Spain
Fans flock to social networks
Sports fans increasingly turn to social networks for content
UK and Italy deals widen highlights rights income gap
Varying fortunes for highlights across European leagues
Broadcast revenue drives turnover growth in European football
Broadcast revenue was the main driver of growth in turnover across the five biggest domestic football leagues in Europe in the 2010-11 season, according to the latest report on football finance by financial…
Primera Liga duo open to TV revenue change, claims sports minister
Spanish Liga teams Real Madrid and Barcelona may be open to agreeing a more equal distribution of income from broadcast rights fees, according to the country’s sports minister, José Ignacio Wert.
Real Betis renews contract with Prisa
Spanish Liga club Real Betis and pay-television operator Prisa TV have agreed a new three-year rights deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, superseding an existing deal between the two parties which was due to…
Spanish basketball league to renew with TVE
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has reportedly renewed its rights deal for the Spanish basketball league, the ACB for the 2012-13 season onwards.
TVE will pay a fixed fee of €1 million ($1.3
Leenders: Fiba has found ‘innovative solution’ for rights
Fiba teams up with Leenders and Klooz in 'innovative' move
Uefa enjoys 30% increase in Europe despite recession
Champions League value up by 30% in top 5 European markets
Mediapro to fight Spanish antitrust ruling
The Mediapro agency has filed an appeal with a special division of the Spanish Supreme Court over the decision by Spain’s antitrust authority to begin legal proceedings against the agency and three Spanish f…
Pay-TV market finally delivers big increase for German league
Sky v Telekom battle helps German league to 50 per cent rise; Saturday internet highlights proposal not a game-changer
Uefa wants control and security
Uefa positions itself nicely to cherry-pick top markets
Uefa looking for value from games worth ‘peanuts’
Uefa looking for huge increase in value for third-party qualifier rights to hit ambitious target
French Open price falls in Spain as crisis takes hold
Spanish crisis lets in Mediaset for one-year French Open deal
Spanish football clubs told to set aside broadcast income for tax payments
Spanish football clubs will be forced to set aside 35 per cent of their broadcast rights income as a guarantee against tax obligations from the start of the 2014-15 season, under new rules agreed between…
La Sexta rules out bid to retain free-to-air Liga rights
José Miguel Contreras, the chief executive of Spanish commercial broadcaster La Sexta, has ruled out a bid to retain domestic rights for the weekly free-to-air match from the Spanish football league, …
Big EBU deal puts Fifa on course
EBU pays healthy increase for World Cup despite recession
Uefa suffers 7% drop across top 5 European markets
Euros value drops by nearly 7% across top 5 European markets
Al Jazeera pays big fees for key content ahead of launch
Al Jazeera stocks up in US ahead of channel launch