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Hard times in Spain for Uefa
Ad crisis hurts Uefa in Spain
TVE loses French Open tennis rights to Mediaset
Mediaset Spain, owner of Spanish commercial channels Telecinco and Cuatro, has acquired rights for the 2012 French Open tennis tournament from the MP & Silva agency, which holds the tournament’s rights i…
Mediapro clamps down on unauthorised bar broadcasts
The Mediapro agency blocked the signal of its pay-television football channel Gol TV to 474 bars across Spain last weekend which it suspected had unauthorised access to the channel
TVE back in the frame for domestic basketball rights, report says
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE is keen to retain rights for the country’s top-tier basketball league, the ACB, when its current four-year deal, from 2008-09 to 2011-12, expires in June, according t…
Perform strikes deal to put Livesport on LG television sets
Digital media company Perform has agreed a deal for its Livesport.tv live sports streaming service to be available on electronics company LG’s Cinema 3D Smart internet-connected television sets.
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Marca TV acquires Spanish women’s football league rights
Marca TV, the digital terrestrial channel owned by Spanish commercial broadcaster La Sexta, acquired rights to the Primera Division Feminina, the top tier of the Spanish women’s football league, for t…
Court says Real Zaragoza breached Mediapro contract
A Spanish commercial court has said that Spanish Liga football club Real Zaragoza was in breach of contract for signing a three-year rights deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, with pay-television operator Prisa
Uefa finalises Europa League sales in Spain
Mediaset Spain, owner of Spanish commercial channels Telecinco and Cuatro, has acquired rights to the Uefa Europa League in a three-year deal from 2012-3 to 2014-15
Spanish basketball federation agrees deal with TVE
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has agreed an exclusive rights deal with the Federación Española de Baloncesto, the Spanish basketball federation, beginning this year and running into 2014.
Prisa to appeal court defeat in rights fee case with Betis
Prisa has vowed to appeal after a commercial court in Seville agreed with Real Betis that the Spanish pay-television operator’s payment of €10 million ($13.3 m
Gol TV acquires Europa League package in Spain
Spanish agency Mediapro’s football channel Gol TV acquired rights to the Uefa Europa League in a three-year deal from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Spanish Court orders regional channel to compensate Mediapro for Liga rights
A Spanish court has ruled that regional channel Televisió de les Illes Balears must pay Spanish agency Mediapro more than €5.3
TVE seeks fresh talks after TV3 makes lowball Supercopa offer
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE is seeking further talks with Catalan public-service broadcaster TV3 to try to increase the regional broadcaster’s bid to sublicense the rights for this year’s Sup…
Mediapro chief wants to make football cheaper on Gol TV
Jaume Roures, the director of Mediapro, said the Spanish agency would like to offer live football matches via its Gol TV pay-television service for less than €1 ($1.3
Mediaset considers Roland Garros offer as TVE delays bid
The Mediaset media group, which owns Spanish commercial broadcaster Telecinco, said it would consider bidding for the rights in Spain for the French Open tennis tournament for three years, from 2012 to…
Real Sociedad-Prisa deal heats up Mediapro rights dispute
The Spanish Mediapro agency said it would sue Real Sociedad after the Spanish Liga club agreed a rights deal worth €50.1 million ($66.8
Canal Plus chief wants free-to-air Liga broadcasts to end
Alex Martinez Roig, the head of content at Spanish pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus, called for the country’s government to end a long-running arrangement under which one football match per week f…
MP & Silva to edge out IMG in close battle for FA Asian rights
FA set for small increase in Asia with new MP & Silva deal