Spain

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,…

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

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.

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

Basketball: The MP & Silva agency brokered several deals for the Spanish league, the ACB, beginning this season

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).

Two-event sales keep Rugby World Cup income growing

Large increase in UK rights fee as Sky pushes ITV

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…

Football: UK commercial broadcaster ITV and pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired the rights for the Uefa Europa League in three-year deals, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, with the Team Marketing agency,…

Doubts over ECJ ruling delay Ligue 1 Euro deal ... Fox explores syndication ... Prisa close to key golf renewals ... Greek basketball’s high hopes ... French football goes to Brazil

Portuguese channel ambitions key to Europa League deal

Why CAA Sport pulled the plug on Kenyon after just two years

American Football: Indian broadcaster Ten Sports, owned by pay-television operator Zee, acquired the rights to the Elite Football League of India in a multi-year deal

Football: Qatar-based satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera acquired the

Italy games heading for pay-TV

Kentaro hits the German jackpot, Sportfive stoical on draw

MP & Silva set for long rally with Spanish broadcasters