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.
Mediaset snaps up 2014 World Cup rights in Spain
Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset has acquired rights for free-to-air television coverage of the 2014 Fifa World Cup.
Mediaset to show closing rounds of French Open
Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset Spain has acquired rights for the final week of the French Open tennis tournament.
Emirates takes flight with Real Madrid
Emirates has further bolstered its position in the football shirt sponsorship market after finalising a five-year deal with Real Madrid.
Atlético Madrid ordered to pay compensation to Mediapro
Spanish Liga football club Atlético de Madrid has been ordered to pay Mediapro €5.365m ($6.92m) for breaking its broadcast rights contract with the agency.
Atlético and Getafe media rights holding company goes bust
Madrid Deportes Audiovisuales, the holding company that was established to acquire rights for games featuring Spanish top-tier Liga clubs Atlético de Madrid and Getafe, has gone bankrupt.
Barcelona and Real want income protected in collective rights switch
Barcelona and Real Madrid will only agree to join a collective rights sales process for the Spanish Liga if their rights income does not decrease, according to league chief Javier Tebas.
Mediapro claims victory in Real Sociedad court case
Spanish Liga club Real Sociedad has been ordered by a Spanish court to pay the Mediapro agency €7m ($9.2m) after an earlier verdict was reversed.
Spanish federation goes in-house
Spanish football federation looks set to take rights in house once talks with former rights agency Santa Mónica are concluded
Spanish league looks to Italy in putting revenue sharing model first
La Liga president Javier Tebas Medrano talks about the proposed collective selling law for football rights in Spain