Spain

Telecommunications company Telefónica has vowed to appeal after being ordered by Spain’s competitions regulator, the CNMC, to compensate rivals Telecable, Total Channel and Vodafone for apparent discrepancies in the amounts they paid for wholesale distribution of football channels.

Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset has acquired rights to national team events organised by the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has signed a rights deal for events operated by the Spanish Badminton Federation and has renewed an agreement to produce and manage the worldwide live feed for coverage of the Conde de Godó ATP World Tour men’s tennis tournament in Barcelona.

UK production company Sunset+Vine has signed a three-year host broadcast partnership with Tie Break Tens, and has brokered an exclusive rights deal for the tennis series with media company UKTV.

Football’s English Premier League has stepped up its efforts to prevent piracy of its content by partnering with digital platform security specialist Irdeto.

Spanish agency Mediapro will invest more in esports after hailing 2016 as its “best ever year.”

Spain’s anti-trust regulator, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y La Competencia (CNMC), has opened an investigation into the Mediapro agency in relation to possible anti-competitive practices.

Fifa, the global governing body of football, has opened an invitation to tender in Spain for the media rights to the 2017 Confederations Cup, the 2018 World Cup and the 2019 Women’s World Cup national team tournaments.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has acquired highlights rights to the 2017 MotoGP motorcycling championship.

Amaury Sport Organisation has struck a long-term deal to produce and distribute coverage of cycling’s Volta Ciclista a Catalunya.

LaLiga, the organising body of Spanish club football, has maintained that commercial broadcaster Mediaset is in breach of its broadcast regulations after the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y La Competencia (CNMC), Spain’s competition regulator, opened proceedings against the organisation.

Telecommunications company Vodafone has revamped its sports offering in Spain after concluding a deal for rights to the Formula One motor-racing championship and the MotoGP motorcycling championship.

Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset has acquired rights to national team football tournament the 2017 Uefa European Under-21 Championship.

Venture capital funds Access Industries, Advent International and Pamplona Capital Management are the three finalists in contention to acquire a controlling stake in Imagina, the operator of Spanish agency Mediapro, according to El Confidencial.

Australian motor-racing series the Supercars Championship has secured new international broadcast rights deals, and has launched a new mobile application, for its 2017 season.

Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset has filed a complaint with the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y La Competencia (CNMC), Spain’s competition regulator, against LaLiga allegedly breaching the terms of an agreement to broadcast match clips, while the organising body of Spanish club football has unveiled a new initiative to enhance coverage of games.