Spain

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.

E-commerce and media company Amazon has made its latest venture into original sports content by agreeing a deal that will make LaLiga, the top division of Spanish club football, the subject of its first Spanish Prime Original series.

Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid has linked up with content producer The Dream VR to launch it own virtual reality channel.

Spanish agency Mediapro has said it will open a tender for domestic rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League next month, as Vodafone España became the latest telco to express its unease at the cost of agreeing carriage deals for club football in the country.

Spanish telco Telefónica has threatened to forgo renewing its contract with the Mediapro agency to broadcast the Uefa Champions League club football competition, with chief operating officer Ángel Vilá criticising the “exuberance and excess” in the sports rights market.

Imagina, parent company of the Mediapro agency, and Orient Hontai Capital have formally sealed a deal through which the Chinese private equity firm will acquire a majority stake in the Spanish media group.