Spain
Mediapro claims latest RFEF legal win over Copa de la Reina final
Mediapro, the broadcast production group and rights agency, has claimed another legal win over the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) following the latter’s refusal to allow coverage of the 2019 Copa d…
Spain becomes latest DAZN market to adopt new pricing strategy
Spain has become the latest core market in which subscription sports broadcaster DAZN has altered its pricing strategy
DAZN to monetise women’s football through standalone package in Spain
Subscription sports broadcaster DAZN has launched a new package in Spain dedicated to women’s football.
Entitled DAZN Victoria, the new package is priced at €9.99 ($10.73) per month.
LaLiga strikes content deal with OneFootball
LaLiga, organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has agreed a wide-ranging global content deal with media platform, OneFootball
LaLiga TV Bar acquires sublicensed Spanish Super Cup rights
LaLiga TV Bar, the channel operated by the governing body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football for domestic bars, restaurants and other public establishments, has agreed a sublicensing deal…
Spanish competition body initiates proceedings against Telefónica over Sogecable case
Spain’s Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has initiated disciplinary action against telecoms operator Telefónica over a potential breach of commitments when it acquired DTS in …
Orange to carry Movistar Plus’ Spanish Super Cup coverage
Telco Orange has reached an agreement with pay-television broadcaster Movistar Plus to carry the latter’s coverage of the Spanish Super Cup.
Strong World Cup final ratings across Europe’s free-to-air networks but German figures languish
Sunday’s gripping Fifa World Cup final between Argentina and France attracted strong audiences across free-to-air broadcasters in Europe, although figures in Germany were down on previous finals not i…
FuboTV ‘target of cyber attack’ during World Cup semi-final
Streaming platform FuboTV was hit by an alleged criminal cyber attack during Wednesday’s Fifa World Cup semi-final match between France and Morocco.
TF1 audience breaks 20m barrier as France reach World Cup final
TF1, the French commercial broadcaster, registered an average audience of 20.7 million last night as France defeated Morocco 2-0 to reach the Fifa World Cup final in Qatar
Rai nets highest World Cup audience for Argentina-Croatia
Rai, the Italian public broadcaster, attracted its highest audience of the 2022 Fifa World Cup last night as Argentina defeated Croatia to reach the final.
The match was watched by an average of 10
RTVE registers highest Spanish audience since Euro 2020
Spain’s surprise defeat to Morocco at the Fifa World Cup attracted a Spanish free-to-air television audience of 12.6 million viewers during the penalty shootout yesterday (Tuesday).
DAZN nets World Tennis League rights in Spain
Subscription OTT sports broadcaster DAZN has secured exclusive rights in Spain to broadcast the new World Tennis League
RTVE nears 10m viewers, ARD nets strong audience for dramatic Group E action
Spain’s dramatic loss to Japan at the Fifa World Cup netted an average audience of 9.7 million viewers on La1, the main channel of public-service broadcaster RTVE.
DAZN offers little competition as Telefónica seals domestic football treble
Movistar has cemented its dominance of domestic football media rights in Spain after it secured three-season agreements for domestic rights to the Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup, facing limited competition from DAZN.
ACB widens reach in China with PP Sports, Bilibili streaming deals
The Spanish Basketball Clubs Association (ACB) has agreed rights deals in China with online streaming platforms PP Sports and Bilibili for Liga ACB, the top tier of Spanish club basketball
TF1 nears 12m viewers for latest win, German and Spanish World Cup figures improve
French free-to-air commercial broadcaster TF1 attracted an average of 11.6 million viewers on Saturday as France defeated Denmark 2-1 at the Fifa World Cup in Qatar.
LaLigaSportsTV integrated into LaLiga TV Bar
LaLiga’s OTT platform, LaLigaSportsTV, has launched a new linear channel for LaLiga TV Bar, the service for public establishments featuring coverage from the top two Spanish leagues.