Spain

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.

John Manning, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence examines television audiences in selected European markets for the 2015-16 Uefa Champions League.

AMC Networks International-Iberia, the Iberian division of US entertainment company AMC Networks, has joined forces with US gaming and media streaming firm Machinima to launch a new channel in Spain and Portugal focused on esports and gaming.

The Mediapro agency has acquired three packages of LaLiga Spanish football domestic rights for a total fee of €55.8m ($63m) over three years, from 2016-17 to 2018-19.

LaLiga, the organising body of Spanish club football, has joined forces with the US government and a number of major sports leagues to draw up a “global coalition constitution” to tackle the issue of piracy of audiovisual content.

Uefa will stream exclusive live coverage in Spain of 28 matches from the Euro 2016 national team football tournament after CAA Eleven, the agency acting on behalf of football’s European governing body, failed to reach a rights deal for the package.