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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE surprised the market with deals for English FA Cup and Club World Cup rights this month.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has agreed a two-season rights deal for English club football’s FA Cup, according to the El Confidencial Digital website.

Joseph Rivers, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in selected European markets for the 2016 Paralympic Games.

The first Spanish LaLiga football match of the season between Barcelona and Real Madrid has been scheduled to go head-to-head with Saturday afternoon games in the English Premier League in an effort to secure larger audiences in the Far East and North America.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TV3 Catalunya and the Movistar Plus broadcast platform of telecommunications company Telefónica have extended rights deals for the Euroleague continental club basketball competition.

Spanish agency Mediapro has moved into the esports sector by acquiring a majority stake in Fandroid, the organising body of the domestic Liga de Videojuegos Profesional.

This is the first in a series of monthly interactive data reports in which TV Sports Markets focuses on the media-rights landscape for a specific sport: this month the focus is on European football

Catalan public-service broadcaster TV3 has acquired rights for highlights of Spanish football’s top-tier LaLiga, second-tier Segunda División and Copa del Rey knockout competition.

David Svenson, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in selected European markets for the 2016 Olympic Games.