Spain
Liga ACB secures record global coverage for 2014-15 campaign
The Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, will receive record international broadcast coverage for its 2014-15 season.
Mediapro in talks over new Barcelona deal
Mediapro is in talks with Spanish Liga football club Barcelona over a new media-rights deal, according to the agency’s president, Jaume Roures.
Binbit adds Real Madrid to football mobile content portfolio
Mexican mobile entertainment provider Binbit has agreed a deal with Real Madrid for the exclusive mobile distribution rights across various regions for the Spanish Liga football club’s digital content.
Prime sports content included in ‘unprecedented’ Spanish pay-TV package
The Mediapro agency has agreed a deal to establish a new package offering sports content from its Spanish pay-television broadcaster Gol T, alongside entertainment content from over-the-top platforms TotalChannel and Wuaki.tv.
Barcelona agrees to collective media-rights proposal, report says
Barcelona has agreed to receive no more than four times as much in media-rights income as the lowest-paid team in the Spanish Liga from the 2016-17 season as part of a new centralised model for the top division of football in the country, according to the Bloomberg news agency.
BeIN behind Mediapro’s Champions League deal, insiders say
Uefa earned a strong increase in its Champions League rights fee in Spain last week, with most industry insiders believing it had Qatari broadcaster beIN Media Group to thank.
Liga ACB coaxes increase from cash-strapped TVE
The top basketball league in Spain, Liga ACB, earned a decent domestic rights fee increase in its renewal with public-service broadcaster TVE.
Champions League rights awarded in Spain
Spanish pay-television broadcaster Gol T and commercial broadcaster Atresmedia have acquired rights for football’s Uefa Champions League European club tournament.
TVE extends ACB basketball rights deal in Spain
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has renewed a rights deal for coverage of the ACB’s leading basketball competitions in the country.
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.