Spain

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Spanish agency Mediapro is considering withdrawing its interests in domestic football coverage due to escalating rights fees, according to daily financial newspaper El Español.

North American basketball league the NBA has today (Thursday) signed a multi-year partnership with Perform that will see the digital sports content and media group manage the organisation’s official websites in more than 15 international markets.

The Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y La Competencia (CNMC), Spain’s competition regulator, has unveiled a series of recommendations it has made to LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, for its next domestic rights tender.

LaLiga president Javier Tebas has declared revenue goals for the top division of Spanish football’s next rights package and said it will stage matches outside its home market in the next two seasons, as UK rights-holder Sky is reportedly facing renewed pressure to retain its long-running contract.

Spain’s three major telcos have refused to match the Mediapro agency’s minimum asking price to carry coverage of the Uefa Champions League and Europa League, according to daily newspaper El País.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has acquired rights for the upcoming final of the Copa del Rey domestic football tournament.

Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid has agreed a deal with Korean consumer electronics company Samsung to offer exclusive video content through social media platform Twitter.

The Belgian Pro League and Spain’s LaLiga have hailed a “unique” partnership that will see the two parties join forces to combat audiovisual piracy of content from the top division of Belgian club football.

Spanish free-to-air sports channel Gol has signed a rights partnership with US wrestling organisation WWE.