Spain

Discovery Communications-owned Spanish television channel Discovery Max has agreed a deal with pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport to offer the men’s and women’s finals from the French Open tennis tournament on digital terrestrial television.

Cumulative free-to-air television audiences across the big five markets increase for this season's Uefa Europa League, as Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence explains

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has acquired rights for the title-deciding game in Spanish football’s top-tier Liga this Saturday.

The Mediapro agency will continue its trial of 4K technology by broadcasting the title-deciding game of football’s Spanish Liga, Saturday’s clash between Barcelona and Atlético Madrid, in the format.

Eurosport has agreed a new distribution deal with Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica to include the pan-regional sports broadcaster’s live sport multi-feed service, Eurosport 360HD.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has struck a rights deal for all Spain national team qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup football tournaments.

Euroleague Basketball has partnered with Spanish media company AS in an agreement that makes AS.com the official online destination in Spanish for the Euroleague continental club competition.

The board of directors at Spanish media company Prisa has accepted an offer from telecommunications company Telefónica to acquire a majority stake in pay-television operator Canal Plus, a major sports broadcaster in the country.

Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica has tabled a bid to acquire a majority stake in pay-television operator Canal Plus, a major sports broadcaster in Spain.

National team qualifier rights values tumble in Italy and Spain

Movistar TV, the IPTV platform of telecommunications company Telefónica, has acquired the Spanish broadcast rights, excluding the country’s national team, to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup football tournaments.

TVE is “playing fair” in its bid to acquire the Spanish national team's media rights to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup football tournaments, according to the public-service broadcaster’s president Leopoldo González-Echenique.

A lawsuit filed by the Mediapro agency against Spanish Liga football club Osasuna for breach of contract relating to broadcast rights has been dismissed by a Pamplona court.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE’s acquisition of rights to the Uefa Champions League club football competition for the three seasons from 2012-13 to 2014-15 has been deemed legal by the Audiencia Nacional, the Spanish High Court.

Spanish pay-television broadcaster Gol T has acquired rights for the Latin American Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana and Copa do Brazil club football tournaments.

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