Spain

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.

Vodafone Spain has sealed an agreement with rival telecommunications company Telefónica that will allow it to show coverage of the Formula One motor-racing championship and the MotoGP motorcycle-racing series.

The Vodafone and Orange telecommunications companies have extended special offers on sports packages as they bid to win customers in Spain.

Spain’s LaLiga finalised the sale of its rights for 2016-17 to 2018-19 last month, taking its total domestic income over the cycle to at least €1,031.2m ($1,166.3m) per season.

The Spanish High Court has quashed fines imposed on the Mediapro agency and four football clubs in December 2013.