Spain

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.

LaLiga, the organising body of Spanish club football, has said games from the country’s top two leagues will be broadcast in over 170 countries this season.

An absence of competition in Spain and the Indian subcontinent has seen the value of International Champions Cup rights stall in both markets.

Lukas Zajancauskas, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in selected European markets for the Uefa Euro 2016.

LaLiga, the operator of the Spanish Football League, has sealed a carriage deal with telecommunications company Vodafone for its LaLiga 1|2|3 TV channel, which provides live coverage of matches in the country’s Segunda División second tier.

LaLiga, the operator of the Spanish Football League, has signed carriage deals for its LaLiga 1|2|3 TV channel, which provides live coverage of matches in the country’s Segunda División second tier.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has struck a deal with the Mediapro agency for non-exclusive highlights to domestic club football competitions LaLiga and the Copa del Rey.

LaLiga, the governing body of Spanish club football, has opened a new tender process for broadcast and digital media rights.

BeIN Media Group has launched beIN Sports LaLiga, its new Spanish channel dedicated to domestic football in the country.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE is set to launch a virtual reality platform ahead of its coverage of the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Spanish commercial broadcaster Atresmedia has acquired rights for the International Champions Cup pre-season football tournament.

LaLiga, the organising body of Spanish club football, and broadcast partner the Mediapro agency have outlined plans for new broadcast innovations for the 2016-17 season, including 4K coverage of games.

Mediapro last week acquired the remaining two packages of domestic Spanish LaLiga rights for the three seasons from 2016-17 to 2018-19, after a second round of bidding.

The Mediapro agency has today (Thursday) acquired the remaining two packages of LaLiga Spanish football domestic rights for the three seasons from 2016-17 to 2018-19.

The Mediapro agency acquired a slate of Spanish LaLiga rights this week in order to fill the schedule of its recently-launched digital-terrestrial sports channel Gol.