Spain

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.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has agreed a one-season extension to its rights deal for the Formula One motor-racing championship, while it has also picked up a package of rights to the latter stages of the qualifying competition run by the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) for the 2018 Fifa World Cup.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has acquired rights to the upcoming Tie Break Tens tennis event in Madrid.

LaLiga, the organising body of Spanish club football, and the Mediapro agency have today (Friday) unveiled an agreement that will result in Friday night games from the top division being streamed live and free of charge via social media platform Facebook in Spain.

Spanish police have raided a store owned by an internet service provider (ISP) in Malaga on suspicion of hosting a pirate IPTV service that shows English Premier League football.

Spanish telecommunications group Telefónica is set to retain exclusive rights for the 2017 season of the MotoGP motorcycling championship in its home country after no free-to-air broadcasters stepped forward to agree a sublicensing deal.

LaLiga, the organising body of Spanish club football, has claimed another win in its fight against piracy of its audiovisual rights with prison sentences handed out to two individuals.

Spanish commercial broadcaster Atresmedia has signed a multi-year extension to its rights deal with the WWE, while the US wrestling organisation has agreed to add content from independent promoters to its WWE Network pay-television channel, according to multiple reports.

Yunfeng Capital, an investment fund backed by Jack Ma, the executive chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, and Chinese conglomerate HNA Group are among the four remaining contenders to acquire a stake in Imagina, the operator of Spanish agency Mediapro.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has agreed a one-season deal with the Women’s Tennis Association for rights to its Premier-level tournaments.