 13
Viewers flock to Cuatro for Spain’s Fiba World Cup victory
Spain’s triumph at the 2019 Fiba Basketball World Cup drew significant audience figures for commercial free-to-air broadcaster Mediaset’s Cuatro channel.
Eurovision Services signs distribution agreement for Spanish Basketball League
Eurovision Services, the business services arm of the European Broadcast Union, has agreed a deal with Spanish basketball’s governing body the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto to distribute the broadcast si…
RFEF secures €1.5m women’s football ‘broadcast development’ funds from Uefa
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has been given a €1.5m ($1.7
Tensions resurface between CNMC and RFEF over Copa del Rey rights
Spanish competition regulator the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has called on the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to alter several aspects of its invitation to tender process …
Spanish women’s football dispute resumes as Mediapro denied access
The battle over rights to Spanish women’s club football has intensified, with the Mediapro agency stating it will take “all necessary legal action” after it was prevented from broadcasting yesterday’s (Sunday…
Spanish football federation launches domestic Copa Del Rey rights tender
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has launched a tender for rights in Spain to the Copa Del Rey domestic cup competition for the 2019-22 cycle
Mediapro seals carriage deals for LaLiga TV Bar
The Mediapro agency has struck carriage deals with Movistar, Vodafone, Orange, Deion Comunicaciones and Telecable for its LaLiga TV Bar channel, which provides football coverage in public places
Telefónica retains LaLiga rights in bars and cafes in Mediapro deal
Spanish telco Telefónica has renewed its deal with agency Mediapro for the rights to broadcast a range of live sports in public places during the 2019-20 season.
LaLiga to appeal court ruling on Monday fixture ban
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has called for the resignation of LaLiga president Javier Tebas, while the organising body of the top two divisions of domestic club football has said it will launch…
Axing Monday and Friday games could slash LaLiga value by 30 per cent, warns Mediapro CEO
Mediapro chief executive Jaume Roures has warned that LaLiga could lose 30 per cent of its media-rights income if legislation is introduced that limits Spanish football matches to weekends
Madrid court upholds Mediapro’s women’s football deal
A Spanish court has ruled that the country's women’s football clubs are the owners of their individual broadcast rights, with the implication that a deal signed earlier this year by the Mediapro agency f…
Orange strikes Telefónica deal for LaLiga, Champions League coverage
Orange will continue to provide LaLiga and Uefa Champions League coverage in Spain after signing a new sublicensing agreement with fellow telco Telefónica.
LaLigaSportsTV to provide Lima 2019 coverage
LaLigaSportsTV, the OTT platform of Spanish football’s LaLiga, has acquired rights to this year’s Pan American Games multi-sport event, which officially gets underway on Friday in Lima, Peru.
Mediaset licenses LaLiga, Champions League for new Spanish OTT platform
Italian pay-TV broadcaster Mediaset has secured a licencing deal for non-exclusive coverage of Spanish LaLiga, and Uefa Champions League and Europa League matches for its new Spanish OTT platform, Mitele…
LaLigaSportsTV to show pre-season ICC, Europa League qualifiers
Spanish football’s LaLiga has announced that its LaLigaSportsTV OTT platform will provide coverage of a range of pre-season matches this summer, including action from the International Champions Cup a…
DAZN to carry Eurosport in four markets, adds Bundesliga rights
OTT streaming platform DAZN has agreed a carriage deal in four markets with US media company Discovery for its international sports broadcaster Eurosport, along with an exclusive sublicensing agreement…
Sanctions threat looms for Telefónica as Spanish watchdog opens investigation
Spain's competition regulator has opened an investigation into an alleged regulatory breach at Telefónica during the 2016-17 season, which could lead to sanctions against the telco.