Spain

Rights to Italy’s Serie A in Spain have been acquired by the joint venture of the Mediapro agency and pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports.
Football

The Mediapro agency has acquired the broadcasting rights in public establishments of Spain’s top-tier LaLiga from telcos Vodafone and Orange in the 2018-19 season, adding to the same set of rights it w…

Movistar Plus, the pay-television platform of Spanish telco Telefónica, has acquired rights to the Segunda Division, the second tier of domestic football, and has also added France’s Ligue 1 to its li…

Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset has acquired exclusive free-to-air rights to the Uefa Euro 2020 national team football tournament, along with a package of matches played by overseas national teams
Handball

LaLiga TV, the official television channel of the top division of Spanish football, has acquired rights to Liga Asobal, the top tier of domestic handball
Football

The Spanish division of Vodafone has confirmed it will not offer the full package of football content held by rival telco Telefónica stating the continuous rise in the cost of these rights makes it impossible …
Football

Eleven Sports has acquired rights for Italian Serie A top-tier football in the UK and Ireland and confirmed that the IMG agency will hold a minority stake in the two new channels that will show the coverage
Football

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights in Spain to the International Champions Cup pre-season football competition.

Cycling

Digital media company Play Sports Network has launched its first non-English language channel as part of what it states will be a major internationalisation plan.

Tennis

The All England Lawn Tennis Club, organising body of Wimbledon, has renewed deals for the grand slam tournament with broadcast partners in France, Spain, Japan and the Middle East and North Africa.

Football

Spanish telco Telefónica has sealed an agreement with the Mediapro agency to acquire rights for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League club football tournaments.

Chinese private equity firm Orient Hontai Capital has concluded its deal to acquire a majority stake in Spanish media group Imagina, parent company of the Mediapro agency.

Football

LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has reported revenue rises of 15 per cent and 30 per cent, respectively, for the sale of domestic and international rights packages to telco Telefónica and the Mediapro agency.

Multi-sport

Spanish media group Prisa has terminated an agreement with multinational telco Altice to sell Portuguese media group Media Capital.

Hockey

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a rights deal in Spain with the International Hockey Federation (FIH).

Football

LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has launched a tender process for its domestic rights across the three seasons spanning 2019-20 to 2021-22.

Basketball

Euroleague Ventures – the joint venture between Euroleague Basketball and the IMG agency – has agreed a one-season extension to its deal with telco Telefónica in Spain and is close to a new deal in Germany.

Formula One has apologised after viewers experienced a number of problems in trying to watch the newly-launched F1 TV OTT service at the weekend.