Spain

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.

Barcelona and Real Madrid both received €140m ($158.34m) in revenue from broadcast rights deals for the Spanish Liga and Copa del Rey competitions for the 2015-16 season as LaLiga, the governing body for the football competitions, prepares to enter into a new three-season cycle.

The Mediapro agency has launched Gol, a new free-to-air sports channel in Spain.

LaLiga, which operates the Primera and Segunda divisions of Spanish football, has launched a tender process for the remaining five packages of domestic rights covering three seasons, from 2016-17 to 2018-19.

The Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y La Competencia, Spain’s competition regulator, has asked LaLiga, the Spanish football league, to alter details of a tender for unsold rights to the top two divisions in the country and the domestic Copa del Rey knockout competition.