Spain
Vodafone asks regulator to suspend Mediapro-Telefónica deal
Vodafone has asked the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y La Competencia (CNMC), Spain’s competition regulator, to suspend a recent carriage deal for the new beIN Sports LaLiga pay-television channel between rival telco Telefónica and the Mediapro agency.
Mediapro set to make offer to Telefonica’s rivals – report
The Mediapro agency is preparing to offer football rights to the rivals of telecommunications company Telefónica in Spain in an effort to ease antitrust concerns, according to Bloomberg.
Spanish regulator looks into Telefonica-Mediapro football deal
The Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y La Competencia (CNMC), Spain’s competition regulator, is looking into the agreement signed between telecommunications company Telefónica and the Mediapro agency for carriage of the new beIN Sports LaLiga pay-television channel, according to multiple reports.
CNMC rules in favour of Mediaset in LaLiga rights dispute
The Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y La Competencia (CNMC), Spain’s competition regulator, has ruled that LaLiga must provide a 90-second summary of every game from the top division of domestic football and allow free access to stadiums for broadcasters.
Telcos claim Telefónica must share beIN Sports LaLiga channel
Orange and Vodafone have claimed that rival telecommunications company Telefónica should share carriage of the new beIN Sports LaLiga pay-television channel in Spain.
Telefónica wins bid to carry beIN Sports LaLiga channel
Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica has struck a deal to carry the Mediapro agency’s new beIN Sports LaLiga pay-television channel in Spain.
BeIN Sports to show Spanish women’s football league
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has struck a rights deal in Spain to show coverage of the Primera División Femenina, the top women’s football division in the country.
TVE to broadcast Rio 2016 Paralympics
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has agreed a rights deal for coverage of this summer’s Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Tender process launched for carriage of beIN Sports LaLiga
The Mediapro agency has launched a tender process for Spanish pay-television operators interested in carrying beIN Sports LaLiga, the new channel set to be launched by the pay-television broadcaster to exploit its rights to the top division of Spanish football.
Tebas: beIN and telco rivals drive historic deals which prove LaLiga sceptics wrong
LaLiga president Javier Tebas this week described the Spanish league’s new domestic media rights deals as “historic” in terms of income and the completion of the move to collective selling.
Javier Tebas, president, LaLiga
Interview with LaLiga president Javier Tebas on the first centralised tender for Spanish domestic football rights.
Watching Brief (Vol.115) Special Focus: Motor Racing – Formula One
John Manning, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews television audiences across the big five markets for the recently concluded Formula One World Championship
Liga ACB expands European footprint to Bulgaria
Nova Broadcasting Group, part of multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group, has agreed a three-season deal for rights in Bulgaria to Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain.
LaLiga sets deadline for new offers for free-to-air rights
LaLiga, the organising body of the top division of Spanish football, along with the Segunda Division and Copa del Rey knockout competition, has set a deadline of December 22 for offers concerning four domestic rights packages, after opening a new bidding process.
Movistar Plus scores Premier League rights in Spain
The Movistar Plus broadcast platform of Spanish telco Telefónica has acquired exclusive rights in Spain for football’s English Premier League.
Orange-Vodafone land LaLiga rights package
A joint venture between telecommunications companies Orange and Vodafone has acquired a package of rights to domestic club football in Spain under a deal worth a minimum €300m ($318m).
Watching Brief (Vol.114) Special Focus: Motor Cycling – MotoGP World Championship
John Manning, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in selected European markets for motorcycling’s MotoGP World Championship
BeIN Sports secures main package of LaLiga rights
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has secured the main package of domestic rights for Spain's LaLiga, dislodging telecommunications company Telefónica as the main rights-holder for domestic club football in the country.