Spain
Premier League unveils deals in Spain, Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia
The English Premier League has confirmed it has awarded rights to the Multi Media Sports agency in Spain and Romania, and the Advisers Media International agency in Czech Republic and Slovakia
EBU will raise its game, but it might not be enough
Bigger EBU Qualifiers bid may not be enough to win over CAA
Mediaset to buck trend and make money on football
Market so bad in Spain that Telecinco expects to make
Marca TV could close in June, report says
The Unidad Editorial media company and the Mediapro agency, which jointly own Marca TV, are considering closing down the Spanish digital-terrestrial sports channel, according to news website El Confidencial
Prisa keen to renegotiate club rights deals
The Prisa media group, owner of the Canal Plus pay-television channels in Spain, wants to renegotiate rights deals with 10 clubs from the Spanish Liga, the country’s top division of football, according t…
Atlético ordered to pay Mediapro after breaching rights deal
Spanish Liga top-tier football club Atlético Madrid has been ordered by the country’s Court of First Instance to pay Mediapro €9.88 million ($13.34 m
Mediaset snaps up Spain national team rights
Spanish broadcaster Mediaset, which owns the Telecinco and Cuatro commercial channels, has acquired rights for games featuring the Spain national football team
Mediaset secures Confederations Cup rights in Spain
Spanish broadcaster Mediaset, which owns the Telecinco and Cuatro commercial channels, has acquired domestic rights for the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup national team football tournament
Diamond League’s ‘perfect world’ is gone, yet rights fees increase
The Diamond League is working but organisers are realistic about live coverage on major channels
Mediapro closes Copa del Rey rights sales
Copa del Rey deal bucks Spanish crisis
Watching Brief (Vol.48) Special Focus: International TV Sports Viewing – Review of 2012
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets
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Infront one step closer to monopoly
Finnish deal takes Infront closer to global control of skiing rights but agency denies that it paid a strategic fee for the rights
FA joins other top football properties on the subs’ bench
Broadcasters find they can live without the FA Cup in hard times
Telecinco to show Copa del Rey action
Spanish broadcaster Mediaset has acquired live rights for five of the remaining matches in the 2012-13 Copa del Rey domestic knockout football competition
Eurosport blames Spanish downturn for Canal Plus removal
Eurosport has blamed the economic downturn in Spain for the pan-European sports broadcaster being removed from the country’s pay-television operator Canal Plus.
Medge targets Premier League for new platform; NC Plus closes in on speedway league
Medge looks for premier League bridge into Polish TV market; NC Plus closes in on speedway
Skynet pays high price to maintain dominant position
Skynet pays a high price to keep Forever at arm's length
Advertising crisis leaves federation income in doubt
TVE cuts will hurt La Roja