Spain
Mediapro keeps LaLiga domestic free-to-air rights fees steady
Spain’s Mediapro agency has again acquired LaLiga’s package of live, free-to-air Primera División matches, paying a similar fee in the 2019-22 cycle as it did in 2016-19. The sale of this package to Mediapro – alongside one containing free-to-air rights to two Segunda División matches per match-week – closes LaLiga’s domestic tender for the cycle.
Protocol Sports to market select Liga ACB rights in Asia, Eurasia
Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, has chosen Protocol Sports Marketing to market the competition to key territories in Asia and Eurasia
DAZN picks up MLS rights in multiple markets
OTT streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Brazil to North America’s Major League Soccer.
Mediaset, Footters to cover Segunda División B promotion race
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has sold rights to the season-ending promotion race in the third-tier Segunda División B to commercial broadcaster Mediaset and streaming platform Footters.
Court orders Spanish federation to re-run Copa del Rey final award, include Mediapro
A Spanish court on Monday ordered the country's football federation, the RFEF, to reverse its exclusion of the Mediapro agency from the domestic tender for the 2019 Copa del Rey final and re-adjudicate…
Gol to broadcast Women’s World Cup in Spain
Spanish agency Mediapro has confirmed that its commercial broadcaster, Gol, will exclusively broadcast the 2019 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
Euroleague beats bearish Spain outlook with DAZN deal
Euroleague Ventures – the joint venture between Euroleague Basketball and the IMG agency –secured a robust price from sports streaming service DAZN for the 2019-20 to 2022-23 rights cycle in Spain despite an initially unpromising market outlook, SportBusiness Media understands.
Eleven Sports lands Spanish Copa Del Rey final rights in five markets
International broadcaster Eleven Sports has secured exclusive live rights to the 2019 Spanish Copa del Rey final in Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal and Taiwan, it said Tuesday
SIS adds Spanish horse racing to rights portfolio in three-year deal
SIS, a provider of end-to-end products and services to the betting and broadcast industries, has signed a three-year deal with Asociación de Hipodromos Españoles to become the exclusive distributor of l…
RTVE retains domestic rights to Spain’s Copa del Rey final
Spanish public-service broadcaster RTVE has retained domestic rights to the final of club football competition the Copa del Rey
RFEF sets deadlines for Copa del Rey rights submissions
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has set a deadline of Monday, May 13 for bids for European and international rights for the Copa del Rey final, with the deadline for domestic bids today (Friday)
Mediapro awarded remaining LaLiga free-to-air domestic rights
Spain’s Mediapro agency has provisionally been awarded the rights to LaLiga’s two remaining domestic broadcast packages for the 2019-20 to 2021-22 cycle.
Telecinco acquires rights to Spanish Copa de la Reina final
Spanish commercial broadcaster Telecinco has acquired rights to the final of this year’s Copa de la Reina women’s football competition between Atlético Madrid and Real Sociedad.
Spanish football federation told to modify Copa del Rey tender
Spain’s competition regulator, the CNMC, has urged the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to rethink its tender process for the final of this year’s Copa del Rey club competition.
DAZN Spain signs deal for app carriage on Huawei phones
OTT platform DAZN has signed a carriage agreement in Spain with Chinese telco Huawei
LaLiga seeks to set example after Danish anti-piracy victory
Denmark’s RettighedsAlliancen, an organisation dedicated to protecting creative content, has partnered with LaLiga, the governing body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, to secure the f…
RFEF opens tender for Copa del Rey final rights in Spain
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has opened a tender for domestic rights to the final of the Copa del Rey club competition
Mediapro, TVE front-runners for unsold LaLiga free-to-air rights
Spain’s Mediapro agency and public broadcaster TVE will likely try again to acquire LaLiga’s two unsold domestic free-to-air rights packages for the 2019-20 to 2021-22 cycle, SportBusiness Media understands.