Spain
Real Madrid TV to be offered for free online, report says
Spanish Liga football club Real Madrid will show its official television channel for free over the internet from September 1, according to the Diario AS newspaper.
Televisión Canaria acquires football rights
Spanish regional public-service broadcaster Televisión Canaria has acquired rights in a sublicensing deal with the Mediapro agency for live coverage of Segunda Division A second-tier football games featuring Tenerife and Las Palmas.
Prisa and Canal Plus agree deal to avert fresh ‘football war’
The Prisa media group has agreed to pay the Mediapro agency €88 million ($114.4 million) plus tax, curtailing the threat of a fresh dispute over coverage of the forthcoming 2013-14 Spanish football season.
TVE rides away with Vuelta rights extension
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has signed a three-year extension to its broadcast rights deal for the Vuelta a España, in an agreement which covers the 2014, 2015 and 2016 editions of the cycle race.
More pain for rights-holders as crisis deepens
NBA and Premier League rights fees drop in Spain
Mediaset’s Energy to show futsal league
Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset has acquired rights for the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala, the country’s ‘futsal’ football competition.
Watching Brief (Vol.58) Special Focus: Tennis – French Open
Marca TV set to close
The Unidad Editorial media company and the Mediapro agency, which jointly own Marca TV, will close the Spanish digital-terrestrial sports channel on July 31, according to the Libertad Digital website.
Canal Plus and NBA renew Spanish rights deal
Spanish pay-television operator Canal Plus has agreed a multi-year extension to its media rights deal with US basketball league the NBA to continue broadcasting the competition in Spain.
Al Jazeera in advanced talks to buy Mediapro
Al Jazeera is in advanced talks to acquire Spanish agency Mediapro in a move that would grant the Qatari pay-television operator a powerful position in the Spanish television market, according to El Economista.
IMG Media nets Spain’s Premier League rights
The IMG Media agency will exclusively market the media rights to English Premier League football in Spain and Andorra for the three years covering the 2013-14 to 2015-16 seasons of the league.
Canal Plus seeks NBA renewal – report
Spanish pay-television operator Canal Plus is in negotiations to extend its broadcast rights contract with US basketball league the NBA, according to newspaper El Economista.
Atresmedia snaps up Uefa U-19 Championship rights
Spanish commercial broadcaster Atresmedia has acquired rights for the 2013 Uefa European Under-19 Championship national football team tournament.
Atresmedia snaps up U-20 World Cup rights
Spanish commercial broadcaster Atresmedia has acquired rights for the 2013 Fifa U-20 World Cup national football team tournament.
Mediaset the home of premium sport in crisis-hit market
Mediaset Spain bags cut-price Fifa World Cup and French Open tennis rights
Watching Brief (Vol.57) Special Focus: Football – Uefa club competitions
Mediapro confirms World Cup rights deal
Spanish agency Mediapro has confirmed a rights deal with Fifa, football’s global governing body, for coverage of the 2014 World Cup.
Exclusive: Mediapro set to secure Spain World Cup rights deal
The Mediapro agency is understood to be finalising a deal with Fifa to acquire the pay-television rights in Spain for the 2014 World Cup.