Spain
Liga clubs ‘face rights fee drop’
Spanish Liga football clubs could suffer a drop in media rights income of between 40 and 50 per cent in the next rights cycle due to consolidation and budget cuts in the domestic television industry, according…
Ruling in Zaragoza v Mediapro case delayed
The decision of a Spanish court in Spanish Liga club Real Zaragoza’s case against the Mediapro agency for non-payment of this season’s television rights fee of €18 million ($23 million) has been delay…
New Mediaset channel seals motorcycling rights deal
Mediaset Spain, the owner of commercial channels Telecinco and Cuatro, acquired rights for this season’s CEV Buckler Spanish Championship motorcycling series.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Euro 2012, Champions League, Ligue 1 and more
Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals with pan-European broadcaster Eurosport and US network Fox for rights to the Club World Cup.
Uefa opts for cash over eyeballs
Uefa doubles its money in France but audiences will fall
EBU well placed to tighten its grip on Fifa World Cup rights
Fifa maintains free-to-air commitments for 2018-2022; Five markets, but no rights, carved out of European tender
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football: Champions League, Serie A, Bundesliga and more
Football: Uefa agreed deals in the Netherlands for the Champions League and Europa League for three years from 2012-13 to 2014-15
London 2017 award rekindles EBU-IAAF special relationship
IAAF goes back to EBU but says it was right to play the field; IEC anger at athletics loss
La Sexta must profit from Liga deal, Antena 3 head says
Antena 3 chief executive Silvio González said rival commercial broadcaster La Sexta, which is set to merge with his company, would only renew Spanish Liga rights if the business was confident of making …
Canal Plus 2 to be withdrawn from Spanish DTT
Media conglomerate Prisa will withdraw its sports-focused Canal Plus 2 pay-television channel from Spanish digital-terrestrial television at the end of December, because it failed to attract enough subscribers,…
Clasico gives La Sexta new audience record
Spanish commercial broadcaster La Sexta drew its largest audience in its five-year history for the Real Madrid v Barcelona Spanish Liga football game last Saturday evening. La Sexta had an average of 9
Sport1 renews Spanish Liga rights
Dutch sports pay-television broadcaster Sport1 renewed its exclusive rights for the Spanish Liga, Spain’s top football league, for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Golf, hockey, lacrosse, MMA, motorsport, rugby and more
Golf: UK pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired exclusive rights for the 2011 Australian PGA Championship and 2011 Australian Open in a deal with the World Sport Group agency
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2:Basketball, boxing, BCCI cricket, BDO darts and more
Basketball: The MP & Silva agency brokered several deals for the Spanish league, the ACB, beginning this season
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Champions League, Euro 2012 qualifiers and more
Football: Korean IPTV broadcaster Spo TV acquired the rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League for the three-year period from 2012-13 to 2014-15 for $11.1m (€8m) (page 2).
World Cup income keeps growing
Two-event sales keep Rugby World Cup income growing
Silva off to good start with UK French Open deal
Large increase in UK rights fee as Sky pushes ITV
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Chinese and Italian basketball, curling, hockey and handball
Basketball: US Asian-focused sports network One World Sports acquired exclusive rights for Chinese basketball’s top-tier league, the CBA, in a multi-year deal with the Infront Sports & Media agency, m…