Spain
Infront boosts UCI Road Worlds reach
The Infront Sports & Media agency has announced that it has secured record broadcast reach for the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) 2014 Road World Championships.
Watching Brief (Vol.86) Special Focus: Athletics – European Athletics Championships
Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in key European markets for last month’s European Athletics Championships
Barcelona opens up Vine channel
Spanish top-tier Liga football club Barcelona has launched a new channel on video-sharing website Vine.
Formula E lands Spanish rights deal ahead of series debut
Commercial broadcaster Mediaset Spain has acquired exclusive rights in the country to Formula E, ahead of the motor-racing series’ debut on Saturday.
Basketball World Cup generates impressive ratings
Fiba, basketball’s global governing body, has revealed impressive audience figures for host nation Spain’s games so far at the 2014 Basketball World Cup.
Mediaset Spain increases Basketball World Cup coverage again
Mediapro snaps up KNVB Cup rights
Spanish agency Mediapro has acquired rights for the KNVB Cup, the leading cup competition in Dutch football.
Gol T to show domestic women’s football
Spanish pay-television broadcaster Gol T will show coverage of Primera División Femenina, the top division of women’s football in the country.
Mediaset ramps up Basketball World Cup coverage following complaints
Mediaset Spain will be able to show more games from the ongoing Basketball World Cup after fans complained about the commercial broadcaster’s limited coverage of the tournament, which is taking place in Spain.
LFP takes La Liga TV mobile
The Spanish Football League (LFP) has broadened the reach of its online channel, La Liga TV, by making it available to mobile devices.
TVE director sets Teledeporte closure date
José Ramón Diez, the director of Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE, has confirmed that there is a plan in place to close sports channel Teledeporte at the end of this year.
TVE scores rights to domestic futsal league
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has agreed a two-year rights deal with the country’s National Futsal League (LNFS).
Fight Sports to launch in Spain through Ono deal
The Fight Sports pay-television channel will launch in Spain after media company CSI Sports, the owner of the channel, agreed a multi-year carriage deal with pay-television operator Ono.
PrimeTel snaps up Spanish club football tournaments
Telecommunications and pay-television operator PrimeTel has acquired rights in Cyprus for the Liga and Copa del Rey Spanish club football tournaments.
Mediapro establishes subsidiary for sports operations
Spanish agency Mediapro has created a subsidiary to manage its sports operations.
Watching Brief (Vol.84) Special Focus: Cycling – Tour de France
Mike Kiernan, Analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, looks at audiences in key European markets for the 2014 Tour de France
Barcelona joins forces with Binbit to boost global mobile content
Mexican mobile entertainment provider Binbit has agreed a three-year deal with Barcelona for the exclusive mobile distribution rights across 40 countries to the Spanish Liga football club’s digital content.
Movistar TV forms new channel for European qualifiers
Movistar TV, the IPTV platform of Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica, has launched a new channel to exploit its rights to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup football tournaments.