Spain
Spain

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.
Tennis
Spain

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

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.
Football
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.
Spain

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.
Football
Spain

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.
Wrestling
Spain

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.
Multi-sport
Spain

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.
Tennis
Spain

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

Telecommunications company Telefónica has signed a wide-ranging partnership with ESL through which its commercial brand in Spain, Movistar, will showcase content from the esports organisation.
Football
Spain

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights for the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala, the Spanish futsal league.
Multi-sport
Spain

French media company Vivendi, the Alisports division of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda and US mass media group Liberty Media are among 10 entities in contention for a stake in Spanish agency Mediapro, according to Reuters.
Motorsport
France

Mike Kiernan reviews television audiences across the big five markets for the recently concluded Formula One World Championship
Football
Greece

The Asset Ogilvy agency has brokered a rights deal for Spanish club football competition the Copa del Rey with Greek public-service broadcaster ERT.
Triathlon
Spain

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has extended its rights partnership with the International Triathlon Union to continue covering its World Triathlon Series.
Motorsport
France

Will Partington, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences for motorcycling’s MotoGP World Championship in selected European markets.
Football
Spain

BeIN Media Group has formed a channel dedicated to ‘El Clásico’ in Spain ahead of the LaLiga football clash between Barcelona and Real Madrid on Saturday.
Football
Spain

Spanish agency Mediapro has hailed a ruling by the commercial court of A Coruña that it believes will lead to the “disappearance” of the Rojadirecta website as a platform for illegal access to football coverage.