Spain

LaLiga, which operates Spanish club football’s top competitions, has launched a tender process for domestic media rights across the three seasons spanning 2016-17 to 2018-19.

LaLiga, the governing body of the top division of Spanish football, has entered into a strategic partnership with social video production company Grabyo in a bid to enhance video content provided by the organisation and its clubs.

LaLiga is set to wrap up its domestic sales process for the next cycle of centralised rights for Spanish football’s top division and Copa del Rey knockout tournament by early December, according to the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y La Competencia.

A group of five Spanish consumer organisations have registered a complaint with the country’s industry ministry relating to the performance of the Mediapro agency’s TotalChannel OTT platform, which provides coverage of club football competition the Uefa Champions League.

Spain's LaLiga has agreed a deal with the Mediapro agency to make coverage of the domestic Copa del Rey club tournament available on video-sharing website YouTube in 17 countries.

Spain’s top-tier basketball league, the Liga ACB, this week defended its decision to switch coverage exclusively to pay-television from next season following a three-season deal with telco Telefónica.

Interview with Mario Hernando, director of media (communications and TV) at Spain’s top-tier basketball Liga ACB, about its move to pay-television in this month’s deal with telco Telefónica.

LaLiga will launch a new tender process before the end of the year for the domestic media rights to Spanish club football from the 2016-17 season, according to El Pais.

International pay-television operator Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Belgium and Singapore to Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, for the 2015-16 season.

French digital-terrestrial television channel L’Équipe 21 has acquired rights to Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain.

Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, has renewed media rights deals in Cyprus, Latvia and Lithuania for the 2015-16 season.

The Movistar Plus broadcast platform of Spanish telco Telefónica has agreed a three-season rights deal with Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain.

Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid has been awarded a licence that will enable its official television channel, Real Madrid TV, to broadcast on digital-terrestrial television in the country, according to El Mundo.

The Spanish Football League (LFP) has approved the incorporation in its statutes of the Royal Decree that regulates the centralised sale of media rights and revenue sharing in the domestic game.

John Manning, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines live television audiences in key European markets for the evening session of this year’s IAAF World Athletics Championships.

Telefónica’s director general for Catalunya, Kim Faura, is hopeful that the Spanish telecommunications company can agree a deal soon with the Mediapro agency for its IPTV platform Movistar TV to carry pay-television channel beIN Sports.